March 19. 2008
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Two Extraordinary Companies
Buran Bush
Women and
Compagnie
Janet-Bi
The next perform ance o f Port
land W hite Bird Portland State
U niversity dance series features a
collaboration between Urban Bush
W om en and C om pagnie Jant-Bi on
W ednesday, April 2 at the A rlene
Schnitzer Concert Hall. That same
week. W hite Bird will also present
the B renda A ngiel Aerial Dance
Com pany, April 3-5 at Portland
S tate’s U niversity's Lincoln Hall.
(See story and photo on opposite
page.)
Urban Bush W om en is m ade up
o f seven w om en from Brooklyn,
N.Y., and C om pagnie Jant-B i, is
co m p rised o f seven m en from
Senegal.
Their Portland perform ance will
feature a new work. Les Ecailles de
la Me'moi re (The Scales o f M em ory),
which focuses on the them es of
differing cultural landscapes and
artistic exchange.
Now in the m idst o f a U.S. tour,
the work has already garnered raves
from critics. The Houston Chronicle
wrote, "T heir work together looks
seam less — unabashedly modern
but infused with a traditional A fri
can vocabulary... W atching Jhis
expression o f pure physicality, you
c a n 't help but feel the jo y ."
Urban Bush W omen is a com
pany well known to W hite Bird
audiences. F ounded by A rtistic
D irector Jaw ole W illa Jo Z ollar in
1984, the com pany seeks to bring
the untold and under-told stories o f
disen fran ch ised people to light
through dance.
Jant-Bi iso n e o f A frica's leading
c o n te m p o r a r y d a n c e g ro u p s .
Founded in 1998 by A rtistic D irec
tor G erm aine A cogny, called “the
m other o f African contem porary
dance." the com pany has devel
oped a dance technique that co m
bines trad itio n al W est A frican
dance with elem ents o f classical
ballet and modern dance.
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