Sommet/Mandingue/Summit
Presented by: Baobab Afrikan Arts
A five-day multi-disciplinary festival celebrating traditional West African culture.
Sommet/Mandingue/Summit: West African Dance & Drum Festival is a multi-disciplinary festival of West African culture featuring workshops and performances led by local and internationally-renowned artists representing the Mandingue or Mandinka people of West Africa. The largest event of its kind in Toronto, this celebration of West African culture presents dance and drum workshops with Masters, a photography exhibition, an African Marketplace, film screenings and live performances. The festival essentially shines a bright spotlight on the traditional music and dance of this region, by providing participants and audiences with a sampling of the richness and diversity of this incredible culture.
Starts: Sep 29, 2010 Ends: Oct 3, 2010
At: Larkin Building, 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto
Playing: Wednesday
Times: please see website for more information
Cost: please see website for more informaiton
Getting there:
For more information contact:
Evelyn Oteng-Pabi
Phone:
(416) 900-6649
Email:
infoSPAMFILTER@baobabarts.org
