Monday, November 27, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Harvard Pan-African Dance and Drum Ensemble Event

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Come check out Harvard’s Pan African Dance and Drum Ensemble featuring Master Drummer Joh Camara! We have performances throughout the year and will be closing this show on Dec. 1 and Dec. 2. Hope to see you there!

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The Many Styles of Dance at Harvard University

December 1 & 2, 2006

8pm

Harvard Dance Center

60 Garden Street

Cambridge, MA

An invitational performance by Harvard Student Groups

Bhangra Dance Program

Harvard Ballroom Team

Harvard Ballet Company

Harvard Crimson Dance Team

Harvard Early Music Society

HR Dance Company

Pan-African Dance and Drum Ensemble

South Asian Dance Company

Enjoy Rhumba, ChaCha, Classical, Contemporary, French,

Baroque, African, Funk, Asian, Jazz, and much more!

Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office

617-496-2222

$8.00 general admission

$5.00 students and Seniors

[Wadabo_updates] Sabar show December 2!

Dear African Drum & Dance Community,

Lamine Touré and his sabar drum ensemble will be giving a free concert this coming Saturday. Come out and enjoy the drumming!!

R A M B A X

MIT Senegalese Drumming Ensemble

Directed by Lamine Touré

Featuring special guests!

Saturday, December 2 8:00pm

Lobdell - 2nd floor, Stratton Student Center

84 Mass. Ave., Cambridge

Free and open to the public

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] African Turkey

Dear African dance and drum community,

A lthough many of you will not be in the area for the holiday, for those of you are here and

who do want to dance this week/ weekend there are plenty of opportunities. This list is to

the best of our knowledge - you should contact the teachers directly if you have questions.

Please have a safe and enjoyable holiday.

WILL BE HELD: Tuesday Astou Dance Complex

Wednesday Seydou (Joh Camara) Dance Complex

Saturday Deraldo (Samba class) Dance Complex

Saturday Fatou N'Diaye (Pape N'Diaye) Dance Complex

Sunday Reynaldo Gonzalez Dance Complex

Sunday Astou Dance Complex

Sunday Pape N'Diaye Camb YWCA

CANCELLED: Wednesday Deraldo (Capoeira) Dance Complex

Friday Fatou Carol Dance Complex

Friday Pape N'Diaye Camb YWCA

Saturday Jean Appolon Dance Complex

Saturday Deraldo (Capoeira) Dance Complex

Saturday Chuvicso (Capoeira) Dance Complex

Saturday Joh Camara BeOne Studio

Sunday Jean Appolon (Modern) Dance Complex

Sunday Wilmayer Marcelin Dance Complex

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] TWO Performances of Dance & Drum from Ghana 11/20

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,

There are TWO performances of Music & Dance from Ghana, West Africa

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH

FEATURING VISITING ARTISTS EMMANUEL & VICTOR AGBELI

1 - Performance & discussion of Ewe Drumming and Dance with Emmanuel & Victor Agbeli

Monday, November 20th, 1:30pm

David Friend Recital Hall at Tufts University (www.tufts.edu)

Emmanuel and Victor Agbeli will lead an exciting performance and discussion of the indigenous music of the Ewe people of southern Ghana and Togo. Please contact Joe Galeota at jagdrums@comcast.net for more information.

2 - Berklee West African Drum & Dance Ensemble presents The Golden Stool; The Music of the Ashanti Nation - Featuring Emmanuel & Victor Agbeli

Monday, November 20th, 8:15pm

Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass Ave (at Boylston street), Boston (www.berkleebpc.com)

Directed by Joe Galeota, with special guests Emmanuel and Victor Agbeli, Cherie Rivers, & Karen Carlington, The Berklee West African Drum & Dance Ensemble will present an evening of music from the Ashanti Nation. Please contact Joe Galeota at jagdrums@comcast.net for more information.

Monday, November 13, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] African Dance & Drum This Week:

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,
If you want more African Dance and Music in your life -
This is your week!!!

In this email:
Dance classes, Drum classes, Performances - More info at www.WADaBo.com -

1 - Sabar classes with Paa Seck & Talla Gnom (Senegal) 11/16 & 17
2 - Dance & Drum Classes with Victor & Emmanuel Agbeli (Ghana) 11/18 & 19
3 - Dance Class with Kissima Diabate (Senegal) 11/18
4 - BENEFIT DRUM CIRCLE for folks in Guinea 11/18
5 - Performance with Group Saloum (Lamine Toure, Senegal) 11/16
6 - Performance & Lecture with Agbeli Bothers (Ghana) 11/20

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1 - Lamine Toure presents Sabar Dance Classes with Paa Seck & Talla Ngom

Thursday, November 16th 6:30pm-8:00pm (Lamine Toure's class)
At the Dance Complex 536 Mass Ave, Central Sq. Cambridge

Friday, November 17th 7:30pm-9:00pm (Pape N'Diaye's class)
At the Cambridge YWCA, 7 Temple St., Central Sq. Cambridge

Two days of Sabar dance classes with master teachers Paa Seck and Talla Ngom, featuring drumming by guest artist Moha Seck. Paa, Talla, and Moha are originally from the Kaolack region of Senegal, West Africa and are part of Lamine Toure's extended family. Classes are $12 per student. Classes will have live accompaniment by master Sabar drum artists. All are welcome. For more information please contact 617.416.2323.

