What's Happening
Stay Connected
Receive the latest news, grant offerings, and community events.
Location
Savannah, GA
Project Title
Bamboula
Fiscal Year Awarded
2016
Grant or Program
National Dance Project Presentation Grant
Grant Amount
$2,100
Savannah Black Heritage Festival presents Cleo Parker Robinson Dance in Bamboula. This collaborative project emerged out of research into the connections between the Zulu minstrel parades of New Orleans and the Minstrel Carnival in Cape Town, South Africa. The deep connections of African culture found in both represents a continuum of Black consciousness, transforming the national art form of blackface minstrelsy into the reclamation of blackface as an African aesthetic. This is an interdisciplinary piece with choreography by Millicent Johnnie.