The Neighborhood Academy’s African drum ensemble is participating at the Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation luncheon today at noon. Watch them prepare for the event below.
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Dance Craze + Spray Paint
Inspired by recent workshops by areaDANCE at The Neighborhood Academy, Arts Connection student, Lataja choreographed some new moves.
For more photos of the areaDANCE workshops, check out The Neighborhood Academy’s facebook page.
areaDANCE Creative Movement Residency at The Neighborhood Academy
From October 17-21 areaDANCE, a NYC based modern dance company, will be holding a week long creative residency for the students of the Neighborhood Academy!
Artistic directors Sarah Moore and Britney Falcon will lead the students through creative movement games and structured improvisations that are fun, physical, and a challenge for the creative mind. The company will also hold a lecture and demonstration to discuss creative process and how choreographers turn small movement phrases into completed works of art, ready to be performed on stage.
areaDANCE will also perform some of their newest, finished works for the students.
areaDANCE comes to The Neighborhood Academy!
At the end of the week, the students will have a chance to show off some of the games and dances they’ve learned throughout the workshops.
areaDANCE looks forward to learning, sharing, moving and creating with the students of the Neighborhood Academy!
Dates to keep in mind:
- Wednesday, October 19th, during tutorial, at TNA – areaDANCE show for students (parents and staff welcome)
- Friday, October 21st, during tutorial, at TNA – Student show for parents and staff
- Sunday, October 23rd, 7pm at the Grey Box Theater – Form Blurred by Gravity, areaDANCE show (open to public)
ART Speaks. Young artists. New work.
Get ready for ART Speaks, coming up this Wednesday, March 2nd from 5-7pm at the AUGUST WILSON CENTER!
Photo by Sandra Moore. Design by Amanda Gross.
The Neighborhood Academy’s Arts Connection students will be presenting poetry, spoken word, West African drum and song, fashion design, and photography and paintings.
The event is free and open to the public, so come join us!
Drum Beats
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Arts Connection student Cornell practices for the upcoming arts event.
ART Speaks. March 2nd 5-7pm at the AUGUST WILSON CENTER.
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Students Prepare for February 20th Performance
Arts Connection students have been practicing for the upcoming performance on February 20th, 2011 at 7pm at the Pentecostal Temple Church of Christ.
This program is a celebration of Black History Month.
The TNA Student West African Drum and Song Ensemble has worked very hard and will thrill you with their powerful performance of healing rhythms and heart-felt songs from the West African country of Guinea taught by master dancer, Mama Kadiatou Conte 
Forte who is the artistic director of Balafonte West African Dance Co.
Join The Neighborhood Academy’s Arts Connection students in celebrating Black History Month!
FEBRUARY 20th 2011, at 7PM
Pentecostal Temple Church of Christ
6300 East Liberty Blvd.
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The Neighborhood Academy Students Celebrate Dr. King at St. Charles Lwanga Parish in Homewood
CELEBRATING DR. KING
Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette
Dajia Ali, 15, left, and Shakira Allen, 16, sing with the Neighborhood Academy drummers at a service Sunday to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at St. Charles Lwanga Parish in Homewood.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/#ixzz1BJ5bpxUH
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Arts Connection Wrap Up: Fall/Winter 2009-10
Posted in Ceramics, Dance/Drumming, Fiber, Poetry/Spoken Word
African Dance and Drumming
West African Dance and Drumming has been an ongoing Arts Connection workshop for 7 years!
Our Students are taught by the Master Artist Kadiatou Conta. Originally from the Republic of Guinea, she has been dancing from childhood. She become a member of National Ballet of Guinea at age 16 and toured internationally for 7 years. Kadiatou moved to Washington DC in 1990 and established her own Balafon West African Dance Ensemble. She has taught at Howard University and producing extensive workshops and performances at Kennedy Center, United Nations, August Wilson Center. View her website. http://balafon.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=28
Her marvelous work with The Neighborhood Academy has enriched the lives and hearts of all of us. The Neighborhood Academy Drum Ensemble performs at special events throughout the city.
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