NEW ORLEANS (press release) – IYA-ORISHA is the fictional journey through the tales of West African divinities. The performance is composed of a Hip-Hop cypher, a sculpture and painting installation, WHAT SLITHERS BENEATH THE BAOBAB TREE by Dow-Dance Company, and the solo ANANSI by Binge Dance Festival Artist in Residence, Arouna Guindo. This performance is a journey inspired by West African spirituality told in an Afrofuturism lens.
Binge Dance Festival is a multicultural program of Dow-Dance Company in partnership with the New Orleans Cultural and Tourism Fund designed to provide opportunities to BIPOC choreographers in New Orleans to create and present their work through local, national, and international collaboration between artists in New Orleans and Benin Republic.
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