Part 2 ~ UNGANISHA: Explore.Connect.Dance.

Since 2006, Woezo Africa has been passionately dedicated to bringing the history of African culture to the masses through traditional and modern modes of performing arts, including dance, music, theatre and storytelling. Woezo Africa has encouraged artistic creativity and excellence, increased awareness of and participation in the arts, driven partnerships between arts organizations and other professional sectors, supported innovative cultural activities and provided mentorship opportunities for artists. We intend to have our art serve the community by contributing to cultural development and artist spotlighting while shifting misconceptions regarding diversity.The diverse, award-winning organization provides an array of services and educational community outreach programming, involving school-based artist residencies, dance classes and workshops and event production and arts management.Woezo Africa’s local and international productions include Africa Jo, UNITY: Dance Across Africa, and their annual Black History Month event UNGANISHA: Explore. Connect. Dance. The organization has also produced two editions of Woezo Africa Festival in collaboration with the Guild of Nigerian Dancers (G.O.N.D) and Ijodee Dance Center in Lagos, Nigeria. By pushing for increased visibility of ethnically and culturally diverse artists in Alberta, Woezo Africa hopes that perceptions will shift around who participates in the arts. Through dynamic, cutting-edge work that captures the imagination of a range of audiences, Woezo Africa continues to enhance the creative economy in Calgary, empower communities and perpetuate the movement for instilling social change.

Woezo Africa Music & Dance Theatre Inc.

This dance theatre production celebrates the history and influence of African culture in modern dance.

Exploring the importance of African origins in popular dance genres, this dance theatre production is a not-to-be-missed highlight for the 2021 Black History Month celebration. UNGANISHA, a Swahili word for “connection,” invites all to share, learn and connect through the beauty and diversity of African arts and culture. On February 13 and 20, 2021 we are thrilled to be spotlighting some of the city’s best dance performers and choreographers while educating our audience about the lesser-known origins of popular dance forms in a two-part digital dance spectacle. We are revisiting our first-ever UNGANISHA production from 2018 to commemorate our 2021 UNGANISHA theme of “Rebirth.” Through movement and storytelling of an interstellar love story, an all-Calgary team of dancers, actors, and choreographers journey through Tap, Jazz, Hip-hop, Samba, Capoeira, Step, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Caribbean, and Salsa to celebrate their genesis, their contemporary popularity, and their ability to connect people across cultures and continents. UNGANISHA identifies each style as owing to African traditions while distinctly belonging to modern popular culture to focus on the creative possibilities that emerge when different peoples, cultures, and artistic traditions intermingle.

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