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presents

The 5th Annual

Staten IslandInternational Dance

Festival

Saturday, August 14th, 201

12pm -5pmTappen Park,

Staten Island New York


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Sign Art for their dedication to the Staten Island

International Dance Festival.

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teamsparticipateandperforminsomeofthemostprestigiousdanceeventsnationallyand

abroad.Thesemiprofessionalteamwhichiscomposedofyouthdancersstartingatage

12willbefeaturedattheStatenIslandFourthInternationalDanceFestivalamongstother

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36.RakeemCruz

37.LatinoFolkloricoofElCentrodelInmigrante

38.IsiahHerbert

39.J-Dange

40.AfricasFinest

ChoreographedandperformedbyLouise,Patience,Prize,PatienceandEllen.

41.LatinoFolkloricoofElCentrodelInmigrante


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~Marinera Nortea from Chiclayo, Peru~

The Marinera is a dance dedicated to courtship and love; and it is danced in all regions of

Peru acquiring its own forms based on the location.

~La Salsa from Puerto Rico~Both Puerto Rico and Cuba claim the origin of this dance but both made it popular in the

United States. It is primarily Afro-Caribbean rhythm with Spanish melodies.

~Ferrocarril de los Altos from Amatitln,Guatemala~

This dance is derived from the Spanish Waltz and is a fusion of Spanish and Indian folk-

dance. It is danced by women only. These beautiful costumes are influenced by traditional

indigenous colors.

~San Juanito from Northern Region, Ecuador~The Ecuadorian dance is from the north with a fusion of Indian choreography and Spanish

flair. The outfits are Spanish influenced. The warm Ecuadorian climates influence the light

weight and loose fit of these outfits.

6. Javonne Yniece (Shyne)I am 24 years old. My passion since I was a child has been singing and writing music. I

love music. Music is the gateway of all my emotions, music is my therapy. I started out first

singing in Bethels SDA childrens choir (Brooklyn ,NY), then going onto the Kingsboro

Temple Youth choir (Brooklyn ,NY), as well as singing praise team in a group on Satur-days in the same church. Once it was time to go to H.S I knew I wanted to attend Fiorella

H. LaGuardia H.S for Music & Art (New York, NY), so in the 8th grade I auditioned and

got accepted. I majored in voice for 2 years at LaGuardia H.S and then moved on to Pine

Forge Academy (Pine Forge, PA) where I joined the school choir there. I have a 5 year old

daughter whom I am now raising and also introduced to this talent. I am currently enrolled at

CSI (Staten Island, NY) to gain Bachelors in Social Work. I work full time for Safe Horizon

empowering and helping women and children who are experiencing domestic violence and

abuse on many levels, whereas I was once a victim. Its my love and passion for me to ex-

press what I am thinking and feeling, help others, and represent as a voice for someone whomay not feel heard.

7 Tsunami Dance Ensemble

PROGRAM

The 5th Annual

Staten Island

International Dance Ffeaturing

Latino Folklorico of E

Inmigrante

PROGRA


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Once, long ago, Nana Koragu & NanaAmeyaw two master weavers from

T h e K e n t e C l o t h L e g e n d

EVENTS

The Newhouse Gallery

November 6, 2010 - March 6, 2011

A K W A A B AWeaving Unity between Bonwire and Staten Island

W e a v i n g D e m o n s t r a t i o n s

S t d N b 20 (2 4 )

EVENTS


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My father always had me working, I think I built my first bookcase when I was nine years old. Itwast only woodworkinganything working with my hands.

_David Ricciardi, August 2010

I cannot tell you how it all startedyou are born into it, when you start walking they start sending

you get a threadbring this or bring that. Its like an apprenticeship job._ Anthony Oti Kegya, April 2010

The family of weavers, Anthony Oti Kegya, Francis

Marfo, and Nana Adu-Bofour left Bonwire to start a

new life. They had relatives on Staten Island and

migrated here at different times over the past twenty years.

Their looms were back in Bonwire, and the only one thatthey knew of in the tri-state area was rickety and needed

blocks to hold it together. In 2008, Ghanaian leader,

Samuel Owusu-Sekyere, introduced David Ricciardi, a

local carpenter, to the

family of weavers. A

professional carpenter

and native Staten

Islander, Mr.Ricciardiworked with the

weavers to build

and design a new

loom. In 2010, David

was commissioned

by Samuel Owusu-

Sekyere and the

family of weavers tomake two additional

looms with distinct

innovations. The

During theWinter of2009, Anthony

Oti Kegya,

Francis

Marfo, Nana

Adu-Bofour,

and Samuel

Owusu-

Sekyere

began

documenting

and sharing

their

knowledge of

Kente cloth weaving from Bonwire with COAHSI folklorist

Christopher Mul. These meetings and interviews led

them to rethink and reconnect with their cultural heritage

and formalize their roles as cultural ambassadors of

Ghana on Staten Island.

