Saturday, Oct 14
One day only at Dance Mission Theater!
Join us for a day of workshops, performance excerpts, work-in-progress showings, film screening, and panel discussion exploring the the vibrant, layered, and largely unknown social-political relationship between Cuba and Guinea, West Africa forged by the transatlantic slave trade as well as the post-colonial dance/culture exchange that began in the 60s.
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Artistic directors Susana Arenas Pedroso (Arenas Dance Company) and Bongo Sidibe (Duniya Dance Company) have joined forces with Dance Mission Theater’s Liberation Academy to go on a multi-year journey illuminating the vibrant, complex political/cultural story between Cuba and Guinea, West Africa, shining a light upon how cultural art forms and solidarity across communities are weapons to fight today’s colonial battles.
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11:30-1pm: Dance Workshop * FREE! * Sign-up
1:15-2:45pm: Drum Workshop * Free * Sign-up
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4:30pm: Performance excerpts, film screening, panel discussion, work-in-progress showing * Tickets $10-$50 sliding scale, with no one turned away for lack of funds:
