Tag Archives: Burkina Electric

Music Listings – 1/17 through 1/23

1. Jameel Moondoc, Jus Grew Orchestra w. Sabir Mateen, Roy Campbell, Ted Daniel, Steve Swell, Bern Nix & Chad Taylor

Date: Monday, January 17, 2011
Time: 8pm & 10pm
Venue: the University of the Streets (130 east 7th street. 2nd floor. NY)
Ticket: $15
Genre: Jazz/improve

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Music listings – 7/5 through 7/12

1. Itutu: Armitage Gone! Dance featuring BURKINA ELECTRIC at Prospect Park.

Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: The Prospect Park Bandshell , Brooklyn
Ticket: free, but $3 donation
Genre: Dance and Burkina Faso Pops

Former “punk ballerina” Karole Armitage, who has choreographed for everyone from Baryshnikov to Michael Jackson, “is always pushing the limits of possibility, spectacularly deconstructing the body with a diabolic flair” (Le Nouvel Observateur, France). In ITUTU, her company shares the stage with the West African band Burkina Electric to create a haunting amalgam of dance and live music that combines ballet and African dance, electronica and ancient rhythms—a uniquely modern synthesis of new and old, pop and tradition.

More about Karole Armitage and Electric Burkina in DBDBD.

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