Word: gumboots
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Dates: during 1996-1996
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...addition to the poetry, the first half of the celebration featured two performances of gumboot dance, a form of rhythmic dance created by South African gold miners working under terrible conditions...
...This dance was a form of resistance against the oppression they were facing, as well as a form of entertainment," said Chaponda, who led the gumboot dancers...
...second group of dancers was Dartmouth's "Roots of Rhythm" group, invited by HASA to perform their own gumboot dances at the show...
...Shabazz D'Jembe Orchestra, a New York dance troupe that was scheduled to perform after the intermission, had transportation problems and was unable to perform. Instead, Chaponda led an encore of the gumboot dancing...
...also led a well-received interactive portion that allowed audience members to learn some basic gumboot dancing steps...