Schedule of Events

Festival Program (subject to change)

Friday, February 22^nd

8-10:00pm
Opening Ceremony: A Call to Peace (Ashamu Dance Studio)

Saturday, February 23^nd

9-10:30am
Yoga with Michelle Bach-Coulibaly (Ashamu)

Afro-Cuban Song and Percussion with Fulano Cubano (Cave)

Yoga with Buffy Drysdale (Sayles)

10:45-12:15pm
African Dance with Solo Sana (Ashamu)

African Drumming with Moussa Traore and Themba Mkhatshwa (Cave)

Afro-Brazilian Dance with Grisselle Escotto (Sayles)

Theater of Resistance Workshop with Matt Garza (Lyman 005)

1:15-2:45pm
African Dance with Seydou Coulibaly (Ashamu)

Afro-Cuban Drumming with Fulano Cubano (Cave)

African Song with Dieneba Seck and Seykou Kouyate (Granoff Studio 2)

Hip-Hop Jam with Project 401 and guests from L.A. (Sayles)

3-4:30pm
Afro-Cuban Dance with Fulano Cubano (Ashamu)

Djun-djun Drumming with Munir Richard and Matt Garza (Cave)

Hip-Hop Jam with Project 401 and guests from L.A. (Sayles)

4:45-6:15pm
African Dance with Solo Sana (Ashamu)

Hip-Hop Jam with Project 401 and guests from L.A. (Sayles)

8:30-Midnight           Songs of Resistance/Bodies of Resilience: Dances of the Orishas by Fulano Cubano and Malian song and dance by headliner Dieneba Seck, Seykou Kouyate, and Sekou Kouyate Band (Ashamu)

Sunday, February 24^th

9-10:30am
Yoga with Michelle Bach-Coulibaly (Ashamu)

Afro-Cuban Song and Percussion with Fulano Cubano (Cave)

10:45-12:15pm
African Dance with Solo Sana (Ashamu)

African Drumming with Munir Richard (Cave)

Afro-Brazilian Dance with Grisselle Escotto (Sayles)
Mali Health Organizing Project with Sophie Shackleton and Matt Garza (Lyman 005)

1:15-2:45pm
Afro-Cuban Dance with Fulano Cubano (Ashamu)

African Drumming with Moussa Traore (Cave)

African Song with Dieneba Seck and Sekou Kouyate (Granoff Studio 2)

Hip-Hop Workshop with Project 401 and guests from L.A. (Sayles)

“African Arts in Times of Dissent” with Rebecca Leuchak (Lyman 005)

3-4:30pm
African Dance with Seydou Coulibaly (Ashamu)
Community Children’s Class in Malian Dance and Song with New Works/World Traditions (Cave)

African Song with Dieneba Seck and Sekou Kouyate (Granoff Studio 2)

Hip-Hop Workshop with Project 401 and guests from L.A. (Sayles)                         

4:30-5:30                    Closing Ceremony (Ashamu)