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Dance Diaspora Performs Fall Show

October 14, 2015
Communications Staff

Joyous jazz music filled Warner Main Space October 2 and 3 as Dance Diaspora performed its seasonal show Horace Silver: Song For My Father & Other Matters Pertaining To The Heart. Artist in Residence Adenike Sharpley ’00, who served as the show’s artistic director and choreographer, says the show’s themes included fatherhood and healing from wounds.

“Horace Silver is known for having a joyful mood in his music. I have juxtaposed the joyful mood of the music with visual representations of harsh realities of society for people of color,” she says.

The show featured dancers Sophie Mvurya ’16, Donnay Edmund ’16, Lindsey Nwabueze ’16, Khalid Taylor ’16, Cassandra Brown ’17, Niya Smith-Wilson ’17, and Sikora Sikorski ’17. Sharpley was also among the dancers.

Kevin Louis ’99 served as the show’s musical director. Louis also played trumpet for the show. Other alumni musicians included Josh Moton ’13, cello; Shea Pierre ’14, piano; and Malachi Thomas ’14, tenor saxophone. Student musicians included Lawrence Galloway ’16, trombone; Daniel Spearman ’17, trumpet and piano; Gailyn Gabriel ’18, bass; Michael Ode ’18, drums; and Michael Spearman ’19, trombone.

For more information on Dance Diaspora, visit this webpage.

Photo Gallery

Photograph of six dancers performing.
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of dancers performing.
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of two dancers using hand fans as props.
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of four dancers performing.
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of a female dancer performing with her hands at the side of her body.
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of a female dancer kicking her leg in the air.
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of a female dancer with her hands raised and another dancer in the background.
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of a male dancer swinging a female dancer around.
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of a female dancer using a hand fan.
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of two female dancers and a male dancer performing.
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of a man playing a saxophone.
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of a man playing an instrument.
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of a man playing a piano
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of a male dancer performing
Photo credit: Courtesy of John Seyfried
Photograph of six dancers performing.
Photograph of dancers performing.
Photograph of two dancers using hand fans as props.
Photograph of four dancers performing.
Photograph of a female dancer performing with her hands at the side of her body.
Photograph of a female dancer kicking her leg in the air.
Photograph of a female dancer with her hands raised and another dancer in the background.
Photograph of a male dancer swinging a female dancer around.
Photograph of a female dancer using a hand fan.
Photograph of two female dancers and a male dancer performing.
Photograph of a man playing a saxophone.
Photograph of a man playing an instrument.
Photograph of a man playing a piano
Photograph of a male dancer performing

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