Wednesday, July 30, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] Daby Toure & Extra Golden Tickets Still Available (MFA Show)

All -
Tickets are still available for Daby Toure (from Mauritania) and Extra
Golden (Kenya/USA) tonight at the MFA!
If you haven't been to the MFA for a show, you should. Outdoors in the
courtyard. Dancing, picnic-ing, general great times. Family friendly
atmosphere. Best venue in Boston (imho). . .

Anyway, tickets are still available at the door ($24
members/students/seniors or $30 general admission) or via website or
phone (details below).
Show starts at 7:30 pm and is over by ~10:30 pm.

More info is also here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=19319519473 including videos,
songs, pictures, etc. . . See you there!

Daby Toure is arguably one of the predominant voices and guitarists in
Afro-pop today, and he's playing along with Extra Golden (who wrote &
play the song "OBAMA") at the Museum of Fine Arts on July 30 in the
courtyard!

For tickets - visit http://www.mfa.org/calendar/sub.asp?key=12&subkey=55
or call 617-369-3306 with a credit card (phone orders have no fees, and
tix can be picked up at door).

Listen to Daby: http://www.myspace.com/dabytoure
Listen to Extra Golden: http://www.myspace.com/extragolden

If you are someone who likes African music, pop music, or having fun,
we'll see ya there.

Again, this concert is outside in the MFA courtyard (max 400 people),
and you can bring a picnic and a lawnchair to sit in (until you get up
to dance!). The most amazing concert venue in boston for sure. . .

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Monday, July 28, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] Beat Tree Dance performs at Arts Union "Mixology" 8/2

Beat Tree Dance performs as part of
Arts Union 'Mixology' THIS  Saturday
Saturday, August 2nd
(rain date Aug 3), 5:00-8:00pm|This event is FREE & open to the public
|Union Square Plaza, Union Square, Somerville | www.SomervilleArtsCouncil.org

At this dance fest, there will be performances by an array of local dance groups featuring a variety of genres and styles. Each group exchanges a short segment (2 counts of 8, for example) of choreography with another group, and integrates it into their own larger piece. Produced by Synergy Dance Company. 

Program Order (Starts at 5pm)

1. Synergy
2. Mavi Dance
3. Beat Tree Dance
4. Movement Workshop Group
5. Bucchouse
6. Ashley Carter
7. Sophia Ehizuelen & Ian McKenzie  

Intermission (with guest musicians!)

8. Synergy
9. Capoeira Brasil Boston
10. Sonar Dance
11. Unyted Stylz
12. Rozann Kraus
13. Rainbow Tribe
14. Ashley Carter
15. Contrapose Dance

16. Danny Swain Dance Company

[Wadabo_updates] Special class with Sadio Diatta Rosche 8/1

Dear African Dance & Music Community,

Guest teacher, Sadio Diatta Rosche, teaches Fatou Carol Sylla's African Dance class THIS Friday
Friday, August 1st, 6:00-7:30pm pm, 
$12 | The Dance Complex - 536 Mass Ave, Central Sq., Cambridge | www.DanceComplex.org

Don't miss this opportunity to take class with Sadio, visiting guest artist from Senegal, West Africa. Proceeds will benefit the Ussoforal Arts School. Over the past six years, Sadio has built the Ussoforal Arts School in Guinea Bissau - one of the poorest nations in Africa. Ussoforal has expanded its programs to serve 200 students ranging from age 3 to 20+ years, with four levels for performing dance groups. Ussoforal also offers a literacy program for women. Come out and support Sadio & Ussoforal at the last class until September!



Tuesday, July 22, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] Reminder: Balla Kouyate & World Vision play 7/26 & 27

Dear African Dance & Music Community, 

Balla Kouyate and World Vision Perform at Lowell Folk Festival July 26 & 27

SAT July 26 - 3PM - Lee Street Stage
Duo with Pablo Dembele on Djembe and Banjo

SUN July 27 - 1 PM - JFK PLaza & 4PM - Boarding House Park
Balla and his band, World Vision

For more info:
http://www.lowellfolkfestival.org/schedule.html

Balla Kouyaté, from Mali, is a virtuoso player of an ancient instrument called the balafon, the West African ancestor of the marimba, the xylophone, the vibes, and a host of related instruments. Kouyate's family roots go back over 800 years to Balla Faséké Kouyaté, the keeper of the Sosso Bala, the first balafon, and the first of an unbroken line of djelis, or griots, in the Kouyaté clan. Kouyate, now based in Massachusetts, continues this classic tradition, with his brilliant, dazzling instrumental solos and original compositions. He will be accompanied by Sekou "Pablo" Dembele on Djembe and Banjo, Raja Kassis on Guitar, Thierno Camara on Bass and Mackane Kouyate on Calabash. 

www.myspace.com/ballakouyate

www.ballakouyate.com

Sunday, July 20, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] Classes & Shows 7/22 thru 7/26 - Adrienne Hawkins, SambaLolo, & more...

