2004: Dance, Drum & Drink

Dance, Drum, & Drink
Transposing Heritage through Expressive and Material Culture

Friday, February 6 & Saturday February 7, 2004

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