Originally, Kente cloths were reserved for Ashanti


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AKWAABA: Kente Cloth Weaving from Bonwire to Staten Islandby Christopher Mul. Samuel Owusu-Sekyere, and Francis Marfo

EXHIBIT TEXT

-- Anthony Oti Kegya, April 13, 2010

Kente is to Bonwire as Steel is to Pittsburgh--Samuel Owusu-Sekyere, April 13, 2010

DAVID RICCIARDIDavid Ricciardi was born and raised on Staten Island. An artist and accomplished carpenter he

began combining his interests in drawing, mathematics, and carpentry at a young age. Helearned to create with his hands from his family and gained inspiration by closely observingquality craftsmanship and artistry that surrounded him. His skill as an artist, carpenter, andcollaborator enabled the weavers from Ghana to reconnect to traditional Kente cloth weaving onStaten Island, thousands of miles from home.

My father and grandfather were very good with their hands. My father always had me working, Ithink I built my first bookcase when I was nine years old. It wasn't only woodworkinganything

working with my hands. To me, out of all the trades carpentry was the most challenging, it tooka little more, I guess an artistic approach.--David Ricciardi, September 1, 2010

I draw everything out on paperlike my deck the backyard, it's not a very big deck, but it's adouble octagon. I actually built that whole deck cutting all the pieces of wood first, not fittingthem or anythingjust from math. I cut every single piece of wood, painted it. We put it up andeverything fit perfectly. Not one piece of wood had to be cut after it was assembled. It waspretty complicated deck to build, hence the math.

--David Ricciardi, September 1, 2010

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EXHIBIT TEXT

KENTE CLOTH LEGENDOnce, long ago, Nana Koragu & Nana Ameyaw, two master weavers from Bonwire, took a walk

into the Ashanti forest. They saw a spider web woven with a single unbroken thread, admired it

and tried to take it back home to study. The web stuck to their fingers, collapsed, and the

beautiful design was ruined. Koragu and Ameyaw realized that no creature spins the same web

twice and although they could not find the same web again, perhaps they could find the same

weaver. They went back and found the spider weaving a new design. They watched her

closely as she weaved, gracefully, across and over the web, like a dancer. The spider showed

them how to weave intricate designs. They returned home and redesigned their looms to make

use of all their body parts, imitating the spider's weaving dance. The weavers copied the

patterns they observed and created new ones. Koragu and Ameyas became the official weavers

for the King of the Ashanti people, King Oti Akenten.

AKWABAA: INTRODUCTION PANELThe family of weavers, Anthony Oti Kegya, Francis Marfo, and Nana Adu-Bofour left Bonwire to

start a new life. They had relatives on Staten Island and migrated here at different times overthe past twenty years. Their looms were back in Bonwire, and the only one that they knew of inthe tri-state area was rickety and needed blocks to hold it together. In 2008, Ghanaian leader,Samuel Owusu-Sekyere, introduced David Ricciardi, a local carpenter, to the family of weavers.Mr.Ricciardi, a professional carpenter and native Staten Islander, worked with the weavers tobuild and design a new loom. In 2010, David was commissioned by Samuel Owusu-Sekyereand the family of weavers to make two additional looms with distinct innovations. The looms yousee in this exhibit are, perhaps, the first such looms built in the United States.

BONWIRE, GHANAThe town of Bonwire has a population of 8000 and is located in the Ashanti Region of Ghana,


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EXHIBIT TEXT

designed two more looms with innovations to make the loom portable, easy to store,durable, and lighter in weight.

KENTE CLOTH The strips produced by the loom are sewn together to form a large, rectangular cloth. The traditional term for Asante strip woven cloths is Ntomaor Ntomo.

Kente cloth is known for bright colors and intricate designs with a focus on geometricalshapes.

1. Design Ahwepsnis a simple plain weave cloth with or without simple stripes. This cloth can be

produced by a skilled weaver in about 2 4 days.

Toprekois single weave cloth where each color is passed over once.

Faprenuis more complex than Topreko, contains two or three types of colors or threadon a single bobbin. The blocks are densely packed with design. Each can take several

hours to complete and the entire cloth can take months. Adweneasa is a category of cloth that literally translates to exhausted all designs and is

characterized by unique variation of design in every block of a strip.

Adwinasi Adwinasotranslates to design upon design and refers to strips that containintricate design in each block with no straight threaded weaves. It is the most complexand expensive of all Kente cloth.

2. Wearing Kente

Originally, Kente cloths were reserved for Ashanti royaltythe Asantehene.

