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CLORE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME ANNOUNCES HILARY CARTY AS NEW DIRECTOR

Pressat 02 Jun 2017

Friday 2 June, 2017 ... Leading Culture in the 21st Century ... Sandy Nairne, Chair of the Clore Leadership Programme, said. ... Hilary Carty started her career in the performing arts, specializing in dance and becoming General Manager of the Adzido Dance Company (1990-94), before being appointed as Director of Dance for Arts Council England (1994-2003).

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West to West Album Launch with Nii Okai Tagoe

Skiddle 23 Jul 2016

Expect world class musicians, powerful rhythms, heavyweight bass vibrations, full brass section, balafon, celtic violin and to dance the night away! ... Touring as a youth with Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble, Nii built up an exceptional knowledge of differing African traditional rhythms, songs and dances from across the continent.

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Nana Danso Abiam — A true musicial genius

Graphic 22 Apr 2016

Three orchestras that he was influential in setting up ... In 2001, PAO collaborated with the Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble and toured the United Kingdom with the musical play titled ‘Yaa Asantewaa - Warrior Queen’ which was written by Margaret Busby ... The constant financial headache prompted Nana to explore other musical territories ... .

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Mahama Consoles Family Of Late Prof. Nii Yartey

Peace FM Online 12 Dec 2015

Prof Nii Yartey was Ghana’s foremost dance choreographer, dance teacher, dancer, researcher and consultant ... dance group ... Ladzekpo and The Journey, a contemporary African dance piece he choreographed for the Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble in the United Kingdom.

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Prof Nii Yartey Passes Away

Peace FM Online 30 Nov 2015

Ghanas foremost dance choreographer, dance teacher, dancer, researcher and consultant, Prof F ... He was from 1976 to 1993 the Artistic Director/Choreographer of the Ghana Dance Ensemble, University of Ghana ... Ladzekpo and The Journey, a contemporary African dance piece he choreohraphed for the Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble in the United Kingdom.

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Prof Nii Yartey takes a ‘bow’

Graphic 27 Nov 2015

One of the things that he often joked about was the fact he could form about 30 Ghana Dance Ensembles from among the former quality performers of the company who are scattered all over the world ... Ladzekpo and The Journey, a contemporary African dance piece he choreohraphed for the Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble in the United Kingdom.

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How black dancers brought a new dynamism to British dance

The Guardian 20 Sep 2013

An exhibition in Liverpool aims to acknowledge the richness of black dance in Britain, from the 1940s to the present day. Race to the top … Les Ballets Nègres – Europe's first black dance company ... 'Funmi Adewole was a dancer with Adzido Pan-African Dance Ensemble ... African and Caribbean dance forms, popular and jazz dance, classical and contemporary.

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Jackie Guy recognised in 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours List - Receives Member of British Empire Award

The Gleaner 15 Jul 2012

He has worked for the Birmingham Royal Ballet Education Department, BBC Philharmonic (Manchester) Education Department, Royal Festival Hall, Talawa Theatre, ACT Theatre Company, Sampad, Irie! Dance Theatre, Blue Mountain Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Adzido Dance ...

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Bolokada Conde with Rhythm Manding

UCIMC 11 Jan 2011

But there will be *plenty* of room to dance!. Opening for Rhythm Manding is the Adzido Drum Club, playing hypnotic and dance-irresistable music of the Ewe people (pronounced "Ehweh") of southeastern Ghana. Visiting artist and the Adzido Drum Club are sponsored by the Robert E ...

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A Feast of Return Goes to Yenagoa

This Day 30 May 2010

The dance drama was originally adapted for the London stage in a two-pronged production by ADZIDO, the Pan African Dance Ensemble, in the early nineties ... The purpose of using Nigerian dances, as the producer insists, is not to Nigerianize South Africa but to use the South African fabula as a means of telling Africa 's story.

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Kofi Ghanaba: Drummer who pioneered Afro-jazz

The Independent 09 Mar 2009

Too radical to be properly appreciated during his artistic peak, Guy Warren, or Kofi Ghanaba,was one of the most influential and well-travelled Ghanaian musicians of the mid-20th century. An early member of E.T ... Under Yebuah Mensah, the older brother of E.T ... Warrior Queen, alongside the Pan African Orchestra and the UKbased dance company Adzido ... .

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Drama Spotlight: Lyric and Abbey link-up project nears completion

Belfast Telegraph 17 Apr 2005

Earthquake International Dance Festival continues during in the coming week, with the exciting pan-African dance company, Adzido, at the Belfast Waterfront Hall on Tuesday, and the brilliant Phoenix Dance Theatre, at the Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, and the Market Place, Armagh, on Wednesday and Friday.

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Waterfront dance festival set to make the move

Belfast Telegraph 03 Mar 2005

Involved in Earthquake too will be the Phoenix Dance Theatre (Island Centre, Lisburn, on April 20 and the Market Place, Armagh, April 22) , the Demon Barbers folk (Waterfront Studio, April 21) and the Pan-African Dance Ensemble, Adzido (Waterfront Studio, April 19) with a show of drumming and dance.

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Adzido

The Guardian 06 Jul 2004

Founded in 1984 as Adzido Pan-African Dance Ensemble, the British company has recently been subject to questions about artistic quality, cultural relevance and value for money ... In contrast, Adzido's other new work, Footsteps of Africa by Zenzi Mbuli, covers more familiar ground, with traditional dance forms adapted for a populist format.

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