2 - Dance and Drum from Ghana – classes with Victor & Emmanuel Agbeli

Saturday, November 18th Drum Class 1:30-3:00pm
At Berklee College of Music 1140 Boylston St, Room Z (basement), Boston

Sunday, November 19th Dance Class 1:30-3:00pm
At the Dance Complex 536 Mass Ave, Central Sq., Cambridge

Come and learn Ewe Dance and Drum with the Gahnaian dance masters! Classes are $12/student and are open to all levels of dancers & drummers. Please contact Joe Galeota at jagdrums@comcast.net for more information.

Emmanuel Agbeli and Victor Agbeli are both Ewe Master drummer and dancers from the Volta Region (south) of Ghana, West Africa. They received their drum and dance training from their father, Godwin Agbeli, who was the principal drummer for the Arts Council of Ghana Folkloric Company for many years. For the past eight years they have served as leaders of the Dagbe Cultural Center in their rural hometown village, Kopeyia. The center offers education in traditional Ghanaian music and culture.

3 - Dance Class with Kissima Diabate

Saturday, November 18th 4:30pm-6:00pm
At the Dance Complex 536 Mass Ave, Central Sq. Cambridge.

This Saturday, Kissima Diabate (above), teach Fatou's class on Saturday at the Dance Complex (Djembe). The class will focus on the dances from Senegal, West Africa. Originally from Dakar, Senegal, Kissima Diabate is a former member of the Senegalese national dance company, Ballet La Linguire.

$12 per student. Class will have live accompaniment by master African drum artists. All are welcome.

For more information please contact 617.427.5160

While Sister Fatou is making the pilgrimage to Mecca and visiting with her family in Senegal, her Saturday dance class at the Dance Complex will still be going strong with master classes taught by local and visiting artists. We wish Fatou a safe journey and look forward to her return in March 2007.

4 - Benefit Drum Circle, Boston Community Action for Guinea

Saturday, November 18, Noon – 5:00PM,
at The DrumConnection Workshop Space, The Gibbs School, Tufts Street, Arlington, MA 02474 tel: 781-316-8068

Please plan on joining us if you can. All money raised by this event will go directly to efforts in Africa to keep people alive. Bring your drums, rattles, dununs, bells and we'll make it a pot-luck. Maybe some classes can prepare a few rhythms to perform. Wine and cheese/crackers will be served. Doctors, drug companies: I need help with collecting broad spectrum antibiotics for my trip. All help and legal assistance in this endeavor appreciated.

Dear Drum Community - As many of you know, some of us in The DrumConnection travel yearly to Guinea, West Africa. Conditions are much worse than earlier years. In the past few years, I personally have seen the disease and death and felt the pain of the people there. Two days after my birthday, this story comes to me to keep me focused on the work we need to do there. Remember... the music of the drums most of you play comes from West Africa. Once again, this year, I will be traveling back to Africa to be a part of the music, dance and song. But I will also be a part of the poverty and the desperation. I hope that many of my friends will still be alive.

I have decided to have a fund raiser next weekend Saturday, November 18th at The DrumConnection Studios, Arlington, MA USA We are planning a drum jam, I will teach a few new rhythms and facilitate the event. I will also show some of my film footage of recent trips highlighting the beautiful and intense music of Guinea. We will celebrate Famoudou Konate, Mamady Keita, Wadaba Kourouma.

-Alan Tauber

5 - Lamine Toure presents Group Saloum

Featuring special guests Paa Seck, Talla Ngom, & Moha Seck (Senegal)

Thursday, November 16th 9pm at the Lizard Lounge

Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA (between Harvard sq. & Porter sq.)