Dear African Dance & Music Community, 
Class updates and African Music and Dance performances
this week to keep you moving in the heat...

1 - Weekly Classes: Pape Sow teaches for Fatou N'Diaye 7/26

2 - Dance Shows:  Bass Line Motion - Adrienne Hawkins & Larry Rolland 7/22, Africa/NOW w/ Gregory Maqoma & Nora Chipaumire 7/25 & 26

3 - Music Shows: Boubacar Diabate & SambaLolo LIVE 7/25

1 - WEEKLY CLASSES:

Guest teacher, Pape Sow, teaches Fatou N'Diaye's African Dance class July 19 - August 16
Saturdays, 4:30-6:00pm, 
$12 | The Dance Complex - 536 Mass Ave, Central Sq., Cambridge | www.DanceComplex.org

While Fatou travels in Senegal, guest teacher, Pape Sow will teach Saturday African dance class. Fatou's regular drummers will be there, including master drummer Samba Cisse and others. Fatou extends her thanks to the community for its continuing support.  


2 - DANCE SHOWS:

Adrienne Hawkins & Larry Rolland perform Bass Line Motion as part of the Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park Concert Series at Franklin Park
Tuesday, July 22nd, 6:00pm | FREE, bring chairs and a picnic
 | Also featuring Wyatt Jackson's Liturgical Dance | The Playstead at Franklin Park, Dorchester, MA | www.firstnight.org 
 

Choreographer/dancer, Adrienne Hawkins, and musician/poet, Larry Rolland, perform a 45-minute "choreopoem" of colorful and soulful scenarios about the African-American experience. Using music, movement, and spoken word, Bass-Line Motion travels through the spiritual, historical and romantic aspect of the lives of people. 

Celebrate the legacy of Elma Lewis with FREE performances Franklin Park. Performances take place weather permitting at the Playstead, between the White Stadium and the back entrance of the zoo. Shows are for the whole family. 

Africa/NOW with Gregory Maqoma & Nora Chipaumire as part of Bates Dance Festival
Friday & Saturday, July 25th & 26th, 8pm | $20/$12 students & seniors | Schaeffer Theatre, Bates College, Lewiston, ME | http://abacus.bates.edu/dancefest/

Continuing a tradition of presenting contemporary dance from around the world, "Africa/NOW" is a shared evening featuring provocative new works by South African choreographer, Gregory Maqoma, and Zimbabwean-born performer, Nora Chipaumire. 

Inside Dance: Understanding Contemporary Performance A pre-performance talk on Chipaumire and Maqoma's work with dance scholar, Joan Frosch. Complimentary coffee and sweets. Friday, July 25, Schaeffer Theatre, 7:15 p.m. Also, please join us for a post-performance discussion with the artists immediately following the Saturday concert.

A globetrotting phenomenon, Gregory Maqoma, is one of the most talented choreographers to emerge from the new generation of South African artists. He performs an excerpt from his compelling solo work, "Beautiful Me," -- created by and with choreographers Akram Khan, Faustin Linyekula and Vincent Sekwat Mantsoe -- the piece looks at the beauty of humanity. 

Nora Chipaumire is known for provocative and politically relevant multimedia dances that illuminate the struggles of human identity in an increasingly borderless world. She performs an excerpt from "Chimurenga," (struggle) a post revolution solo that uses movement, film, text and a sound installation, to describe the personal collective trauma of surviving war/revolution in Zimbabwe. (partial nudity) 


3 - MUSIC SHOWS

BOUBACAR DIABATÉ & SAMBALOLO
Friday, July 25th, 11pm | Matt Murphy's Pub - 14 Harvard St, Brookline 
| No cover, Food until 10pm |www.MattMurphysPub.com

