SHIFT address: 3517 Stone Way N. Seattle, WA 98103
New for Q4 2011!
Etienne will teach West African Dance Mondays 7:30-9pm at SHIFT Studio in Fremont
October 17 and 24 (no class Oct 31 for Halloween)
November 7, 14, 21, 28
December 5, 12, 19 (no class Dec 26)
Etienne and master storyteller Won-Ldy Paye will perform a series of free public storytelling shows & workshops as part of the Public Library’s Summer Reading Program:
Sun 7-17 2:00 Central Library – “Masks of the Rainforest”
Tues 7-19 10:30 NorthEast Branch – “The Talking Vegetables”
Wed 7-20 11:15 Magnolia Branch – Drumming workshop
Thurs 7-21 10:00 Douglass Truth Branch – “The Talking Vegetables”
Sat 7-23 11:00 Sammamish – “Masks of the Rainforest”
Ties 7-26 6:30 New Holly Branch – “The Talking Vegetables”
Thur 7-28 2:00 Redmond Branch – “Masks of the Rainforest”
Sat 7-30 11:30 Northgate Branch – Drumming workshop
Wed 8-3 11:00 Burien Library – “Masks of the Rainforest”
Free, all ages event. Number of drums at the two drumming workshops will be limited, so bring your own if you have one.
Guest master dancer Charles Ahovissi from Benin is visiting Seattle and will teach a class for the public with live drumming. All levels welcome – $15/class
Thursday July 14 7:30-9pm at Planet Earth Yoga in Fremont
Other class updates for Etienne’s class:
No class with Etienne Friday night July 15 (Open Flight) or Wed morning July 20.
Live drumming at Etienne’s class on Friday nights 7/22 and Friday 7/29 (Open Flight)
Etienne will teach two special dance workshops at Ballard Oddfellows Hall on February 26 at the “Roots” workshop event. Visit http://careeningcat.com/roots.html for more information and registration information.
A performance of contemporary African dance
Friday December 3, 2010 at 7pm – Seattle Art Museum
Saturday December 4, 2010 at 3pm – Seattle Art Museum
Gansango Music & Dance presents Horizon, a performance of contemporary African dance that explores cultural confrontation and assimilation. Gansango’s international dancers, many of whom immigrated from Africa to the United States or Europe as adults, use movement to interpret the shades of joy and frustration that immigrants experience every day. The performers explore notions of how we define home, find identity and place in a foreign land, and shift our values over time. Dance provides a channel for expressing these experiences, fusing two worlds that were once separated by an invisible line between old and new, origin and destination, self and other. Horizon is creative expression of the immigrant experience: the meeting of two worlds, no longer defined by that elusive line.
Tickets are $20 and available at: www.brownpapertickets.com/events/134992
Show not recommended for children under age 5. Wheelchair accessible.
Gansango artists will present African song, music and dance for children and families at the Tumwater Regional Library on Saturday September 18 at 2:00 pm. Address: New Market Street, Tumwater, WA 98501
360-943-7790. Free and open to public.
Etienne Cakpo will participate in the Open Flight Studio’s improvisation-based modern dance performance program on Saturday 9/11/10. 4205 University Way NE in Seattle. 8-9:45 pm (seating at 7:30) $8 suggested donation, seating limited. http://www.herenowonline.blogspot.com/