by Frances Phillips | Nov 21, 2016 | 2015, News, Traditional Arts
Culminating more than a year of collaboration and project development, Liberian dancer, choreographer, director, craftsman, and costume designer Nimely Napla and Diamano Coura West African Dance are premiering a new ballet, The Forbidden Bush, on November 26 and 27,...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 9, 2016 | 2015, Traditional Arts
On September 17 at 1:00 p.m., Diamano Coura West African Dance Company is bringing “The Forbidden Bush –The Ancestors Still Teach” to Defremery Park in Oakland. The afternoon will include a free drum class at 1:15; free dance class (incorporating...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 25, 2015 | 2015, News, Traditional Arts
In a return performance at San Francisco City Hall’s rotunda, on November 6 Nimela Napla’s Pan African Dance Company will present a harvest dance known as the “Farming Ballet,” performed by a line of drummers with dancers wearing different...
