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Muntu Dance Theatre

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Check out Muntu's next concert! "The Sankofa Project" Learning from our past, connecting to our future Host: Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago Type: Mood: artistic artisticPosted at 7:48 PM Nov 19 view more

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  • Muntu Dance Theatre

  • 37 / Female
  • Chicago, Illinois, US
  • Last Login: 11/19/2009

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  • General

    COMPANY MEMBERS: Tosha Alston, Babu Atiba, Shakeena President-Beckford, Oshuntaye Brown, Malik Camara, Beverly Carrington, Idy Ciss, Paul Cotton, Idris Daniel, Harry Detry, Imania Detry, Amansu Eason, Naomi Kinslow, Aly M'Baye, Shalonda Odum, Uche Omoniyi, Amaniyea Payne, Margaret Rainey, Clifton Robinson, Alioune Sarr

  • Music

    ARTISTIC STAFF: Amaniyea Payne - Artistic Director, Babu Atiba - Assistant Artistic Director, Idy Ciss - Assistant to the Artistic Director, Clifton Robinson - Musical Director, Tosha Alston - Dance Captain

  • Movies

    ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF: Joan Gray - President, Barbara Pace-Moody - Director of Development, Barbara J. Maxon - Director of Operations & Human Resources, Lynn D. Stevenson - Company Manager, Vaune Blalock - Program Director, Miaisha Evans - Data Manager/Development Associate

  • Television

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Leana B. Flowers - Chairperson, Vice President, Shore Bank Corp., Sidney Dillard - Treasurer, Loop Capital Markets, LLC., Suzet M. McKinney, MPH - Secretary, Chicago Department of Public Health, Abena J. Brown - Vice Chairperson, President, eta Creative Arts Foundation, Al Perry - Vice Chairperson, Owner RAY-ZORS Edge Salon DIRECTORS: Dr. Matthew Bonds - Community Resident, Susan McKeever Larry - Attorney Washington, Pittman & McKeever, Kimberly Crawford - Owner, Mailboxes Plus, Barbara Jackson Lee - President Jackson & Associates, Deidre Dawson - Director, Dance Program, Sullivan HS, Adorn Lewis-Mitchell - Asst. Vice President, Flowers Communications, Joan Gray - President Muntu Dance Theatre, Jumaane N'Namdi - Owner G.R. N'Namdi Galleries, Inc., Arnie Harris - Financial Planner AH Financial Services, Michelle Obama - White House Washington, DC., Alvin Alassane Jackson - President ARJ Enterprises, Rita Taylor-Nash - Vice President of Corporate Diversity, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Adrienne C. King - Director of NA Human Capital Bain & Company, Inc., Joeffrey Trimmingham - President Ibis Design

  • Books

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iID7aQ6T0w

  • Heroes

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S22zboP3y2U New Pictures of Muntu on Flickr. Click the link for phenomenal pictures!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/muntudancetheatre/

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Here for: Networking
  • Hometown: Chicago
  • Ethnicity: Black / African descent
  • Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Networking

Status and Mood

  • Muntu Dance Theatre Check out Muntu's next concert! "The Sankofa Project" Learning from our past, connecting to our future Host: Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago Type:
    Mood: artistic artistic
    Posted at 7:48 PM Nov 19
  • Muntu Dance Theatre Check out Muntu's next concert! The Sankofa ProjectLearning from our past, connecting to our future Host: Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago Type: Music/Arts -
    Mood: artistic artistic
    Posted at 6:39 PM Nov 10
  • Muntu Dance Theatre Check out the Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago fan page for a chance to win free tickets to the Sankofa Project!
    Mood: artistic artistic
    Posted at 6:35 PM Nov 10

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About me:

In the Bantu language, "muntu" means "the essence of humanity." It's what the Company seeks to express in their work and to touch in their audiences. Through its performances, Muntu strives to create an atmosphere of communal participation, encouraging and inspiring audiences and participants to join in the celebration! The Chicago-based Muntu Dance Theatre performs authentic and progressive interpretations of contemporary and ancient African and African-American dance, music, and folklore. A colorful and dynamic Company, Muntu brings its audiences out of their seats and into the aisles with its unique synthesis of dance, rhythm and song. The Company is highly regarded for its innovative repertory, preserving traditional African dance while creating new works that build on African, Caribbean and African-American cultural traditions. Muntu's core programs include professional performances both at home and abroad, comprehensive community arts programs, classes for the public and professional training for emerging new young artists.

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THE STORY OF MUNTU: Since its founding in 1972, Muntu Dance Theatre has grown to be one of the most artistically-accomplished and stable dance companies in Chicago. The company has achieved an acclaimed reputation locally, nationally and internationally for making consistent artistic statements of cultural and historical significance. A colorful and invigorating professional company, Muntu has brought its audiences into the aisles with its unique synthesis of dance, rhythm, and song. We carefully research the cultural and historical significance of the dances and the societies from which they originate. As a result, Muntu is more than just a performing company; we're also a company of teachers - an essential element to the perpetuation of our art form and its accurate transmittal to our audiences. Muntu strives continuously to increase the level of knowledge, awareness of, and appreciation for African culture in the context of professional performing arts. We understand that there is merit in all cultures. We seek to appreciate the differences in order to amplify the similarities.

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