Mostly alternating works, DWC and Muntu created a head-spinning program in which each troupe set the other off, highlighting its distinctive character and appeal. For both companies, however, the goal seemed the same: to seduce us.
Read moreThe selections, especially a couple of collaborations, illustrated just how much the modern idiom and pop entertainment owe to the African tradition, not to mention how seamlessly the two modes can team up.
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Up next in our series of weekend plans from notable, in-the-know locals—a.k.a. people we like: Joan Gray, the form er dancer and long-time president of Muntu...
“Muntu has a dual function, we are definitely a professional performing arts company that performs around the world and self produces our season every year. But equally as important to me, is that when there is an important event of significant happening in the community, Muntu is called upon to bear witness to that and to bring the appropriate cultural celebrations.”
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