The cloth is traditionally worn wrapped around the body.


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EXHIBIT TEXT

1. Kente Cloth Weaving on Staten Island & Weaving Program @ PS.28 were captured throughethnographic interviews and documentation by COAHSI Folklorist, Christopher Mul throughout2010.

2. Scenes and Stories from Bonwirewas collected by Francis Fordjour during a visitback to his hometown of Bonwire from Staten Island, on September 5, 2010. The mandressed Kente is the current Kente Cloth chief of Bonwire, Chief Gyamfi. He is the great-great-grandson of the Nana Ameyaw and Nana Koragu, the founders of Kente clothweaving referred to in the legend.


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Tis performance is made possible by a JPMorgan Chase Regrant in partnership with the Council on theArts & Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI). Additional programming support during this is made

possible by public funds from the New York StateCouncil on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of buildingstrong, creative communities in New York States 62 counties.

Te Council on the Arts & Humanities or Staten Island

present

A N E V E N I N G O FI R I S H R A D I I O N A L

M U S I C , S O N G , A N D D A N C Ew / s p e c i a l g u e s tMonsignor Charles Coen

featuringDoug Barr (Concertina)

Dylan Foley (Fiddle)

Linda Hickman (Flute/in Whistle)John Nolan (Accordian)Eamon OLeary (Guitar/Banjo/Vocals)

Caitlin Ward & Nimh Mannfrom the Donny Golden School of Irish Dance

Set dancers from the Craobh ll Mr CC Cil GroupPatricia Salmon (Local Historian)

with a talk on Te Irish of Staten Island

Friday, October 22, 20107:30 PM

St. Joseph-St. Tomas Auditorium6097 Amboy Road

Staten Island, NY 10309

he popularity o thetraditional Irish music ses-sions, seisns in Gaelic, is strong

throughout the NYC area, but it is

dicult to nd a place to participate

on Staten Island. In the summer o

2010, traditional musicians Doug

Barr and Linda Hickman were

awarded the Arts in Our Com-

munity grant to awaken an interest

in Irish traditional music and to

establish a month session on Staten Island. Tis evenings concert will help to establish a basis

or understanding traditional Irish music. Tis education would not be complete without

Monsignor Charles Coen returning to his old parish to share his vast knowledge o this music.

Monsignor Coen is a native o Woodord in Co. Galway. At St. Pauls and St. Joseph/St.

Tomas, Monsignor taught the children Irish songs and encouraged them to enter competi-

tions. Te children persuaded him to enter as well. Msgr. Coen went on to win six all-Ireland

championships in concertina, ute, tin whistle, and sean-nos (old style) singing. Fr. Charlie , as

he is best known, has played at almost every Irish Festival throughout the U.S. He perormed

and acted as MC at the Snug Harbor estivals on Staten Island, traveled on two tours with

Te Green F ields o America, played at the Smithsonian Festival in Washington, and at

the White House or President Clinton. He has organized Irish concerts and sessions at the

Rhineclif Hotel or 18 years and continues these sessions on the second Sunday o the month.

Monsignor was inducted into the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (Irish Musicians Association)

Hall o Fame North East Branch in 1998 and the Mid-Atlantic Region in 2010. He is still

active in the ministry, helping out in parishes where needed.

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Program

O p e n i n g R e m a r k sw/Christopher Mul - COAHSI Folklorist

h e I r i s h i n S t a t e n I s l a n d a talk by local historian Patricia M. Salmon

S t o r i e s S o n g M u s i c & D a n c ewith special guest: Monsignor Charles Coen

M o r e S o n g s M u s i c & D a n c eMonsignor Charles Coen joined by Douglas Barr, Linda Hickman, Dylan Foley, John

Nolan, and Eamon OLeary

~Reels ~Ben Hill (Father Kelly #2), and Rossmore Jetty (Father Kelly #1)

~Jigs~Scatter the Mud and Larry Redicans

~Song~Adieu my Lovely Nancy

w/Eamon OLeary

~Reels~Im Waiting for You, Devannys Goat, Te Galway Rambler

~Dancers~Hornpipes, Mickey Callaghans Fancy, From Galway to Dublin own

w/ Caitlin Ward and Nimh Mann, from the Donny Golden School o f Irish Dance

(Due to the spontaneity of this music, changes to the program will be announced from the stage)

(continued)

~Reels~Jug of Punch, McDonaghs, Sean Sa Cheo

w/Dylan Foley

~March~Parnells March

~Song~Te Tirty-Foot railer

w/Eamon OLeary

~Dancers~Reels, Silver Spear and Sally Gardens

w/ Caitlin Ward and Nimh Mann- Te Donny Golden School of Ir ish Dance

~Waltzes~BA

w/John Nolan~Reels~

Over the Moor to Maggie, Lady Anne Montgomery, Maud Millerand Molloys Favorite

w/ Set Dancers from the Craobh ll Mr CC Cil Group

~Finale~Irish National Anthem

Featuring former student of Monsignor Charlie Coen -Joan Van ine Roesch

Star Spangled BannerAll Welcome to Sing

Program

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Esta actuacin es posible gracias a una reconcesin

JPMorgan Chase en colaboracin con el Consejo de las

Artes y Humanidades de Staten Island (COAHSI).

