music and dance performance
Idea: Dalanda Diallo
Sankofa choir mentor: Ana Bezjak
Choreography: Maša Kagao Knez
Musicians and musical arrangement:
percussions: Damir Mazrek, Issiaka Sanou, Blaž Korez
bass guitar, bass: Thierno Diallo
Sankofa choir: Max Zimani, Ana Nyasha Zimani, Alice Camara, Michel Obenga, Tschimy Aliage Obenga, Kristian Trček Bouquet, Dalanda Diallo, Teja Kuk, Tjaša Kuk, Curtis Cole, Denise Antoinette Cole, Damaris Potočnik, Luise Toure, Ernest Boakai
Dance group Baobab: Vesna Bizjak, Tjaša Jerak, Ajda Žagar, Eva Žagar, Lea Menard, Kristina Sicherl, Asja Grauf, Sara Zaninović, Maša Kagao Knez, Dalanda Diallo
Production: KUD Baobab
READ EARTH is a full-length performance with a choir, a band of musicians and a company of dancers. The show includes a series of harmonious tunes, earth rhythms and energy-filled dancing to create a genuine African atmosphere. This African evening is a mixture of songs from various ethnical groups from Sub-Saharan Africa, West African rhythms as well as traditional and contemporary African dance. Sankofa Choir and Baobab Dance Company have emerged from a Slovenian project ISAK (Expressive World of African Culture), run by Baobab Society. The project’s goal is to encourage the development of African culture and spread the awareness about it across Slovenia.
