Nana Korantema Ayeboafo and the Arthur Hall
Afro American Dance Ensemble Alumni
Present
The 2nd Annual Cultural Arts Community
Renaissance Affair
Bonnell Auditorium
Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Performing and documenting four dances
Originally choreographed by Arthur Hall
Fanga - drum solo "Dondo Swing"
Hypnotic Healing - drum solo "Brazilian Overture"
Revelation - Djembe drum solo with Mask Dancers
Agbaja - Ewe Dance - Royal Procession and Grand Finale
Renaissance on Sacred Ground
A screening of the film produced by the Arthur Hall Afro American
Dance
Ensemble Alumni, Village of the Arts and Humanities, and Scribe Video Center
(2009, Running time 21 minutes, 35 seconds)
In Concert
Nana Korantema Ayeboafo and the African Ensemble
In the Meantime
An ode to Arthur Hall's genius by Melvin Purnell
Read by Aba Oyedi
Music composed and arranged by Nana Korantema Ayeboafo
Unity Songs from Ghana - Obi ba Kwame,
Prae ye wo aye, and Ode to Anuwa
Ghana Highlife Songs - Doko Doko,
Anyemi ko, and Hankito
Honoring the Legacy of Arthur Hall
By Honoring Contemporary Humanitarians
Managing Director
Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts
LINDA WATERS RICHARDSON
President and CEO
Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation
M. CHRISTINE YOUNG THOMAS WIGGINS
Founder and Creator
Imhotep Institute Charter High School
Philadelphia's first African-centered public high school
Program Participants
Original Choreography by Arthur Hall
Nana Korantema Ayeboafo, artistic director
James Marshall and Nana Korantema Ayeboafo, additional choreography
Rita Cottman-Johnson and James Marshall, dance captains
Okomfo Kweku Menu Opare and Nana "Nsiah" Oparebea, class instructors
Maxine Canada Brown, stage manager
Daryl "Kwasi" Burgee, sound director
Aba Oyedi, costumes
Nana Kofi Asante, public relations
Musicians
Nana Korantema Ayeboafo
Steve Jackson
Nana Yaw Aboagye
Terrell Johnson
Tom Smart
Jerome Williams
Lawrence Lamumba Clark
Dancers
James Marshall
Okomfo Asuo Opare
Okomfo Kweku Menu Opare
Christopher Holmes
Rita Cottman-Johnson
Nana "Nsiah" Oparebea
Maxine Canada Brown
Aba Oyedi
Katrina Yancy
Leslie Flamer
Bader Lilley
Monzella Khalilah Allen
Asonahene, Nana Kwame Topra
Abradehemaa, Nana Ohemaa Agyiriwa, II
Nana Korantema Ayeboafo and the African Ensemble
Vocalists
Nana Korantema Ayeboafo
Okomfo Asuo Opare
Okomfo Kweku Menu Opare
Nana Kofi Asante
Nana Kwame Opare
Rita Cottman-Johnson
Aba Oyedi
Anita Cauthorn-Asante, special guest artist
Musicians
Nana Korantema Ayeboafo
Steve Jackson
Nana Yaw Aboagye
Terrell Johnson
Index of the Alumni subdirectory
2009 Program Publication and DVD in the Arthur Hall Collection
Index of the Arthur Hall Collection