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J. P. Morgan Chase y del Consejo relativalas Artes y Humanidades de Staten Island

presente

El 200 aniversario de la Independencia de

Mxico

conMsica Tradicional Mexicana y Danza de

Ballet GuadalupanoDomingo

19 de septiembre 20101:30 pm - 5:00 pmParque en Faber

2175 Richmond Terrace,Staten Island NY


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Honoring the Country through Music & Dance

1. Del Estado de Guanajuato (Adults) El Jarabe Guanptense Los Barrateros El Mosco

2. Del Estado de Chihuahua (Children) Los Adelita Tres Pelonas La Cucaracha

Las Coronelas 3. Del Estado de Hidalgo (Teenagers) Las Tepetzintleco

4. Del Estado de Baja de California (Toddlers) El Tup (Chiquinas)

5. Del Estado Michocan (Children) Las Iguiris La Costilla

6. Del Estado de Jalisco (Adults) Jarabe Tapatio El Mariachi

Los Machetes

7. Del Esatado de Chiapas (Teenagers)

Las Chiapanecas El Alcaraban

El Rascapetate

8. Del Estado de Nuevo Leon (Toddlers) La Capsula

9. Del Estado de Najarit (Adults) Los Bules El Gallito

Jarabe Nayarita

10. Del Estado de Jalisco (Teenagers) Guadalajara

El Son De La Negra

11. Del Estado de Durango (Adults)

El Revolcadero

12. Del Estado de Jalisco (Toddlers) La Culebra

La Raspa

13. Del Estado de Oaxaca (Adults) Jarabe Mixteco

14. Del Estado de Morelos (Adults)

Los Chileanos

10. Del Estado de Jalisco (Teenager uadalajara

El Son De La Negra

11. Del Estado de Durango (Adults

El Revolcadero

12. Del Estado de Jalisco (Toddlers La Culebra

La Raspa


14. Del Estado de Morelos (Adults

Los Chileanos

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BRAVO

M

INA

VICTORIA

imagespubdomain

VILLA

ZAPATA

ZARAGOZA

Esta actuacin es posible gracias a una reconcesin

JPMorgan Chase en colaboracin con el Consejo de las

Artes y Humanidades de Staten Island (COAHSI).

MXICO2 0 1 0

J. P. Morgan Chase y del Consejo relativalas Artes y Humanidades de Staten Island

presente

El 200 aniversario de la Independencia de

Mxico

conMsica Tradicional Mexicana y Danza de

Ballet GuadalupanoDomingo

19 de septiembre 20101:30 pm - 5:00 pmParque en Faber

2175 Richmond Terrace,Staten Island NY


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Honoring the Country through Music & Dance

1. Del Estado de Guanajuato (Adults) El Jarabe Guanptense Los Barrateros El Mosco

2. Del Estado de Chihuahua (Children) Los Adelita Tres Pelonas La Cucaracha

Las Coronelas 3. Del Estado de Hidalgo (Teenagers) Las Tepetzintleco

4. Del Estado de Baja de California (Toddlers) El Tup (Chiquinas)

5. Del Estado Michocan (Children) Las Iguiris La Costilla

6. Del Estado de Jalisco (Adults) Jarabe Tapatio El Mariachi

Los Machetes

7. Del Esatado de Chiapas (Teenagers)

Las Chiapanecas El Alcaraban

El Rascapetate

8. Del Estado de Nuevo Leon (Toddlers) La Capsula

9. Del Estado de Najarit (Adults) Los Bules El Gallito

Jarabe Nayarita

10. Del Estado de Jalisco (Teenagers) Guadalajara

El Son De La Negra

11. Del Estado de Durango (Adults)

El Revolcadero

12. Del Estado de Jalisco (Toddlers) La Culebra

La Raspa


14. Del Estado de Morelos (Adults)

Los Chileanos

10. Del Estado de Jalisco (Teenager uadalajara

El Son De La Negra

11. Del Estado de Durango (Adults

El Revolcadero

12. Del Estado de Jalisco (Toddlers La Culebra

La Raspa


14. Del Estado de Morelos (Adults

Los Chileanos

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