Fwd: African Dance at Untermeyer (Saturday July 25)

THE UNTERMYER

PERFORMING ARTS COUNCIL's

Hudson Overlook Melodies

continues this

Saturday, July 25th with

The Kotchegna Dance Company
of the Ivory Coast

Kotchegna, meaning "messenger" in the Ivorian language of Mahou, is a seasoned dance
company founded in the Western African nation of the Ivory Coast by master dancer and
choreographer Vado Diomande. Kotchegna has traveled across the United States and around the
world promoting Ivorian culture through chant, mime, dance, and music.
Audiences of all ages are captivated by Kotchegna's innovative choreography, spectacular stilt
dancing and pageantry, and pulsating rhythms. The New York Times raved about Kotchegna after
watching the company perform at Lincoln Center's annual Folk Parks

program, stating that "the bestaspect was the drumming: nonstop, high-speed,

feverishly intricate rhythms and cross-rhythms from
a team of drummers who knew countless ways to subdivide a beat and make it jump."

Admission Free

at Untermyer Park, 945 N. Broadway, Yonkers.

Looks like rain, call 914.375.3435 after 2 PM Saturday for rain site information.

www.untermyer.com

THE COMMUNITY NEEDS FREE ARTS NOW MORE THAN EVER!