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Chuck Davis and Dance Africa.(Biography)
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April 1, 2004|
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Chuck Davis, guru of Dance Africa, is the final profile in our Dance Magazine Awardee series, following Anna Halprin, Chita Rivera, and Jose Manuel Carreno. The annual awards ceremony will be held April 26 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.
At any performance of the African American Dance Ensemble, artistic director, Chuck Davis, a supertall, joyous presence in vivid robes, entices you into the experience of the bantaba. You honor the elders and the rituals of nature and spirit--and then the drumming and dancing begins. Children dance in the aisles, and critics ...
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