6 - Ewe Drumming and Dance with Emmanuel & Victor Agbeli

Monday, November 20th, 1:30pm

David Friend Recital Hall at Tufts University

Thursday, November 09, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Dance & Music Performances in December

Dear African Dance & Drum Community,
These performances and class opportunities in December should not be missed
by anyone interested in African & African-rooted
Dance and Music Arts:

1 - Ronald K. Brown presents Evidence
     Friday & Saturday, December 1 & 2 at 8pm

2 - Master Class with Ronald K. Brown
     Saturday, December 2, 9:30am-12noon

3 - Kissima Diabate & Pape N'Diaye present
NDAJE, a Live African Music Concert
      Saturday, December 9th at 8pm
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1 - Ronald K. Brown Evidence Friday & Saturday, December 1 & 2 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre - Tickets & information call WorldMusic/CrashArts at 617.876.4275 or visit www.CRASHarts.org . Blending African, modern, ballet and hip-hop dance styles, Ronald K. Brown's powerful choreography offers finely crafted, exquisitely danced stories about heritage, truth, destiny and humankind's desire to liberate the spirit within.

2 - Master Class with Ron Brown, Saturday, December 2, 9:30am-12noon at the Dance Complex.
Class is $20. Call 617.876.4274 to pre-register. For more information visit www.CRASHarts.org .
The Dance Complex is located at 536 Mass. Ave. Central Sq. Cambridge - www.DanceComplex.org for directions.

3 - Kisssima Diabate & Pape N'Diaye present NDAJE, Saturday, December 9th at 8pm - Two powers of Senegal, West Africa, "Ndaje", come together, to create a spectacular performance of African drum and dance arts at The Dance Complex. Featuring the Boston premier performance of Sengalese music from Doomou Africa. Also featuring African dance performances, choreographed by Kissima Diabate & Pape N'Diaye, with special guest artists from Boston, New York, and Vermont. Tickets are $15/ $13 students. The Dance Complex is located at 536 Mass. Ave. Central Sq. Cambridge - www.DanceComplex.org for directions.

Saturday, November 04, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Haitian Dance Workshop Weekend with Jean Appolon - next wekend!

Dear African Dance & Drum Communtiy,
This is a reminder that
NEXT WEEKEND

In Honor of Our Ancestors,

Jean Appolon Presents Gede! An Intensive Workshop

on Haitian Folkloric Dance and Culture

Saturday, November 11th & Sunday, November 12th, 3:00-6:00pm

At the Dance Complex, 536 Mass Ave, Central Square, Cambridge

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS WORKSHOP

To register email daryamarusa@yahoo.com.

Please inlcude your full name, day(s) you would like to attend and your telephone number in the email.

Don't until the last minute, there are limited slots available!!

A complete description of the workshop is available at:

www.JeanAppolon.com.

$60.00 for entire 2-session workshop

$30.00 for Saturday or Sunday ONLY (one class)

$70.00/$35.00 if registered after 11/09

Friday, November 03, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Dance Classes with KISSIMA DIABATE - THIS WEEKEND!

Dear African Dance and Drum Community,

Kissima Diabate
will be teaching classes in Central Sq. this weekend:

Tomarrow!!
Saturday, November 4th - Fatou's class (Djembe)
4:30-6:00pm at the Dance Complex, $12

Sunday, November 5th - Pape's class (Sabar)
6:00-7:30pm at the Cambridge YWCA, $12

Kissima Diabate - Originally from Dakar, Senegal, Kissima Diabate is a former member of the Senegalese national dance company, Ballet La Linguire. We are fortunate to have Kissima visiting the area; Kissima has taught in Boston on many occasions to rave reviews. Don't miss out!

The Dance Complex 536 Mass Ave Cambridge, MA
www.dancecomplex.org

The Cambridge YWCA 7 Temple Street, Cambridge, MA

Sunday, October 29, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Dance Classes with Kissima Diabate - all this week!!

Dear African Dance and Drum Community,

Kissima Diabate
will be teaching classes in Central Sq. this weekend and next weekend:

Tomarrow! Sunday October 29th - Astou's class
3:00-4:30pm at the Dance Complex, $12

Saturday, November 4th - Fatou's class
4:30-6:00pm at the Dance Complex, $12

Sunday, November 5th - Pape's class
6:00-7:30pm at the Cambridge YWCA, $12

Kissima Diabate - Originally from Dakar, Senegal, Kissima Diabate is a former member of the Senegalese national dance company, Ballet La Linguire. We are fortunate to have Kissima visiting the area; Kissima has taught in Boston on many occasions to rave reviews. Don't miss out!

The Dance Complex 536 Mass Ave Cambridge, MA
www.dancecomplex.org

The Cambridge YWCA 7 Temple Street, Cambridge, MA

Thursday, October 26, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Good-bye to Fatou N'Diaye with Abdoulaye Sylla

Dear African Dance and Drum Community,
Our mother and teacher,
Fatou N'Diaye
will be leaving us this Sunday, October 29th until March of 2007.

Although we will miss her dearly,
we are happy for her opportunity to make the pilgrimage to Mecca
and to spend the following months with her family in Europe and Senegal.
Fatou would like to thank everyone in the community who has supported her.
Please join us in saying "Bon Voyage" and to bless her travels and religious path.

