Northwest Folklife

Rhythm & Moves, a partnership between Northwest Folklife and the Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center, is an after-school program for music and dance. In the 2008-09 school year, students worked with instructors from Gansango Dance Company, featuring Etienne Cakpo, master drummer and choreographer from Benin, and Siya Manyakanyaka, a dancer from South Africa, to learn drumming and dances from West Africa. The students and teachers met twice a week from September through June. Rhythm & Moves students performed at the Seattle World Rhythm Festival and the 2009 Northwest Folklife Festival.

Rhythm & Moves Students Perform at the World Rhythm Festival, April 2009 (photo by Debbie Fant)

Rhythm & Moves is supported in part by grants from:

Sage Arts Foundation

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Here's what's coming up:

February 13, 20, 27 and March 6: 9th Annual Sound Off! All-Ages Music Competition at EMP|SFM, sponsored by Northwest Folklife
March 11, 7:30PM: 5th Annual Contra Marathon at the Lake City Community Center (12531 28th Ave NE), a benefit for Northwest Folklife
March 13, 7:30PM-11:00PM: Northwest Folk Dancers Incorporated at Cedar Valley Grange (20526 52nd Ave W, Lynnwood, WA), a benefit for Northwest Folklife
March 19, 7:30: Birth DIY Fest at the VERA Project, sponsored by Northwest Folklife
March 20, 2:00PM-4:00PM: Accordi-O-Rama III at Town Hall, presented by Town Hall Seattle and Northwest Folklife
March 21: Folklife Presents at the Tractor Tavern - featuring Clinton Fearon!
April 23: Folklife Masters featuring Kane Mathis and Mirah at Empty Sea Studios
May 28-31: The 39th Annual Northwest Folklife Festival at Seattle Center
November 13: 2nd Annual A Night for Folklife, a benefit for Northwest Folklife

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