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Town Hall: An Evening with Traditional African Dance Artists

by April Thibeault
August 16, 2015
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
(Enter at Amsterdam Avenue bet. 64th-65th Streets)
New York, NY 10023-7498
917-275-6975
Dance/NYC and the New York Public Library's Jerome Robbins Dance Division present an evening of conversation and dance demonstration with Master African Dance Artists who have greatly transformed the dance landscape in New York City. Interviewed during the African Dance Interview Project of 2014, these esteemed artists include Maguette Camara, Marie Basse-Wiles, Mouminatou Camara, Youssouf Koumbassa, and N'Deye Gueye. This initiative, conceived by Jan Schmidt with Carolyn Webb serving as Project Director, was developed to increase community knowledge, awareness, and appreciation of traditional African Dance in NYC. Renowned scholar and lecturer of the African Diaspora, C. Daniel Dawson, will moderate the evening. Both this program and the African Dance Interview Project are generously sponsored by The Mertz Gilmore Foundation.

WHEN: Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 6:00-7:30 p.m.
WHERE: New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza (between Columbus and Amsterdam), New York City

TICKETS: Free. Registration is required. Reserve your seat by visiting DanceNYC.org.
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