Passport Project visits the dinosaurs
September 30, 2008 – 8:08 pm
Assane MBaye leading a drum circle
We all had a great time at the Cleveland Natural History Museum. The nite went very well for everyone. We danced and sang, and danced a whole lot more. Everyone seemed truly grateful for our performances, and a few even joined in and danced with us.
The nite started off pretty slow. People were enjoying the delicious food and drinks, and of course the exhibit (which I haven’t had the pleasure to experience myself, yet!). After everyone seemed to have their fill of food and information, we jumped rite in and got the crowd going with some musical jamming and dancing of all sorts. We then wooed the crowd with Kou Kou (a dance from west Africa) and Bhangra (a dance from India). We then lead a few kids (and adults) in these dances. After we had a chance to catch our breath we got back down to business with more dancing and music. We returned with a dance from Europe called the Galliard. This dance is from the era of Louis XIV — pre ballet.
Passport Project Global Dance & Music Collective performing Pulse
This done inpart with the assistance to two great violinist — Cherryl and Sandra. We continued the nite with dances from Jamaica, and more dances and music from India, Africa, and Brazil. We ended the nite with a special presentation of our own creation called Pulse — a multi-ethnic coreography that shows the connectionof a lot of the dances that we do. It is in itself a journey, and fit in perfectly with the purpose of the nite; Race: Are we so different? It really brings to life our group as well; our group consists of people of many various backgrounds: north american, indian, african… it is truely a special group!
Tags: Cleveland Natural History Museum, Global Dance & Music Collective
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