by Kat Richter for The Dance Journal The crowd gathered in front of the Painted Bride on Tuesday morning wasn’t your usual dance audience. They were all men—young, African American men and a few Latinos. The “performance etiquette” speech delivered by their chaperone would suggest that they were new to the dance world too but [...]
African dance-and-drum group parties at its lively fund-raiser. By Nancy G. Heller, For The Inquirer These folks know how to throw a party. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Kulu Mele, Philadelphia’s oldest African dance-and-drum ensemble, held a fund-raising gala Friday at the New Freedom Theatre with a program so rich it could easily have been [...]
Kùlú Mèlé African Dance and Drum Ensemble will perform the U. S. premiere of Mali Sadjo: The Legend of the Hippopotamus, a theatrical ballet from Guinea, on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. as part of its 40th Anniversary Concert at New Freedom Theater, 1346 N. Broad Street. The premiere of a documentary film [...]
Kùlú Mèlé African Dance & Drum Ensemble– Philadelphia’s oldest African dance company dedicated to presenting and preserving culture, dance, and music of the African Diaspora – will travel to Guinea, West Africa, for a two-week residency, December 2 -16, 2008. The dancers will train with master artist Mariama Touré, and musicians with M’Bemba Bangoura, an [...]
