Arts Council Celebrates The Diverse Cultural Heritage
In celebration at the diserse "Peace. io\e. tespect tv>r e\e:>
cultural heritage that is uiuj+uc_1q_ hodxJli^rnuwh muiv than ?^:aL.hN
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The Arts Council is presenting the African American Danve Knsemhie
third and final concert in the "Cul- is much trior* than us: another
ArtsR EACH
By REGGIE JOHNSON
tureShock: Traditions in Music and
Dance" series. This concert will fea
ture the African- American Dance
Ensemble and Ensemble Europa.
The concert will be held on March
6. at 8 p.m. at Brendle Recital Hall
on the campus of Wake Forest Uni
versity.
The 17-member African- Amer
ican Dance Ensemble will offer
music and movement inspired by
the varied cultures of West Africa.
The founder and artistic director oaf
the group. Chuck Davis, travels to
different parts of Africa > earls to
studs. His motto is. "To understand
the culture, studs the dance. To
understand the dance, study the peo
ple." * *
The story of the African-Amer
icah Dance Ensemble begins with
Chuck Davis, a native of Raleigh.
North Carolina, whose path from
Raleigh's all black Ligon High
School through Howard Univer
sity's Theatre and Dance and Pro
gram eventually led him to New
York City and the world of profes
sional dance. With his first job as a
regular member of u professional
troupe in 1959. Davis began years
of study when he learned from the
best including Thelma Hill. Elco
Pomare. Jean Leon Destine and
katherine Dunham.
dance troupe. The Ensemble is an
In I9b8. the Chuck Davis
Dance Company was founded in
New York City with ChudTTJavTs"
as the Artistic Director. The corn
pan) performed to rave reviews in
the New York area and elsewhere in
the United States, gradually estab
lishing itself as one of the nation's
premiere African- American dance
companies. This was the company
that came to Durham. North Car
olina m 1^80 at the invitation of the
American Festi\al. The corn
pain remained and each season
from 19X0 to 1 9X4. the Chuck Davis
Dance Company was in residence
with the American Dance Festival's
ComnninitN Service* Program.
B> 19X3 it had become obvious
that there was a developing core of
locai dancers whose levels of profi
cienc> were approaching those- ot
the professionals from whom they
were learning. The African- Ameri
can Dance Ensemble was bom. The
E-'nsi'mhlf's "birth" came m Fehru
ar\ 1 9X4 w hen the> gave their first
full concert as an independent pro
fessional companv.
NAACP
Pays
Tribute
The Winston-Salem Branch of
the NAACP will pay tribute to the
late Justice Thurgood Marshall by
having a forum titled: The tribute
will be held at the Anderson Center
on the WSSU campus. Feb. 28 at 5
p.m. The late Thurgood, Marshall
was appointed by President Lyndon
Johnson in 1967. He was the first
black justice on the nation's highest
court, where he often led the dis
senting opinion. During his 2? years
as the legal director of the National
Association for the Advancement of
colored People Marshall argued 32
cases before the Supreme court. He
won 29. He argued and won the
case that outlawed segregated
schools. Brown v. Board of Educa
tion. Marshall retired in 19<>1. He
succumbed to heart failure Jan. 24.
and was mourned across the nation.
The panel discussion with audi
ence participation will feature var
ied perspectives from Afro-Ameri
can legal professionals and law
students on the impact of Justice
Marshall's life on Afro-American,
as well as American history.
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Ln>emhle > at oiu\' entertaining.
enlightening arid emboldening. Dra
matic staging. exciting, rhythms.
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costumes combine with consisted1
enthusiastic audiences to create an
artistic experience difficult to forget.
Sharing the March 6 program
will be Ensemble Europa. a group
that performs traditional European
music and song. Presenting the
music of the wandering gypsy bands
of Eastern "Europe, their repertoire
includes folk music from Croatia.
Serbia. Rumania. Hungary and
Poland. Their musTc~focuses on a
region dominant in the news todayL
Weaving in background history and
geography as well as insight into the
cultures of this war-torn area of our
world. ' senior adults. On the day of the per
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ivilizations come and go, often leaving
their art as the only record of their
accomplishments. It has been said that
a nation that doesn t express itself in art is a
contradiction in terms; like a person without
a personality. A nation, like a person, must
identify with its past as well as its future.
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