[Wadabo_updates] WADaBo Update - Busy Dance Week Ahead!

Wed Apr 5 11:19:25 EDT 2006

Hello everyone!
It's a busy busy week in the West African Dance World! Besides all our
regular classes and such, there is so much going on. We've got to dance to
stay warm and keep the snow away!

1. Thursday Workshop with Lacina Coulibaly
2. Thursday Show with Lamine Toure & Groupe Saloum
3. Friday/Saturday Benefit Shows
4. Sunday Workshop with ALY CAMARA
5. Monday/Tuesday Show with Legends of West Africa
6. Monday/Tuesday midday workshops with Legends of West Africa

1. Thursday Workshop with Lacina Coulibaly
Contemporary African Dance Workshop series with Lacina Coulibaly:

THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 8:15-9:30PM, $11
AT THE DANCE COMPLEX
536 MASS AVE, CENTRAL SQ., CAMBRIDGE

Modern classes with Lacina Coulibaly, choreographer and dancer hailing from
Burkina Faso, West Africa, focus on his original blend of traditions and
genres. Lacina has been working for years to develop his own unique style
that exists at the intersection between the traditional styles of his home
country, the expressions that emerge from the exploration of the self, and
the techniques of European modern dance.

Students of both Modern and traditional African dance genres will find
correlations, challenges and revelations in Lacina's technique and
choreography.

Testimonial from a series participant - "As a dancer trained in both
classical and modern styles, and now with years of experience in African
dance, I find Lacina's classes especially valuable to the modern and
contemporary classical dancer. The rhythmic detail, awareness and fully
inhabited quality that he brings into his movement (clearly from the
traditional dance of his native country), is both challenging and powerful.
The depth that this adds to any _expression of modern dance is profound."

Lacina Coulibaly, Co-founder of the Burkina Faso based dance company, Kongo
Ba Teria, will be in New England until May 2006 as the result of his ongoing
residency at Brown University in RI. Lacina's choreography won the
International Sanga II Choreography Competition. Kongo Ba Teria has recently
completed residencies in Florida, California and several European countries.
Through his teaching and work with Kongo Ba Teria, Lacina continues to
challenge traditional boundaries and to create new movement dialogues.

2. Thursday Show with Lamine Toure & Groupe Saloum
LAMINE TOURE and GROUP SALOUM at Johnny D's
THURSDAY, APRIL 6  9:00pm

17 Holland St., Somerville (Davis Square)
dinner/table reservations: 617-776-2004

cover charge: $10 at door (21+ show)

Group Saloum is: Lamine Toure (sabar and lead vocals), Thiokho Diagne
(sabar), Michael Lewis (drums), Raja Kassis (lead guitar), Akili Jamal
Haynes (bass and backing vocals), Patricia Tang (keyboards and violin),
Kimani Lumsden (percussion), Josiah Woodson (trumpet, flute and guitar) and
Iginaijah Maxwell (backing vocals).

For more info, visit www.laminetoure.com or www.johnnyds.com

3. Friday/Saturday Benefit Shows
Farafin Foli - African Rhythms - two exciting shows! Proceeds to benefit the
Build a school in Africa Project, which just finished building its first
school in southern Mali, in a collaboration with Save the Children.
Featuring Drummers from Troupe Baden'ya and the Teriya Dancers, plus Sipho
Bellinger's percission group TamTam Gise and Troupe Teranga.

Saturday, April 8, 2006, 7:30 P.M.  Cronin Auditorium, Route 111, Harvard MA
- about 35 miles west of Cambridge. Adults $10.00, Students $5.00. For more
info or directions contact jmlorimer at juno.com.

Sunday, April 9, 2006,   7:30 P.M.   Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St. Arlington
Center, right off Mass Ave
Adults $15.00, Students/Seniors $12; special advance VIP  seating $25
includes preferred seating, an African buffet after the performance, and a
chance to meet the performers. For more information visit
www.regenttheatre.com or call 781-646-4849.

4. Sunday Workshop with ALY CAMARA
Aly Camara is returning to Boston! Workshop is this Sunday! If you missed
last workshop, expect a high energy great class with a wonderful warmup led
by Aly followed by great Guinea steps accompanied by live master drummers
(including Lansana Toure).

Sunday, April 9
1:30 – 3:30 pm
$14
@ Be One, 62 Warren Ave, Roxbury, MA 02119

ALY CAMARA is a favorite of those of us in Boston, as he should be. Aly
Tatchol Camara was born in the small village of Dansy in Guinea, West
Africa,  He has danced professionally with African ballet companies in
Guinea, Senegal, and the U.S.  Mr. Camara leads African Dance Classes at
Yale University, Southern Connecticut State University, and at The New Haven
School of
African Rhythm and Dance.  Mr. Camara is also featured regularly with
RhythmWorks, bringing participatory drumming, dance and song to corporations
and educational institutions.

5. Monday/Tuesday Show with Legends of West Africa
The Legends of West Africa
http://www.legendsofwestafrica.org

Monday, April 10, 7:30pm
Tuesday, April 11, 7:30pm

$38, $30, $25 Reserved seating
(Legend seating, VIP seats $50)

Regent Theater
7 Medford Street, Arlington, MA
(Corner Mass Ave/Rt 60)

In their first Boston appearance, The Legends of West Africa, a remarkable
ensemble of the World's most notable curators of Mande traditional musical
arts. This ensemble displays a dynamic and exhilarating celebration of West
Africa's ethnic heritage through song, music and dance. Come celebrate the
beauty, excitement and magic of this remarkable troupe.

Mamady Keita, Artistic Director
Moustopha Bangoura, Choreographer

Tickets:
Please call the Box Office at 781-646-4TIX (4849)
Or please click here to purchase tickets online at Regent Theatre Box
Office.

6. Monday/Tuesday midday workshops with Legends of West Africa
Master dance workshop with members from The Legends of West Africa group
coming to Boston ...performance April 10 & 11.
They're teaching dance and drum. dance workshop will be April 10 & 11
afternoons....11-12:30p/drum 1-2:30p $30.
If you're interested...contact DrumConnection.com to register.
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