New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation (Asase Yaa) in New York and The Adinkra Group (TAG) in Washington, DC, in association with the Yoruba Cuba Association, proudly presents YORUBA ANDABO, the internationally revered band of Afro-Cuban singers, dancers, and drummers heralded worldwide for performing sacred Afro-Cuban songs and dance based on West African traditions has added several new shows to their current US tour that coincides with their 30th anniversary.
Yoruba Andabo is a Cuban band of 17 singers, percussionists, and dancers who are world renown for preserving sacred West African music that was bought to the island by enslaved Africans in the late 16th century. The ensemble takes its name from two African words loosely translated as the friends and followers of the Yoruba lands and culture. Yorubaland covers much of what is known as Nigeria and Benin today. The port docks of Havana, slave barracks, cane field settlements, and urban tenements in Cuba gave birth to rumba music. In addition to performing Yoruba-based music from West Africa, Yoruba Andabo is widely proclaimed as the leading rumba group on the world music scene today.
TOUR SCHEDULE:
November 4, 2015
Concert Performance
Hayti Heritage Center
804 Old Fayetteville St
Durham, NC 27701
Doors @ 6pm | Show @ 7pm
General Admission
$28.50 (advance)
$35 (door)
Tickets available @ Hayti Heritage box office (cash only)
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November 5, 2015
Study with the Masters (Workshop)
Adinkra Cultural Arts Studio
3802 - 3808 34th Street
Mt. Rainier MD, 20712
(240) 490-2227
[email protected]
Concurrent Drum, Dance & Song workshops (starting at 6:30 and 8:30)
Drum Workshop (6:30 @ Ubuntu Nakama | 3802 34th st. Mt. Rainer, MD 20712)
Dance Workshop (6:30 @ The Dance Studio at ACAS | 3804 34th st. Mt. Rainer, MD 20712)
Song Workshop (6:30 @ Studio Gallery at ACAS | 3808 34th st. Mt. Rainer, MD 20712)
Drum Workshop (8:30 @ Ubuntu Nakama | 3802 34th st. Mt. Rainer, MD 20712)
Dance Workshop (8:30 @ The Dance Studio at ACAS | 3804 34th st. Mt. Rainer, MD 20712)
Song Workshop (8:30 @ Studio Gallery at ACAS | 3808 34th st. Mt. Rainer, MD 20712)
$25 per workshop | $40 for two workshops
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November 6, 2015
Concert Performance w/ Farafina Kan
George Washington University Lisner Auditorium
730 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
Doors @ 6pm | Show @ 7pm
Tickets: $35-$55
Tickets available at the Lisner Box Office
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International Dance After Party
DJ's Jahsonic, Underdog and special guests Yoruba Andabo
Cafe Asia
1720 I St NW
Washington, DC 20006
10 pm - 3 am | Free before 11 pm w/ ticket stub
November 7, 2015
STUDY WITH THE MASTERS (Workshop)
Asase Yaa Center for the Arts
1803 Fulton St
New York, NY 11233
[email protected]
Phone: (347) 915-2563
Song Workshop - 6-7:30pm
Drum Workshop - 6-7:30pm
Dance Workshop - 7:30 - 9pm
$20 per workshop
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November 8, 2015
Concert Performance
SOBs - 8pm
Host and DJ: DJ Lumumba aka Revolution
Special Guest: Amma Whatt
SOBs
204 Varick St
New York, NY 10014
(212) 243-4940
(Standing Room Only)
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November 9, 2015
Concert Performance w/ Asase Yaa
Symphony Space - 8pm
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
(212) 864-5400
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www.yorubaandabolive.com
