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| Seydou Coulibaly Award-Winning Master Dancer and Choreographer email: Kdjosse@aol.com website: The Dance Complex 536 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA (617) 547 9363 Every Wednesday from 7:30 - 9:00 pm open level dance class Former principal dancer of the nationally recognized troupes T.A.R.B.A.M. and Koumi Djosse of Mali, West Africa, Seydou Coulibaly is uniquely qualified to teach and demonstrate West African dance and culture. Unlike most Africans who emmigrate to the United States today, Coulibaly was educated according to ancient tradition: rather than attend a school modeled on Western educational practices or based upon Qur'anic teachings, Coulibaly received his education from village elders, traditional rituals, initiations into secret societies, and master dance teachers in the Segu region of Mali. As a result of his studies, all of Coulibaly's work is thoroughly reserached and heavily steeped in folkloric tradition. The diffusion and disappearance of Mande culture due to the effects of colonization has lead to a lack of cultural knowledge by many of today's Malian performers. As a result a pan-West African neostylized popular dance form has emerged. With his knowledge, Coulibaly is able to maintain the distinction between Malian dance and culture and that of the surrounding West African countries. Seydou is available to teach workshops and master classes throughout the country. Whenever he teaches a class, he brings a djembe player to teach a drum (djembe) class as well. He has also reestablished Troupe Komme Djosse in America, having originally founded the performance group in Mali. Komme Djosse performs throughout the United States in the genres of dance, drumming, traditional music, and contemporary music which draws on Malian traditions. Fatou N'Diaye-Davis Teachers Country of origin: Senegal, West Africa STYLE OF DANCE: West African (Djembe & Sabar) Description of Dance Classes: Traditional dances, and drumming from West Africa LOCATION: Dance Complex 536 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, Ma. 02143 PHONE 617-296-0762 E-MAIL contact http://www.silimbo.com Class Schedule & Fees: Saturdays 4:30 pm-6:00 pm. cost- $10.00 Resume of teacher (if available) Fatou N'Diaye-Davis is originally from Senegal, West Africa. She is a former member of the Ballet Nationale du Senegal. She has taught children and adults in Africa and the U.S. She was founder and director of Ballet Silimbo in Senegal and is the founder, director, and producer of Silimbo D'Adeane West African Dance Company, in Boston, Massachusetts, where she currently resides. Mohamed Kalifa Kamara Mohamed was born in a village in Guinee, West Africa into the Kamara family, which is known for its traditional African drumming and dancing. He began his career in the Gambia where he started his own dancing and drumming group. He is the former Artistic Director of the African Ballet of Gambia. Mohamed has traveled extensively through Africa, Europe, and the United States performing and teaching his art. Mohamed served as lead teacher for Chuck Davis’s cultural art safari, which is held every summer in the Gambia. Students interested in learning African drum and dance attend from all over the United State and Europe. Mohamed continues to teach drumming and dancing all over New England. He is an Assistant Professor at The Berklee College of Music, where he and his students perform yearly during the Berklee Percussion Week. Mohamed also teaches two drum classes, one in Marblehead, MA, and the other at his studio in Jamaica Plain, MA. In addition, he teaches an African dance class at the Dance Complex in Central Square, Cambridge, MA, and he holds a drum and dance camp every summer in Maine where people come from all over. Mohamed is in charge of the West African Choreography, dance, and music for "The Art of Black Dance and Music". This group works in various schools to promote multicultural experience rich in African, Afro-Cuban, Caribbean, and African-American culture. He played for the World Trade Organization in Singapore in December 1977. Mohamed thoroughly enjoys performing with his group "The Spirit of Africa" which consists of djembes, a junjun, balafon and kora. On some occasions, two women African dancers join them. They perform at festivals, colleges and universities, for young audiences, in big halls, in theatres, museums, and at multicultural events. From all his hard work and dedication to his art, Mohamed was awarded the Commonwealth Award by Governor Weld for fostering cultural education in Massachusetts.
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