CONFERENCE: September 4 - 6
KanKouran, SUNU GAAL (Our Boat), the 43rd Annual Conference and Concert welcomes hundreds of participants from across the country to partake in three days of intense workshops in traditional African dance and drum, taught by master dancers and drummers from Mali, Senegal, Liberia, the Congo, the Ivory Coast, and Guinea.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS & GUEST ARTISTS: include Mabiba Baegne, Fode Bangoura, Mariama Basse, Marie Basse-Wiles, Fode Camara, Mouminatou Camara, Idy Ciss, Barrakissa Coulibaly, Abdoulaye Diop, Naomi Diouf, Madiou Diouf, Ibrahima Diouf, Alioune Faye, Medoune Yacine Gueye, Brehim “Brigo” Gueye, Youssouf Koumbassa, Cheikh N’Dong, Awa Pikine, Djeneba Sako, Magatte Sow, Balla Sy, Aboubacar Soumah, and KanKouran’s Musical Director - Papa Assane M’Baye
CONFERENCE VENUE:
Washington Marriott Capitol Hill located Located in Capitol Hill, Near Union Station & NoMa at
175 L Street NE, Washington, District Of Columbia, USA, 20002.
LIVE CONCERT: Saturday, September 5, 8:00pm
Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium
2455 6th Street NW, Washington, DC 20059
Admission $30 (General Seating). Tickets Available At:
Sankofa Video Books & Cafe | 2714 Georgia Ave. NW DC | 202-234-4755
Blue Nile Trading Company | 2826 Georgia Ave. NW DC | 202-232-3535
Senbeb Natural Foods | 6224 3rd St. NW DC | 202-723-5566
HOST HOTEL:
Washington Marriott Capitol Hill, $199/night (Single/Double Rooms). CUT OFF DATE is AUGUST 17. After August 17, standard hotel rates will apply
The company’s outstanding reputation has spawned numerous alliances/collaborations with organizations and institutions throughout the United States and abroad. On the local and national levels, these include The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, California Center for the Arts, Howard University, Model Secondary School for the Arts at Gallaudet University, American University, George Mason University, University of Pittsburgh, and Virginia Technical Institute. On an international level: Silesian Dance Theater and the Dance Festival Krakow in Poland; Maui Dance Council, Hawaii; Japan Cultural Arts Center, Tokyo; the Island Center for the Performing Arts, St. Croix; as well as the Emancipation Day Committee of Trinidad and Tobago.
