Saakumu Dance Troupe
Saakumu Dance Troupe
On Friday February the 26th at 8pm.
I attended a life changing performance at Houston Community College in Houston Texas.
When I arrived to the Performance Art Center Theater 1.There is a panel discussion on three performances that will be taken place. Along with the meaning behind each chorographer. I was drawn to Saakumu Dance Troupe, whom performed African dances from Ghana. The traditional meaning behind Saakumu displayed, truth, originality, while staying true to the traditional style. The music entrusted by Mr. Bernard Womas, the Artistic Director of Saakumu Dance Troupe and the founder and director of the Dagara Music and Arts Center in Accra, Ghana. Mr. Bernard Womas captures the audiences right away as he introduces contemporary the music instrument used during the African dance. These dance more combine different styles and genre, with rich cultures, creativity, passion, along with different genres to generate the African dance forms. The instruments created joyful movement’s within the community as they dance with laugher while expressing merriment in their moves. As I witness excitement as the Saakumu Dance Troupe( Ghana) dancer exigent my action from these amazing dances step each move collected moves.
. The Saakumu Dance Troupe (Ghana) dancer tell a narrative story …show more content…
These movements allowed the audience to feel the joyfulness within the dance. Many times, the performer’s encouraged the audience to participate in the dance to express their emotions, of joy, praise and happiness. The Saakumu Dance Troup, (Ghana) instruments dance and communicate through music such as the African drum. There are two types of the African drum which stands out the most the “talking drum considered to talk to the village and beating drum its rhythm used while telling a
On Friday February the 26th at 8pm.
I attended a life changing performance at Houston Community College in Houston Texas.
When I arrived to the Performance Art Center Theater 1.There is a panel discussion on three performances that will be taken place. Along with the meaning behind each chorographer. I was drawn to Saakumu Dance Troupe, whom performed African dances from Ghana. The traditional meaning behind Saakumu displayed, truth, originality, while staying true to the traditional style. The music entrusted by Mr. Bernard Womas, the Artistic Director of Saakumu Dance Troupe and the founder and director of the Dagara Music and Arts Center in Accra, Ghana. Mr. Bernard Womas captures the audiences right away as he introduces contemporary the music instrument used during the African dance. These dance more combine different styles and genre, with rich cultures, creativity, passion, along with different genres to generate the African dance forms. The instruments created joyful movement’s within the community as they dance with laugher while expressing merriment in their moves. As I witness excitement as the Saakumu Dance Troupe( Ghana) dancer exigent my action from these amazing dances step each move collected moves.
. The Saakumu Dance Troupe (Ghana) dancer tell a narrative story …show more content…
These movements allowed the audience to feel the joyfulness within the dance. Many times, the performer’s encouraged the audience to participate in the dance to express their emotions, of joy, praise and happiness. The Saakumu Dance Troup, (Ghana) instruments dance and communicate through music such as the African drum. There are two types of the African drum which stands out the most the “talking drum considered to talk to the village and beating drum its rhythm used while telling a