DANCE, DRUM, & DRINK

Transposing Heritage Through Expressive and Material Culture

Friday, February 6, 2004

5:30pm—7:30pm

5:30 - Welcome and Introduction (Deborah Foster)

PERFORMANCES

5:45 - Kathak Dance (Sarah Morelli)

Rangmanch
Kramalaya in Kathak Yoga

Tapas and Beverages

6:30 - Rromani songs (Petra Gelbart)

"Denas, more, denas"
"Mre hurde chavore"

6:45 - “Boston Jerk” (Hip-hop/Reggae) Wayne Marshall

7:00 - "A Taste of WADaBo" Abdoulaye "Ablou"

Diallo & Members of the West African in Dance Boston Collective
with "Timinandi" Drum Ensemble Directed by Moussa Traore.

Saturday, February 7, 2004

10:00—4:00

PAPERS AND DISCUSSION

10:00 - Welcome Deborah Foster

Coffee and Muffins

FOOD PANEL

10: 15 - “A Long Meal, a Short Trip, and a Sudden Switch: The Consumable

Otherworld in Northern Europe” (Amber Rose)

10: 30 - “A Wine with Body” (C. Wibben-Meyer)

10:45 - “African American Soul Food: from Scraps to World-famous Cuisine”

(Lauren Hannah)

11:00 - Discussion

Discussant: Michael Herzfeld

 

Break: 11:15-11:30

MUSIC PANEL

11:30 - "Hip-hop in Jamaica, Reggae in Boston" (Wayne Marshall)

11:45 - “‘Authentic’ Folkloristics and ‘Assimilated’ Roma: Cultural Invisibility

and Social Image” (Petra Gelbart)

12:00 - “‘Kathak Yoga’: Meditative Musicianship for an Indian Dance Form in

the West” (Sarah Morelli)

12:15 - Discussion

Discussant: George Ruckert

LUNCH: 12:30—1:30

Mediterranean and Provençal Fare

DANCE/MOVEMENT PANEL

1:30 - "Radiant Smiles: The International Spread of American Cheerleading."

(Montana Miller)

1:45 - “Paths of the Orishas: Ways of Knowing" (Anna Walters)

2:00 - “Dancing My Identity: A North American Embodiment of West African

Dance" (Sharon Kivenko)

2:15 - "Extending Aesthetics: Sepak Takraw as Folk Art and Sport"

(Bill Westerman)

2:30 - Discussion

Discussant: Deborah Foster

WINE, CHEESE, & SONG: 3:00-4:00