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Balafon, Bass, Flamenco Guitar, Drum Set, Percussion, Banjo
SOUND BRIDGES AND PERCUSSIVE DANCE
WORLD MUSIC
Traditional West African - Jazz - Flamenco
and Tap
Instruments: Balafon, Bass, Flamenco Guitar,
Drum Set, Percussion, Banjo
https://www.soundbridgespercussivedance.com
contact: Irene Koloseus: 347-623 6404
https://www.soundbridgespercussivedance.com/epk
https://youtu.be/u7u4qeU9GOo
https://youtu.be/Pa1NHHNrt10
About
Sound Bridges and
Percussive Dance is a recently launched collaboration between two Brooklyn
based award-winning touring companies: Feraba-African Rhythm Tap and Flamenco y
Sol Dance Company.
Sound Bridges delivers high quality, fun,
energetic performances that captivate and engage audiences of all ages and
backgrounds. The repertoire of the group focuses on original pieces, which
combine traditional West African music with flamenco and jazz. The shows
highlight a new and exciting blending of styles while preserving and honoring
the extraordinary traditions of various world cultures.
Members of Sound Bridges span four
continents, come from diverse artistic backgrounds and carry a unique passion
for their craft. Through a thoughtful balance of improvisation and composition,
they create fluid, cross-genre rhythmic conversations, which aim to entertain and
inspire.
Our History
Feraba-African Rhythm Tap is a multicultural
and multiethnic performance group, which combines the traditional sounds and
movements of West Africa with the only true American dance form of Tap. Much of
the core musical repertoire of Feraba involves the use of the balafon, a
traditional wooden xylophone from West Africa as well as a broad array of other
traditional percussion instruments.
Flamenco y Sol Dance Company features diverse
styles including traditional flamenco, contemporary flamenco, flamenco jazz
fusion, classical Spanish dance and the more modern Gypsy Kings-style of
flamenco rumba.
Infectious rhythms, explosive dance movements
along with sophisticated choreography and detailed compositions have defined
their vibrant and powerful performances at many prestigious venues, including
the Joyce Theater, Lincoln Center Outdoors, the Metropolitan Opera, Town Hall,
the Kennedy Center, and the White House.
Together, these two well-established
companies make up Sound Bridges and Percussive Dance.
Feraba and Flamenco y Sol Awards
Jubilation Foundation (2019)
Sunshine Award (2013)
Jerome Foundation (2010)
Open Society Foundation Award (2010)
Cristina Heren Foundation scholarship (2009)
Jacobs’s Pillow scholarship (2008)
Manhattan Arts Fund (2005)
NYFA Fellow in Music Composition (1998)
Sound Bridges and Percussive Dance Personnel
Andy Algire (USA): balafon, krin, palmas
Irene Koloseus (Austria): balafon, tap dance,
palmas
Sol Koreaus La Argentinita (Argentina):
Flamenco, vocals, palmas
Raphael Brunn (USA): guitar, palmas
Pablo Dembele (Ivory Coast): djembe, congas,
banjo
David Rajaonary (Madagascar): bass
Niko Koloseus (USA): drum set, krin, doun
douns
Abou Camara (USA): balafon, djembe, conga,
doun douns
Feraba’s mission is to inform, educate and entertain through the
universal
language of rhythm, promoting the ideal of friendship, tolerance and cultural
understanding among people of all nations.
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