[Wadabo_updates] Lacina Coulibaly Classes & A Weekend of Guinea Dance

Tue May 9 20:44:36 EDT 2006

Greetings African Dance and Drum Community,

In this email:

1-LAST TWO CLASSES WITH LACINA COULIBALY AT THE DANCE COMPLEX

2-A WEEKEND OF GUINEA DANCE - TENENFIG DIOUBATE & ALY TATCHOL CAMARA AT THE
DANCE COMPLEX

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1 -*Contemporary African Dance Workshop series** with Lacina Coulibaly:*

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LAST TWO CLASSES AT THE DANCE COMPLEX ARE
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*THURSDAY, MAY 11TH, 8:15-9:30PM, $11
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*THURSDAY, MAY 18TH, 8:15-9:30PM, $11
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*536 MASS AVE, CENTRAL SQ., CAMBRIDGE*

Modern dance master 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.**

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*For more information email wadabo at gmail.com or call 617-388-0413
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2 - A WEEKEND OF DANCE FROM GUINEA, WEST AFRICA WITH
TENENFIG DIOUBATE
& ALY TATCHOL CAMARA

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*West African Dance Workshop with Tenenfig Dioubate*

* Saturday, May 20th, 4:30-6:00pm, $15*

* Fatou N'Diaye is hosting Tenenfig for a spectacular class of dance from
Guinea! *

Come and enjoy the dance arts of Guinea, West Africa with one of the best
female teachers state-side. TENENFIG DIOUBATE was the lead dancer of the
National Dance & Drum Troupe of the Republic of Guinea, LES BALLETS
AFRICAINS de Guinea (West Africa). Les Ballets Africains has been considered
the best African dance troupe of its kind in the world for more than 50
years. Class is open to all levels of dancers. Accompanied by live drumming
by African drum masters. For more information on Tenenfig, see below. Call
617.388.0413, email wadabo at gmail.com or for info. A special thanks to Fatou
N'Diaye for giving her class time to host this event with Tenenfig.

*Guinea Connection Workshop with Aly Tatchol Camara*

* Sunday, May 21st, 1:00-3:00pm, $14*

*Last Guinea Connection workshop until September - Don't wait until the fall
to experience dance with Aly Tatcol!
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Get connected! The next Guinea Connection Workshops brought to you by West
African Dance in Boston (www.wadabo.com) features one of your favorite
Guinea dance teachers, Aly Tatchol Camara. EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF THE DANCE
AND DRUM ARTS FROM GUINEA, WEST AFRICA IN A TWO-HOUR CLASS WITH ONE OF NEW
ENGLAND'S MOST GIFTED TEACHERS! Expect a high-energy class geared to dancers
of all levels. Class will start PROMPTLY AT 1:00PM. Accompanied by live
drumming with master drummer, Lansana Toure, and other gifted drum artists
from New Haven and Boston. Come and see why everyone has been raving about
Aly Tatchol!! Call 617.388.0413, email wadabo at gmail.com or for info. For
more information on Aly Tatchol, see below.

Both of these workshops are at:

THE DANCE COMPLEX, 536 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, CAMBRIDGE, MA

CENTRAL SQ. STOP ON THE RED LINE

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 Tenenfig Bio: In addition to her career with the world-renown Ballets
Africains, *Djeli Guinee Tenenfig Dioubate *was the lead dancer of the Les
Ballets Mervelles D'Afrique & the National Ballet Silinbo of Senegal. Djeli
Guinee Tenenfig has toured throughout Africa, Europe and the United States
of America, including performances at the Lincoln Center and the United
Nations. She is a master teacher of traditional dance and rhythms. Tenenfig
has conducted workshops across the United States at many institutions,
universities, colleges, schools and community organizations. Tenenfig
Dioubate is currently teaching Dance troupes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and one of the largest African-American Dance & Drum Ensembles in the United
States of America, the Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble,
headquartered in Camden, New Jersey. Tenenfig has also taught in Chicago,
Illinois, New York City, New York and many cities in the United States of
America.

Aly Tachol Bio: *Aly Tatchol Camara* began dancing and drumming at age 6 as
part of traditional Kouffin village life in Guinea's Boffa region and went
on to learn and teach the acrobatic street dances of Kamsar. In 1984 Aly was
recruited on the street into the renown *Les Ballet Dougouffissa* dance
company. Since then, Aly has performed around the world with *Ballet Variety
*, *Ballet Unite Africa *and *Les Ballets Bougarabou.* In the US, Aly has
taught at Barnice Johnson Cultural Arts Center and Fareta School of Dance in
New York. He lives in New Haven, CT and teaches at the School of African
Rhythm and at Yale University. He is the founder and artistic director
of *Kouffin
Kanake Dance Company*.
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