YANGA FEST
The DuSable Presents YANGA FEST Celebrating Art and Dance!
Saturday and Sunday, August 28th and 29th, 2010
ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE
Saturday. August 28, 2010
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
The Strolling Mariachi Band and The African Drummers
Festival Grounds
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
DanceAfrica Chicago 2010:From Africa to Mexico
Festival Main Stage
DanceAfrica Chicago2010 will bridge that cultural connection with a rhythmic infusion of traditional African dance in Mexican culture. Intertwining traditional movements, spoken word and storytelling, DanceAfrica Chicago 2010 gives life and color to the core of each culture. DanceAfrica Chicago 2010: From Africa to Mexico is under the direction of DanceAfrica
Founder, Chuck Davis and features:
Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago, founded in 1972, performs authentic and progressive interpretations of contemporary and ancient African and African-American dance, music and folklore.
Mexican Dance Ensemble (MDE) provides a challenging environment that preserves Mexican Folklore, and creative dance. MDE is operated as a collaborative effort that provides an opportunity for each member to contribute his/her distinctive talents and skills in an environment that reflects cultural and social diversity.
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
The Dances of Mexico: Demonstration & Workshop
Festival Main Stage
Featuring: Lorena Iniguea and The Sones de Mexico
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Yanga Fest Dance Party featuring DJ Mozdefmite vs. DJ X-Ray
Festival Main Stage
The DuSable Presents YANGA FEST Celebrating Art and Dance!
ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE
Sunday. August 29, 2010
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Dance Africa Workshop
Festival Main Stage
Featuring: DanceAfrica Chicago Founder Baba Chuck and Dance Instructors from the Mexican Dance Ensemble and Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
African Jubilee Film Festival
Illinois Black Legislators Auditorium
Featured Film: “Touki Bouki”
A film about two young lovers, Mory a cowherd and Anta, a university student who dream about a life of glamour and conspicuous consumption in Paris.
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Alyo Children’s Dance Company
Festival Main Stage
Featuring: ALYO a non-profit performance and educational arts organization whose mission is to develop and maintain an African centered, youth based arts and education program.
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
“Beyond The Music: Afro-Mexican Music Traditions”- A Lecture & Demonstration
Ames Auditorium
Featuring: The Sones de Mexico Ensemble
This program is sponsored in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Sones de Mexico Ensemble
Festival Main Stage
Featuring: Two-time Grammy Award nominated Sones de Mexico a multi-instrumentalist sextet that specializes in the centuries-old tradition of Mexican “son” a family of regional styles of folk music and dance that combines European, Amerindian and African roots.
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
The Family Reunion Band
Festival Main Stage
Featuring: The Family Reunion Band which offers a musical selection of Top 40, Jazz, R7B and Motown-style musical “soul.”
NOTE: DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JULY 31, 2010. Festival Application (PDF)