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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Katherine Dunham Technique Classes
Teen Youth, Jazz, & African Haitian w/ Live Drumming
Where:
Shawl Anderson Dance Center
2704 Alcatraz Ave (at College Ave)
Berkeley, CA 94705  (510) 654-5921

Class Times: All Instructors degreed and legacy-builders in Bay Area Dance Community
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.     Teens with Dance Training - Beginning Level
Form and Function of Dunham Technique             ~Myrtha Muse - Dunham Certified Instructor
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Jazz Dance                               ~Dr. Albirda Rose - Dunham Certification Director
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. African Haitian                          ~Linda Johnson - Dunham Certification Candidate
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Cost: $13.00  per class or
          $30.00 for all 3 classes
Contact:
Dr. Rose 650-270-6183 or
email:  lifabayo@yahoo.com

*Proceeds to benefit scholarship initiatives for continued studies at the Historic Katherine Dunham Institute in East St. Louis, MO
28th Annual International  Katherine Dunham Technique Seminar 2011 July 23 – July 31, 2011 | Southern Illinois University

Ma Boukaka is from the Congo, Central Africa a village area known today as "Brazzaville.  His exploration of drums begin by tapping out rhythms with his friends at play. At 14 he left the village to work as a cook and eventually became a pisteur (guide, hunter and cook) for a French safari company in Northern Congo and Gabon. In 1959 he came to the San Francisco Bay Area a year before Congo's Independence and worked as a cook - It was in 1977, together with  Ta Malonga Casquelourd, that he formed "Fua Dia Congo" Heritage of the Congo and the Congolese Dance Company of the Bay Area. Since that time, Ma Boukaka has performed in many shows produced by the Congolese Artistic Community. These shows reflect the culture and heritage of Congolese village life, a culture deeply rooted in family and community. Since 1982 he has also participated in the annual Congolese Dance and Drum Workshop in Nevada City, California.
       Ma Boukaka taught Congolese drum class every Tuesday in Menlo Park California since 1982, using the traditional Congolese method - whereby he demonstrates a part for you, makes sure you have it, then lets you explore while he continues to play the rhythm with full encouragement; He also taught the call-response song for each rhythm and each of the parts; Ma Boukaka promoted the sense that,  drumming is as much a part of life as breathing...His legacy continues to live within all touched by Congolese Dance and Drum Culture in the United States! ~Matondo Ma Boukaka [we will keep "the line" movin'] *content courtesy of: www.congolesecamp.org| www.btainc.com/boukaka.htm| edited by: R. Califa | califa510 dance works
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The sun has set on the life of one of our brightest lights. A source of great wisdom, stability, strength and love,
Ma Boukaka's spirit has taken flight. He now watches over us, guiding us from the great beyond...
~MK Malonga

We salute his Mastery, shared teachings and quiet wisdom! Thank you Ta Mbemba, I cherish the honored times under your tutelage...