Mixed Flavas! Performance at Cumbe - Nov. 17, 2012

This was the culminating performance by students in Baba Richard Gonzalez's first "Meet the Artist" Performance and Choreography Workshop at Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance. The performance is a purée of traditional and contemporary works-in-progress choreographed by Baba Richard Gonzalez and guest choreographers Kelly White-Burrell and Mara Rivera.
Program:
CLAVÉ
Music: Camerata Romeu
Percussion: José "Apache" Rivera, Nelson Gonzalez, Jimmy Cruz, Dylan Blanchard, Lou Ramos, Kyle Mathews and others.
Choreography: Baba R. González, Kelly White -Burrell, Mara Rivera
Ensemble: Rosamond King, Haruka Fujimoto, Janet Justice, Shanise Rhiney, Olubayo Jackson, Adele Newlin, Maria Mongue, Cynthia Renta, Leah Roberts, Ivy Lee, Tasha Darbes, Diane Duggan, Sasha Dobos.
"THE DRUM" (AFRICA TO AMERICA)
Written by: Sounds of Blackness
Choreography: Kelly White-Burrell, Mara Rivera, Haruka Fujimoto.
"MY DREAM, MY JOURNEY"
Performed by : Baba R. González (2009)
OCHUN'S SWEET WATERS
Choreography: Baba R. González (2007)
Percussion : José "Apache" Rivera, Nelson Gonzalez, Jimmy Cruz, Dylan Blanchard, Lou Ramos, Kyle Mathews and others.
Ensemble: Rosamond King, Haruka Fujimoto, Janet Justice, Shanise Rhiney, Olubayo Jackson, Adele Newlin, Maria Mongue, Cynthia Renta, Leah Roberts, Ivy Lee, Tasha Darbes, Diane Duggan, Sasha Dobos.
"SOY BOMBA!"
Choreography: Baba R.González (2010)
Solos by Mara Rivera, Cynthia Renta
Singer: Kyle Mathews
Ensemble: Rosamond King, Haruka Fujimoto, Janet Justice, Shanise Rhiney, Olubayo Jackson, Adele Newlin, Maria Mongue, Cynthia Renta, Leah Roberts, Ivy Lee, Tasha Darbes, Diane Duggan, Sasha Dobos.
Percussion : José "Apache" Rivera, Nelson Gonzalez, Jimmy Cruz, Dylan Blanchard, Lou Ramos, Kyle Mathews and others.