Performance

African Dance and Percussion Richard Mensah Sokpor Fri, Jun 26, 8pm Teatro Santa Ana Biblioteca Pública Reloj 50A 180 pesos

Workshops
Mon–Fri, Jun 22–26

African Percussion
2–3:30pm

Modern Hip Hop
3:30–5pm

Traditional African Dance
5–6:30pm

Teatro Santa Ana
Biblioteca Publica
590 pesos (1 workshop/five days) or
180 pesos for a single class


The Ghana beat
By Jennifer Hofmann


Richard Mensah Sokpor presents a program showcasing the variety of music and dances from Ghana. Ghana has distinct regions and districts with many different languages and variety in cultures. Within these diverse cultures one also sees a difference in the instruments and styles of music. The audience takes a musical journey as they hear songs from Ghana’s major regions, each with different costumes, instruments and traditions.

Mensah Sokpor is an instructor of African Traditional, Contemporary and Hip Hop Dance at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He has been learning dance since early childhood in the tradition of the Ga people of Accra, Ghana. He was taught by his uncles, grandfathers and master tribal drummers and dancers. Later on he joined the Ghana National Dance Company. Since 1992 he has been touring around the world and often performs with internationally renowned world-music artist, Master Drummer Obo Addy.

Now in San Miguel, Mensah Sokpor offers workshops in Traditional African Dance, Modern Hip Hop and African Percussion. The workshops will help you to develop a movement vocabulary that deepens your understanding of the poly-rhythmic nature of African based dances and music. The courses address themselves to dance and drum-interested humans of all ages and any previous experience, and individual attention is provided within the groups.

Call Jennifer Hofmann at (415) 111-9843 or email siewlei@web.de  for more information and to sign up.