Mark your calendars: 
Monday, August 4th - Bouba unplugged at Matt Murphy's
Wednesday, August 6th - Bouba & SambaLolo at Ryle's Jazz Club
Saturday, August 16th - Bouba & SambaLolo at Matt Murphy's 

SambaLolo, featuring Boubacar Diabate, West African Griot from Mali, combines traditional rhythms with modern influences to form a unique style of contemporary Malian Griot music. Singing in Bambara, Diabate tells stories of common shared human experiences such as of love, life and humanity. Through the age-old West African tradition of Griot storytelling, Diabate brings the audience on a musical journey that is embellished with accents of Jazz, Blues and Reggae. For more information about Boubacar Diabate and SambaLolo visit: www.SambaLolo.net or www.myspace.com/sambalolo

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] Guest teacher Pape Sow this weekend!

Greetings African Dancers!

Pape N'Diaye & Fatou N'Diaye

welcome Pape Sow, guest artist from New York City 

THIS WEEKEND: FRIDAY 7/18 4PM @ YWCA & SATURDAY 7/19 430PM@ DC

Pape Sow teaches Pape N'Diaye's Friday class at the YWCA7/18 4:00-5:30pm, $12, EARLIER TIME!

He will be joined by master drummers Pape Cisse, Babacar Seck, Enko, Mamadou Diouck, and more! Do not miss this dynamic class. Pape N'Diaye will not be there because he has a performance, but please come and show Pape Sow your Boston love!!!

Pape Sow teaches Fatou N'Diaye's Saturday class at the Dance Complex: 7/19 4:30-6pm, $12, Pape will teach this class EVERY SATURDAY 7/19-8/16!

All of Fatou's regular drummers will be there! Please come out and keep the Saturday class hot while Fatou travels to Senegal.

ALSO: Pape N'Diaye will teach his regular Sunday class at the Dance Complex: 7/20 1:30-3pm, $12.

The fire drum line-up will from Friday continue -  All the musicians, including Pape Sow will be there!


The Cambridge YWCA is located at 7 Temple Street - The Dance Complex is located at 536 Mass. Ave - Both studios are in Central Square, Cambridge - Central Square stop on the Redline.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] Lamine Toure & Group Saloum play this Thursday 7/17

Dear African Dance & Music Community,

Thanks to all of you who have come out to dance and support the band at our recent outings!  The fun continues this week... we hope to see you!


LAMINE TOURE & GROUP SALOUM
Performing this THURSDAY, JULY 17th @ 9:30 pm

at the LIZARD LOUNGE
1667 Massachusetts Ave in Cambridge
(between Harvard and Porter Squares)

Only $10!

...tasty food, a great beer selection, room to dance, friendly staff... what more could you ask for?  Join us at the Lizard Lounge and get your groove on!


***UPCOMING DATES***
Friday, August 15 - 9:30 pm @ the Lizard Lounge, Cambridge
Saturday, August 23 - 10 pm @ the Beehive, Boston


Group Saloum is: Lamine Toure (sabar and lead vocals), Paa Seck (sabar), Moha Seck (sabar), Michael Lewis (drums), Papis Cissokho (bass), Dai Miyazaki (lead guitar), Akili Jamal Haynes (trumpet, percussion and backing vocals), Yusaku Yoshimura (keyboards), Erin Blatti (backing vocals), and Sarah Privler (trombone).

For more info, visit
http://www.laminetoure.com or
http://www.myspace.com/groupsaloum

For venue info, visit
http://www.lizardloungeclub.com

[Wadabo_updates] Reminder - We are One, Saturday July 19th, 8 pm

Rachel B. & Company present:
*We are One
Soulthentic Union*
Afro-Contemporary Dance Concert

Saturday July 19th 8pm
Green Street Studios
185 Green St. Cambridge (Central Square)

In her debut choreographic work, We are One/ Soulthentic Union, Rachel
B. Hope blends West African dance forms with modern dance, expressing a
meeting between the ancient and the new. This intersection suggests a
reconciliation of earth-based consciousness with our mechanized world;
through movement we find unity with each other.

Performed by: Rachel B. Hope, Jennifer Thermenos, Genevieve Hyacinthe,
Terra Weaver, Darya Pinton, Sharon Kivenko, Samantha Witman, Jeannie
Parkus and Laura Grego, with special interactive projections by Henry
Kaufman.

