by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2003 | 2003, Traditional Arts
La Peña Cultural Center collaborating with bandleader and percussionist Jesus Diaz and Cuban master musicians and dancers to create De Aqu? p’All? Con Clave, a new work featuring Cuban folkloric music and dance alongside contemporary Cuban jazz and...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2003 | 2003, Traditional Arts
Melody of China collaborating with Wilson S. Mah of the Loong Mah Sing See Wui and composer Gang Situ to create newly choreographed lion dance routines to freshly composed musical pieces that are played on traditional Chinese instruments.
by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2003 | 2003, Traditional Arts
Members of the Oakland Youth Chorus collaborating with Zimbabwean artist Julia Tsitsi Chigamba to create Bembero Mudengu, (The Celebration of the Basket), a new multidisciplinary presentation of Zimbabwean music and dance tracing the history and diversity of the Shona...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2003 | 2003, Traditional Arts
The O?i Ochun Cultural Center collaborating with choreographer Susana Arenas Pedroso to explore the patakin parable tradition of the Yoruba/Lukumi religion, bringing Afro-Cuban storytelling to life through dance, music, and spoken word.
by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2003 | 2003, Traditional Arts
Pacific Islanders? Cultural Association collaborating with Kawika Hiwahiwa Keawehakuahu?ula Alfiche and Halau Aloha Pumehana o Polynesia to create N? Ali?i, a new performance work about four members of Hawaiian royalty and their effect on the culture?s history.
