DANCE PRESENTATION A STEP TOWARD ADVANCING CULTURES.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer With the premise of ``the more we know about one another, the less there is to fear,'' traditional dances from around the world will be presented in a series of performances Sept. 17-19. Dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. Living Culture Week, the presentations will feature African, Irish, Mexican, Polynesian, Indian, Middle Eastern, Filipino, American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. and Spanish dance. ``Learning of one another's culture and heritage through dance and music gives us, as a community, the basic tools of understanding,'' said Janine Kovsky, one of the organizers of the event. ``Getting to know one another includes learning about our past and our traditions.'' Living Culture Week is being presented by the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Arts Foundation, a nonprofit educational organization. Two free noontime noon·time n. See noon. performances will be held. The first will occur Sept. 17 in the courtyard of Lancaster City Hall, 44933 Fern Ave. The second performance will be held Sept. 18 in the courtyard of the Palmdale Cultural Center, 704 E. Palmdale Blvd. Capping the events will be a performance at 8 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Palmdale Playhouse, 38334 10th St. E. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for children under 12 and seniors. The Antelope Valley Movement Arts Foundation is composed of professionals dedicated to teaching various forms of dance, rhythm and music as well as some of the history, language and implements associated with dance. The organization has conducted programs in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. counties since 1989. ``My goal is to go into the public schools and let kids experience the culture, not just read about it in history books,'' said Lia Kamminga, a co-founder of the foundation. Among the performers will be Lloyri Diouf, who will demonstrate dances of Senegal, Guinea, Liberia and Mali; and Kamminga, who has trained in Polynesian and Middle Eastern dance The Middle East (Near East, Southwest Asia) has a rich and varied tradition of dance, spanning all of the Arab world, Anatolia, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and also much of Central Asia and South Asia. . CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--color) Lia Kamminga performs a hula at Thursd ay's Antelope Valley Movement Arts Foundation news conference at the Palmdale Playhouse. (2--color) Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford and Janine Kovsky of the Movement Arts Foundation discuss the performances. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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