The Community Education Center (CEC) in partnership with Drexel University presents
DanceAfrica Philadelphia (DAP!)
Our African Legacy: Treasured Reflections
November 6 – 9, 2013
Artistic Director and Founder of the national DanceAfrica, Baba Chuck Davis
DAP! brings the excitement of expertly performed dance and promotes the preservation of African dance and culture. It provides opportunities for lifelong learning and fortifies our communities with a sense of pride. As Baba Chuck likes to say – spreading “Peace, Love, and Respect for Everybody!”
For our first DanceAfrica Philadelphia (DAP!), Our African Legacy: Treasured Reflections, the festival will speak to the value of the heritage of peoples of African descent and the importance of African dance and drumming to African American/American culture. The theme will be enlivened through the free pre-performance community lecture/discussion entitled “African Dance in America: Reclaiming, Embodying, and Dialoguing with Traditions”, the Philadelphia Folklore Project exhibition on our local African dance history “Honoring Ancestors of Rhythm, Movement and Place”, and the works of the four dance companies being presented. DAP! will present four outstanding African American dance companies whose works range from traditional to contemporary dance. The four companies are: Kùlú Mèlé African Dance and Drum Ensemble (Phila.), Illstyle and Peace Productions (Phila.), Kariamu and Co.: Traditions (Phila), and special guest Farafina Kan (DC). Additionally, DAP! includes the “Afro Beauty, Health and Wellness Marketplace”. Plus, First Person Arts presents in partnership with DAP!, the Office of City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell of the 3rd District, Drexel University Department of Africana Studies, “Conversation and Song: Walking the Laureate Road”, which will take place at Drexel Main Auditorium, November 6, 7:30pm-9pm.
Featuring the city’s poet laureate, with Rita Dove and jazz artists vocalist Ruth Naomi Floyd.
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