#  2004: Dance, Drum & Drink 

 



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**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



 

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