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ENTERTAINMENT
Afro-Cuban dance workshop at Portland State
Portland State U niversity’s
W orld Dance O ffice presents a
three-day A fro-C uban dance
workshop.
It is titled “Afro-Cuban Ritu
a ls , “ w ith C u b a n a r tis ts
T e r e s ita D om e P e re z and
Regino Jim enez Saez Friday
through Sunday, May 23-25,
from 4 to 6 p.m. in Room 207 o f
PSU ’s Health & Physical Edu
cation building, 930 SW Hall.
Cost is $8 per class for the
general public; $6 for PSU staff,
faculty and non-PSU students
with valid identification; free
to PSU students with valid I.D.
For more inform ation call 725-
5670.
The w orkshop is open to the
whole com m unity and to danc
ers o f all experience levels.
Participants will learn about
the dances, rhythm s, religion,
and rich culture o f Cuba.
Women should wear long full
Cuban dance artists present workshop at PSU
Ali, Cosby honored at Essence Awards
The Tenth A nniversary Essence
A w ards C eleb ratio n w ill be p re
sented as a p rim e-tim e, tw o hour
special that w ill air on Fox B ro ad
casting T hursday, M ay 22 at 8:00
P.M . (E D T ). T h e s ta r-stu d d e d
show will feature honorees in clu d
ing boxing g reat M uham m ad All
(w ho receives a L iving L egend
A w ard); M arilyn C ham berlain: a
Los A ngeles w om an who runs a
hom e for p eople w ith A ID S; Bill
an d C a m ille C o sb y and 1996
O ly m p ic G old M ed al g y m n ast
D om inique D aw es; C. K enneth
Jo h n so n , a W a sh in g to n , D .C .,
single foster parent who has taken
in m ore than 90 children over the
past decade; and W hitney H ous
ton receives the first Essence T ri
um phant Spirit A w ard, established
to honor an outstanding A frican-
A m erican who exem plifies the true
spirit Essence through extraordi
nary actions and accom plishm ents.
Cissy H ouston, H o uston’s m other,
will be in attendance to accept the
honor in her daughters behalf.
Sinbad and Halle Berry are the
cohosts o f the special w hich was
taped at The T heater at M adison
Square G arden. The evening fea
tures outstanding perform ances by
Stevie W onder, Patti L aB elle, LL
Cool J, L uther V andross, M ary J.
B lig e , C eC e W in a n s, J e n n ife r
H olliday and K irk Franklin, with
p re se n te rs Q u in c y Jo n e s, Jada
Pinkett, the A rtist (form erly known
as P rin c e ), B ra n d y and M alik
Y oba. T his y e a r’s presen tatio n
includes such m om entous high
lights as Stevie W onder’s touch
ing and original m usical tribute to
Bill and C am ille C o sb y ’s son,
Ennis; LL Cool J ’s charged appeal
for a stop to the violence in the
rap-m usic industry.
'The Wedding' opens Rose Festival Arts
Cuba and abroad.
Regino Jim enez Saez is one
o f the forem ost authorities on
A fro-C uban music and the b a t-
drum.
He is the m usical director o f
Danza Contemporanea de Cuba,
originally known as C onjunto
de Danza M oderna.
He joined the group in 1963
under the leadership o f Jesus
Perez, known as the grand m ae
stro o f b a t- drum m ing, taking
over as director o f the p ercus
sio n o rc h e s tra a fte r P e r e z ’
death.
Regino also directs one o f the
m ost sought-after sacred b a t-
groups in the H avana Santeria
com m unity, perform ing m ore
than six cerem onies a week.
His expertise in the m usic,
custom s and rituals o f Cuba is
well known there and has been
o f a ssistan ce to several re
searchers in the US.
skirts. Men should w ear com
fortable clothing allow ing for a
range o f m ovem ent.
R egistration begins in Room
207 a h alf hour before the class
begins.
Teresita Perez was born in
Cuba and grew up am idst the
ric h fo lk lo ric tra d itio n s in
M atanzas.
At 17 she was asked to jo in
the w o rld -re n o w n e d G rupo
A fro-C uba de M atanzas.
For 15 years she perform ed
and toured w ith A fro-C uba as
an ensem ble m em ber, principal
dancer and educator.
She has participated in the
Festival de C aribe in Santiago
de Cuba, the Fiesta de Rum ba y
Tam bor, the Havana Jazz Fes
tival, and the B anff Centre for
the Arts A frocubanism o F esti
val in Canada.
She has won awards and com
m endations for her work both in
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treasures.” Also from The O rego
nian, columnist Jonathan Nicholas
once described a Ballet performance
as “A highly successful artistic ex
perience that bordered on the reli
gious.” The Ballet joyfully and en
ergetically presents a world class
mix o f music and dance. The Ballet
consists o f sixteen dancers and five
principal m usicians, occasionally
augmented by guest artists, ihey are
true cultural ambassadors, whether
presenting original work or keep
ing alive the dances and music o f
W est Africa. The Ballet strives to
present work that is uniquely and
wholly African, but also deals with
universal themes that most cultures
share in common.
The Rose Festival Concert will
present the premier performance o f
“The W edding,” an original work
written and choreographed by Bal
let director Bruce Smith. “The W ed
ding” leisurely unfolds as a story o f
courtship and marriage in a typical
Bisquera: Moving up in the world of Jazz
As one o f the Pacific Northwest’s
up and coming young talents in the
music scene, pianist Edward Bisquera,
although a relative newcomer to the
Portland music scene, “displays both
versatile playing and promise as a
composer...an impressive debut’ -
(Willamette Week, 12/96).
He has achieved much success since
returning home to the Pacific North
west in late 1995; with over ten years
experience as a Professional pianist,
his playing displays both finesse and
sensitivity, as well as a deep sense o f
a strong melodic presentation. He has
the experience and ability to entertain
and sustain an audience through a full
program o f music, providing a re
laxed feeling with his performance.
For the 1996 holiday season,
Bisquera released an album “Home
for the Holidays.” produced with
P o rtla n d ’s prem ier saxophonist.
Patrick Lamb. The album was re
leased under The Bisquera+Lamb
Duo. and features two originals by
Bisquera, one o f which, ‘Lullaby for
Jazmyne, ’ continues to receiveair play
from stations like 106.7 KKJZ-
Smooth Jazz and FM 102 KINK.
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The Northwest Afrikan A m eri
can Ballet is proud to announce it’s
fourth annual Rose Festival Con
cert at the Intermediate Theater on
Friday, May 30 at 8:00 p.m. The
B allet’s perform ance will be the
Rose Festival’s kick-off arts event.
It is also the B allet’s second major
concert celebrating its fifteenth an
niversary season.
Oregonian w riter Bob Hicks has
called the Northwest Afrikan Ameri
can Ballet “One o f O regon’s artistic
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W est African village. It both details
the everyday life in an African vil
lage and plays out courtship rituals
that are common around the world.
Other dances featured .will be “Kou
K ou,” from the Baga people o f
G uinea; “ The B oot D ance, the
Ballet’s extremely popular multi-
media signature piece, which was
originated by coal and diam ond
m in e rs in S o u th A fric a ; and
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dance from the Bambara people.
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