Come to wish Fatou well at the master class
with Abdoulaye Sylla
teaching the exquisite dance arts of Guinea, West Africa
This Saturday, October 28th 4:30-6:00pm
At the Dance Complex, $12
with live drumming by master artists.

Don't worry, while Fatou is away we will have a series of master classes
taught by local and visiting dance masters.
You can look forward to up-coming classes with: Pape N'Diaye, Kissima Diabate, Sekou Sylla, Abdoulaye Sylla and many more gifted teachers!!

Abdoulaye Sylla was a principal dancer and percussionist with Les Ballets Africains, the national dance troupe of the Republic of Guinea, from 1989 to 1994 and a principal dancer, percussionist, and the director of technique for Les Merveilles D'Afrique, a private folkloric troupe which trains dancers for the national company, from 1986 through 1994. He has performed, toured, and taught traditional dance throughout Africa, Europe, and the United States.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

[Wadabo_updates] Travel to Senegal with Fatou Carol Sylla & Sadio Diatta Rosche

A SPECIAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE TO SENEGAL, WEST AFRICA;

AN ARTS BASED, GRASSROOTS, CULTURAL EMERSION STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM

JAN. 5-19 OR JULY 9-24, 2007
Information session & Course Overview below:

Goree Island, Senegal

INFORMATION SESSION OCTOBER 21, 2006

Fatou-Carol Sylla and Lesley University invite you to an information session to learn more about A SPECIAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE TO SENEGAL, WEST AFRICA, offering programs in 2007 both in January and July. This is a two-week arts based program that focuses on traditional dance and music in their cultural contexts, with a three undergraduate or graduate credit option through Lesley University. This program, created and led by Fatou-Carol Sylla in conjunction with Sadio Rosche, Dr. Cheikh Sene of Suffolk University/Dakar Campus and Fotigue Toure, music director of the National Theater Group of Senegal, is in its 21st. year!

Come learn what is in store for 2007. Travel in January or July!

Sat. October 21, 2006

from 1:00 - 2:30 PM

416 Porter Exchange Building

Lesley University

Porter Sq., Cambridge, MA

RSVP not necessary but greatly appreciated.

To RSVP or for more information including payment deadlines call Fatou-Carol at 617-868-6193.

Please check out a video clip from the most recent trip in July 2006 at:

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=village+parade&hl=en

Course Overview below:

A SPECIAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE:

DANCE, MUSIC AND CULTURE IN SENEGAL, WEST AFRICA

January 5-19, 2007 or

July 9-24, 2007

West Africa is rich with humanistic culture that is transferred from generation to generation through its art forms. This course will offer students a Senegalese grass-roots cultural emersion experience. Students will explore the roles dance, music and the integrated arts play in traditional West African culture. Students will study dance and drumming and participate in arts based cultural activities allowing students the opportunity to develop artistically as well as to explore West African culture on an experiential level. Students will also be exposed to historical, geo-political and religious influences on Senegal today by attending lectures with university professors.

This exciting two-week study abroad program will be based for one week in the Casamance, a geographically isolated region in the southern most part of Senegal, known as the "Garden of Senegal". This is a rural area, in which traditional rituals and an animistic spiritual cosmology are still prevalent.

The beautiful and very historic Goree Island will be home to students during the second week of this cultural emersion experience. Goree Island is a village hundreds of years old and home to the Slave House Museum, which stands as a reminder of the exportation of West Africans as slaves from her shores. It also offers an artistic, research and cosmopolitan environment, due to its proximity (a twenty minute ferry ride) to Dakar, the capital of Senegal.

While in Senegal students will have the opportunity to:

Study indigenous dance and drumming in their traditional contexts as well as with members of the National Ballet of Senegal.

Participate in community drum and dance festivities/rituals

Attend lectures on historical, geo-political, and Islamic influences on Senegalese culture as well as the on Arts and Spirituality in Senegal

Visit the Slave House and Ifa Museum, the University of Dakar as well as attend a National Ballet rehearsal and/or performance.

Meet with a traditional practitioner, watch artisans at work, and visit traditional open markets in Ziginchor, Casamance and on Goree Island.

Fatou- Carol Sylla founded A Special Cultural Exchange in 1985 and has organized and led West African arts based, grassroots study abroad programs for almost two decades in Senegal, Guinea and Guinea Bissau, including several years for Bradford College. She does this in conjunction with Sadio Diatta Rosche, international artist and tour organizer in her native Casamance, Fotigue Toure, music director of the National Theater Group of Senegal, Cheikh Sene, professor at Suffolk University/Dakar Campus, as well as many other artists and family members.

For more information on the January or July Program please call Fatou-Carol at 617-868-6193

or email underthesundandd@hotmail.com.

For fees and payment schedule, please open attachment.