Tickets are $10. For reservations email info@greenstreetstudios.org or
call 617 864 3191. For venue information and directions visit:

http://www.greenstreetstudios.org/tPerformances.html
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Monday, July 14, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] No Drum class w/ Lamine Toure tonight 7/14

dear sabar enthusiasts,

there will be no drum class tonight with Lamine Toure due to a scheduling conflict.

see you next time!
-patty

Sunday, July 13, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] Thank You from NDAJE Festival & Pape N'Diaye

African Dance and Drum Community, 

We would like to send our most sincere thanks to all of the people who came to the second annual Ndaje Festival! It was truly a success with participants who came from across the US and from Italy, Greece, Togo, and Montreal! We had a lot of fun (so much that we did not want it to end!) Special thanks to all of the teachers and musicians who brought the heart and spirit of African music and dance to Boston! Your energy is welcomed, needed and inspiring!!

We would also like to thank all of our volunteers, vendors, and collaborators who helped to make the festival a success. Thanks to WADaBo (www.wadabo.com) for helping to get the word out about the festival. We appreciate everyone who encouraged, contributed, and gave us their blessings, including Mama Fatou N'Diaye, Darian Parker, Harolyn Bowden, Darya Pinton, Samba Cisse, Mamadou Diouck, Awa Ly, Lala Roberts, Erich Ludwig, Koriszan Reesee, Lisa Palumbo, Lamine Diallo, Alisha Ross, Carolyn Tullis, Joy DePalm, Emma Bailey, Erika Santiago-Camara, Vanessa Sweeney, De Ama Battle, Maila Sylla, Aluna Faye, and Zalika Reid. Also, special thanks to Michelle Jacobs (Culture Central, Inc. www.culturecentral.org) and family for always supporting our events!

As always, we welcome your comments and constructive criticisms as we look towards making the next year even better! Also, please respect our artists and festival participants by not posting festival videos and pictures on the internet without permission. Send copies of all videos and pictures taken during the classes and performances to ndajefestival@papendiaye.com or email us for a mailing address to send prints, CDs and DVDs of files that are too large to send via email.

See you at the Ndaje Festival in 2009!

Jerejef!

Pape and Dionne

Ndaje Festival 2008

www.papendiaye.com/ndajefestival

ndajefestival@papendiaye.com


[Wadabo_updates] Beat Tree Dance 7/19 at Somerville Art Beat

Dear African Dance & Music Community,

Beat Tree Dance Performs 

at Somerville Art Beat Festival

Saturday, July 19th. Show starts at 12:30pm, festival runs from 11am-6pm. 
Somerville Theatre, Davis Square, Somerville, Massachusetts 

This is a free event. For full schedule and more information, please visit www.somervilleartscouncil.org.

This concert will feature 4 pieces from Beat Tree's repertoire (Choreography by: Marianne Harkless, Widmine Remy, Dayenne C. Byron Walters) that all have a thematic center grounded in the word "green". Performed by: Harolyn Bowden, Baindu Coomber, Sophia Ehizuelen, Marianne Harkless, Darya Marusa Pinton, Widmine Remy, Dayenne C. Byron Walters, Terra Weaver, & Lori Weiss.   

About Beat Tree Dance (www.BeatTreeDance.com)

Beat Tree is an ongoing and diverse collaboration between choreographers, dancers and artists. An undying reverence to African dance, the mother of all dance, is what brings this unique group of artists together. Beat Tree is committed to exploring all forms of dance, rhythm, poetry, and performance art while staying true to African roots.  


Friday, July 11, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] Balla Kouyate Plays Lowell Folk Festival

Balla Kouyate and World Vision Perform at Lowell Folk Festival July 26 & 27

SAT July 26 - 3PM - Lee Street Stage
Duo with Pablo Dembele on Djembe and Banjo

SUN July 27 - 1 PM - JFK PLaza & 4PM - Boarding House Park
Balla and his band, World Vision

For more info:
http://www.lowellfolkfestival.org/schedule.html

Balla Kouyaté, from Mali, is a virtuoso player of an ancient instrument called the balafon, the West African ancestor of the marimba, the xylophone, the vibes, and a host of related instruments. Kouyate's family roots go back over 800 years to Balla Faséké Kouyaté, the keeper of the Sosso Bala, the first balafon, and the first of an unbroken line of djelis, or griots, in the Kouyaté clan. Kouyate, now based in Massachusetts, continues this classic tradition, with his brilliant, dazzling instrumental solos and original compositions. He will be accompanied by Sekou "Pablo" Dembele on Djembe and Banjo, Raja Kassis on Guitar, Thierno Camara on Bass and Mackane Kouyate on Calabash.

