BROWN UNIVERSITY'S
BROWN UNIVERSITY'SAFRICANIST WEEKEND |
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LOCATION Ashamu Dance Studio Catherine Bryan Dill Center for the Performing Arts Providence Rhode Island 3 Nights of Celebration and Performances 2 Days of Workshops The Brown University Departments of Theater, Speech and Dance, Africana Studies, Music, Rites & Reason Theater, Center for Race & Ethnicity, Third World Center and the Office of the Chaplains & Religious Life are working in collaboration to create the inaugural Africanist Weekend this coming February 8th, 9th and 10th. The weekend will kick-off Friday evening with a reading of the play Hip-Hopcrisy followed by an opening ceremony in the Ashamu Dance Studio. Saturday and Sunday will consist of workshops from 9:30 am until 5:30 pm followed by performances in Ashamu at 8 pm. There will be an African Market with hand - crafted goods, fabrics, traditional instruments. African Food will be offered for sale at all performances.
SCHEDULE (subject to change) Friday, February 8 Prelude to a Celebration, 7 pm: Reading of Hip-Hopcrisy, a play by Andrea O'Neal at Rites & Reason Theater (155 Angell Street). Followed by procession to Ashamu Dance Studio Opening Ceremony. Opening Ceremony - A Call to the Village, 8 pm Ashamu Dance Studio A call to participate and invoke sacred space with celebratory dance, singing, chanting, spoken word, live music, poetry and spiritual readings. Come join us in celebration! Saturday, February 9 Workshops: (Locations are Ashamu, Alumni Hall, Leung)* 930am - 11am Dance with Troupe Baden'ya Ghanaian Drumming with Martin Obeng Children's Dance (no cost) 1115am - 1245pm Dance with Troupe Baden'ya 200pm - 330pm Dance with Troupe Baden'ya 345pm - 530pm Dance with Troupe Baden'ya Djembe Ensemble with Issa Coulibaly Womanist Spirituality with Sakena Young-Scaggs Performance, 8 pm Ashamu With: Troupe Baden'ya, New Works/World Traditions and special guests Sunday, February 10 Workshops: (Locations are Ashamu, Alumni Hall, Leung)* 930am - 1100am African Yoga & Sacred Text with Maya Breuer 1100am - 1230pm Dun Dun Class Dance with Troupe Baden'ya Rituals and Wellness with Myron Beasley 1245pm - 215pm Dance with Troupe Baden'ya Advanced Djembe with Moussa Traore Storytelling and the Power of Dreams with Words in the Wind (children & families encouraged to attend!) 230pm - 400pm Dance with Troupe Baden'ya Songs from Mande Folklore 400pm - 530 pm Dance with Troupe Baden'ya Performance, 8 pm Ashamu With: Troupe Baden'ya, New Works/World Traditions, Afro-Latin Jazz Group and special guests * For all dance and yoga workshop participants: Please wear comfortable clothes, and bring water and a small towel. African dance is strenuous and neither Brown University, the teachers nor sponsors assume any liability. Listen to your body! Performers, Guest Artists Paul Austerlitz - Brown University, Ethnomusicology Michelle Bach-Coulibaly - Brown University, Theater, Speech and Dance Karen Allen Baxter - Brown University, Rites & Reason Theater Myron Beasley - Brown University, Theater, Speech and Dance, Africana Studies Maya Breuer - Yogini, Tomaya Yoga Studios Issa Coulibaly - Troupe Baden'ya Seydou Coulibaly - Troupe Baden'ya Abdoulay Diallo (Ablou) - Troupe Baden'ya Lewis Gordon - Brown University, Director of Africana Studies Soumayla Jigla Soumanou - Troupe Baden'ya Mageba Keita - Troupe Baden'ya Shata Kone - Troupe Baden'ya Craig Love - Brown University, Dept. of Race and Ethnicity, Arapaho Nation Martin Obeng - Brown University, Dept. of Ethnomusicology Geneba Sacko - Troupe Baden'ya Mamadou Sidibe - Troupe Baden'ya Tata Singare - Troupe Baden'ya Geneba Sisse (Balou) - Troupe Baden'ya Melody Ruffin Ward - Rhode Island College Elmo Terry-Morgan - Brown University, Director Rites & Reason Theater Balla Tounkara - Troupe Baden'ya Ibrahim Traore - Troupe Baden'ya Maimouna Traore (Mai) - Troupe Baden'ya Moussa Traore - Troupe Baden'ya Frank Ward - Old Dominion University Sakena Young-Scaggs - Brown University, Office of the Chaplain Words in the Wind (Donna Mitchell) - Wampanoag Nation Poet and Storyteller |