Isaac Akrong and
The African Dance Ensemble presents

SAKOTOSA!

Friday, Feb. 20, 2009
7-9 pm

Live at
LULA LOUNGE

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Sa-kotosa: dance to the earth with bent knees, a night of interactive African music, drumming, dance, and song performance workshop.

A special treat for the African heritage month celebration 2009

February 20, 2009
at Lula Lounge
Doors open at 6pm
Show 7-9pm
Fee $15

Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas St. W.,
West of Dufferin
416 588 0307

info@lula.ca
www.lulalounge.ca

This will be a night to remember and we strongly recommend that you reserve early as, undoubtedly, the room will be filled to capacity. Be ready to dance, as there will plenty of opportunity for audience participation!

Introduction
This is a night where we shall explore African dance, poetry and music practices from many ethnicities, including Ghana, Nigeria, Guinea, and South Africa… We will explore the historic elements that function as a drive for most of these aesthetically vibrant performances.

We are going to take you on a journey beyond aesthetics, beyond the sound you hear, to the root core of why we do what we do from Africa, so that an insider’s understanding of an expressive culture will be truly shared from the bottom of our hearts, with the help of the joy, the charisma, and the enthusiasm that words can never describe, such as body paints that identify and link society, and embody a genealogy.
In celebrating the heritage of all Africans and the Diaspora, the African Dance Ensemble (ADE) deems it a duty to learn, share, and dedicate this special event to the world, which is rooted in the source of humanity from Africa.

The Meaning of ADE

Ade (pronounced “AH-day”) is a Ga-Adangbe word signifying “telling,” “as told,” or “as said.” The word refers to legends of the past or what is foretold for the future. Ade is also a male name in the Ga-Adangbe language. The Ga people are found in Accra, on the costal belt of Ghana, West Africa. This word was chosen after considering the nature of humanity. Humans have history, they have presence and they have future. All these cycles are linked together by Ade, “as told.” Another sphere of meaning can be decoded from the acronym of A.D.E. –

The Roots of ADE

The African Dance Ensemble was founded in September 2001. The founder and Artistic Director, Isaac Akrong, envisioned a small world of cultures blending to learn more about African culture through the arts and related disciplines. Having been choreographing for over a decade, presenting ethnographic/ethnomusicological works on African culture, dance, music, songs, drumming, flutes, and xylophones, he is blessed now with a wonderful team of performers with whom to share this holistic art form of an all-inclusive African theatre experience.

This will be a night to remember and we strongly recommend that you reserve early as, undoubtedly, the room will be filled to capacity.

Be ready to dance as there will be plenty of opportunity for audience participation!

Buy Your Tickets Now!

Click here to Reserve your Tickets!