Interconnected: African thru Contemporary Dance, Music, and Visual Arts

7447 Roswell Road Northeast,Sandy Springs GA 30328

22 October, 2022

Description

Djoli Kelen Inc. in Conjunction with the North Springs High School Dance Department presents Interconnected. A weekend of movement, music, and visual arts dedicated to the interconnections from Africa to present day culture arts with Master disciplinary artists, Souleymane "Solo" Sana (West African Dance), Kelly hite (Afro-Cuban Dance), Zakiya Cornish (Contemporary Dance), Mark and Sean Poret (Djembe/ Dunun), Luis Carreras (Bata/ Afro-Cuban Music), Atiba Rorie (African, Diasporic, and Contemporary African Music), Konate Primus (West African Visual Arts), Harun Black (Diasporic Visual Arts) and Keef Corssley (Contemporary Visual Arts). Schedule:Saturday, October 22 - Dance, Music, or Visual Arts Track 1:00p - 2:30p - African Arts Workshops - Solo Sana (Malian Dance), Mark and Sean Poret (Music), Konate Primus (Visual Arts) 2:30 - 4:00p -Diasporic Arts Workshops - Gilset Mora (Afro-Cuban Dance), Lou (Music), Harun Black (Visual Arts) 4:00p - 5:30p - Contemporary African Arts Workshops - Zakiya Cornish (Dance), Atiba Rorie (Music), Keef Crossley (Visual Arts) 5:30 - 7:30p - Interconnected Arts Workshops - All Artist Sunday, October 23 - Showcase and Community Classes10:00a - 11:00a - Interconnected Showcase - Artists and students showcase their work from Saturday's workshops 11:30p - 1:30p - Contemporary African Community Class - Zakiya Cornish (Dance), Atiba Rorie (Music) 1:30p - 3:30p - Afro-Cuban Community Class - Gilset Mora (Afro-Cuban Dance), Lou (Music) 3:30p - 5:30p - West African Community Class - Solo Sana (Malian Dance), Mark and Sean Poret (Music) *Schedule is subject to change