Ballet National du Senegal

Thursday, October 31, 2002

10 a.m.

The company of 40 West African dancers, singers and musicians will perfomr selections from Kuuyamba, celebrating the passing from youth to adulthood. Each ritual dance represents man's relationship to the heavens, the rhythm of life and the human body and honors traditions like marriage and harvest time.

Recommended for all ages

Curriculum connections: dance, music, history, African culture, geography