ARI PROJECT: Stories of Migration
Time : 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
ARI PROJECT: Performing Arts
Stories of Migration: African & Korean Diaspora Dances of Memories, Resistance and Rebirth
Promoted by Ko Sue Hee Korean Traditional Dance Institute
-Title: African & Korean Diaspora Dances of Memories, Resistance and Rebirth
-Date: Friday, October 5, 2018 at 7:30pm
-Place: Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles 3rd Fl. Ari Hall
5505 Wilshire Blvd., LA, CA 90036
-Online Reservation: www.kccla.org/english/programs_reservation.asp
The Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles (KCCLA) and Ko's Korean Traditional Dance Institute will present a special performance "Stories of Migration: African & Korean Diaspora Dances of Memories, Resistance and Rebirth" on Friday, October 5, 2018 at 7:30P.M. on the 3rd floor of the Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, Ari Hall.
Stories of Migration: African & Korean Diaspora Dances of Memories, Resistance and Rebirth brings together the African & Korean dance communities of Los Angeles to interpret what it means to embrace our past that has shaped our lives in the present in order to understand where we are headed as a community.
Performance highlights include the story of Queen Nginga (c. 1583-1663) of Angola whose bravery has fought for freedom of her people from enslavement during the Transatlantic Slave Trade. This piece is choreographed by African Dance Master Nzingha Camara and performed by her dance company Le Ballet de Kouman Kele. West African Master Dance Drummer Rene Fisher-Mims (Mama Nay Nay) brings her powerful all women drum/dance group SHINE Muwasi to share their traditional rhythms and songs in honor of ancestors who dreamed their dreams that continue to give birth to new dreams. Jinhee Kim of Oulim Korean Gyeonggi Folk Song sings Changbu Taryong. Sue Hee Ko's Korean Traditional Dance Company showcases various traditional Korean drumming and dance pieces Director Sue Hee Ko and her daughter Katherine Ko's big drum dance Tagomu as part of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.
Through the Stories of Migration: African & Korean Diaspora Dances of Memories, Resistance and Rebirth, we respectfully acknowledge and honor the countless lives of our ancestors who have come before us, whose creativity, spirit of resistance and resilience all stood before the hardships of oppression. Their heartbeats continue to live within us as we dance, drum, sing and give birth to new dreams.
The performance is free but phone or online reservation is required prior to the performance.
-Program-
I. ORIGIN
Sambuk Chum
Libation
II. MOVEMENT, CROSSING
Janggo Chum
Hallyangmu
The Middle Passage / Queen Nzinga
III. HEALING
Changbu Taryeong
Chukwonmu
Lamba
IV. DREAMS
Tagomu
Finale
* The program is subject to change without notice.
Performing Groups:
Sue Hee Ko, Ko's Korean Traditional Dance Institute
Nzingha Camara, Le Ballet de Kouman Kele
Rene Fisher-Mims, SHINE Muwasi
Jinhee Kim, Oulim Korean Gyeonggi Folk Song