www.myspace.com/ballakouyate

www.ballakouyate.com

Thursday, July 10, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] Afro-Contemporary Dance Concert, Saturday July 19th 8pm

Rachel B. & Company present:
*We are One
Soulthentic Union*
Afro-Contemporary Dance Concert

Saturday July 19th 8pm
Green Street Studios
185 Green St. Cambridge (Central Square)

In her debut choreographic work, We are One/ Soulthentic Union, Rachel
B. Hope blends West African dance forms with modern dance, expressing a
meeting between the ancient and the new. This intersection suggests a
reconciliation of earth-based consciousness with our mechanized world;
through movement we find unity with each other.

Performed by: Rachel B. Hope, Jennifer Thermenos, Genevieve Hyacinthe,
Terra Weaver, Darya Pinton, Sharon Kivenko, Samantha Witman, Jeannie
Parkus and Laura Grego, with special interactive projections by Henry
Kaufman.

Tickets are $10. For reservations email info@greenstreetstudios.org or
call 617 864 3191. For venue information and directions visit:

http://www.greenstreetstudios.org/tPerformances.html
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] PROVIDENCE CLASSES UPDATE

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry there has been difficulty with the classes this summer. Before I left town I clarified with Hillel that there were only a couple conflicts June-August, but then the scheduler left her job and many things shifted... there is movement to find a new space and I will of course write to the list if that happens.

I can tell you that from now on drum class will be at 11 and dance at 12, as they have been. The front door will be locked if there is not a Hillel staffer in the building, but someone will be sitting by the door or there will be a note with a cell phone number to call to get let in.

Right now I know of no conflicts EXCEPT THIS SUNDAY, JULY 13. There is NO CLASS THIS SUNDAY, JULY 13 because of a conference in the building. Go dance it up at Sound Session on Saturday night (www.providencesoundsession.com, free concert in the park, parade, and bands all along Westminster Street in downtown Providence) instead, and come back to class July 20.  

Best,

Jori

[Wadabo_updates] PROVIDENCE CLASSES UPDATE

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry there has been difficulty with the classes this summer. Before I left town I clarified with Hillel that there were only a couple conflicts June-August, but then the scheduler left her job and many things shifted... there is movement to find a new space and I will of course write to the list if that happens.

I can tell you that from now on drum class will be at 11 and dance at 12, as they have been. The front door will be locked if there is not a Hillel staffer in the building, but someone will be sitting by the door or there will be a note with a cell phone number to call to get let in.

Right now I know of no conflicts EXCEPT THIS SUNDAY, JULY 13. There is NO CLASS THIS SUNDAY, JULY 13 because of a conference in the building. Go dance it up at Sound Session on Saturday night (www.providencesoundsession.com, free concert in the park, parade, and bands all along Westminster Street in downtown Providence) instead, and come back to class July 20.  

Best,

Jori

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

[Wadabo_updates] LAMINE TOURE & GROUP SALOUM Live 7/12 for free!

Dear African dance & music community
LAMINE TOURE & GROUP SALOUM

this SATURDAY, JULY 12th
at the BEEHIVE Restaurant

541 Tremont Street (corner of Clarendon), Boston
in the basement of the Cyclorama/Boston Center for the Arts

ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE!

2 sets starting at 10 pm

The Beehive offers a great menu and fantastic cocktails, in a funky and unpretentious setting in the former boiler room of the Cyclorama.  Call ahead and make a dinner reservation to secure a table, or just come for the show and dance!

*** UPCOMING SHOWS ***
Thursday, July 17 @ 10pm - Lizard Lounge, Cambridge
Friday, August 15 @ 10pm - Lizard Lounge, Cambridge

Group Saloum is: Lamine Toure (sabar and lead vocals), Paa Seck (sabar), Moha Seck (sabar), Michael Lewis (drums), Papis Cissokho (bass), Dai Miyazaki (lead guitar), Akili Jamal Haynes (trumpet, percussion and backing vocals), Yusaku Yoshimura (keyboards), Erin Blatti (backing vocals), and Sarah Privler (trombone).

For more info, visit
http://www.laminetoure.com or
http://www.myspace.com/groupsaloum

For more info about the Beehive, visit
http://www.beehiveboston.com