Word: pan-african
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...clean, but was also more subdued in comparison to Bhangra. Whether it was due to the simpler costumes or fewer dancers, the effect was less striking. The final piece, “Deku Deku” started off with an astonishing performance by the traditional drummers of the Pan-African Dance and Music Ensemble. The drumming set such a high level in terms of both technical precision and ability to engage the audience that it was impossible for the dancers to hold to the same standard. The costumes also took away from the piece as they bore a resemblance...
...really like.” But if tap dancing isn’t your thing, don’t fret. The Arts First Dance Festival, occurring all day Saturday, May 6 in Lowell Lecture Hall, includes a wide array of dance styles, from the culturally rooted Harvard Pan-African Dance and Music Ensemble to the Balanchine-esque Harvard Ballet Company. The Harvard-Radcliffe Dance Company, Harvard’s oldest student dance troupe, will be featured in the show as well. Mai-King C. Chan ’06, one of the directors of HRDC, says that the group will...
...Arts First Dance Festival, occurring Saturday May 6 in Lowell Lecture Hall, includes a wide array of dance styles, from the culturally rooted Harvard Pan-African Dance and Music Ensemble to the Balanchine-esque Harvard Ballet Company...
Students and activists from around the world gathered at Harvard this weekend in a unique effort to use various mediums of art to challenge contemporary misconceptions of the African continent and embrace the cultural richness of their “sweet mother Afrika.” The first-ever annual African youth empowerment conference, entitled “Youth and the New Pan-African Renaissance,” was hosted by the Sweet Mother Tour (SMT)—a global project of artists and activists dedicated to using pop culture to spread positive images of Africa...
...discussing dance at Harvard, Foster describes both her delight in and frustration with the program in all of its manifestations. She speaks enthusiastically about the many different student dance groups, from Irish step groups to the new Pan-African Dance and Drum Ensemble, while also expressing her disappointment in the demise of such programs as the summer course in dance in which she once participated...