WORLD DANCES PART OF FESTIVAL.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - The polka and waltz will make room for krump and niko April 28 as Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. will host the World Dances Festival in the campus cafeteria, Student Center Building, 3041 W. Ave. K. The event will feature a unique blend of dance forms from around the world, as well as rhythm and blues rhythm and blues (R&B) Any of several closely related musical styles developed by African American artists. The various styles were based on a mingling of European influences with jazz rhythms and tonal inflections, particularly syncopation and the flatted blues chords. performances. In conjunction with the dance festival, students in the college's English as a Second Language program will host a World Cultures Expo, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., April 27-28 in the cafeteria. Students will display food, clothing and artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. reflective of their native cultures. The World Dances Festival is being organized by French instructor Marthe Aponte as a way to promote understanding among cultures. ``There is a need to know other cultures; here in the valley, we are very fortunate to have many cultures,'' said Aponte. ``But people of different cultures are scattered across the valley. This event attempts to bring many cultures together under one roof.'' The event will feature performances by student dancers, community members and professionals. The dance festival will get under way at 12:30 p.m. April 28 with 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 Intertribal in·ter·tri·bal adj. Existing or occurring between tribes. Adj. 1. intertribal - between or among tribes; "intertribal warfare" Council and Tribe Winds presenting 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. dances and drums. That will be followed by African dances, tango, salsa and break dance performances from 1 to 1:40 p.m., plus The Marvels performing krump. Krump is a full-bodied, freestyle dance To be free, is to liberate the mind; to have style, is to express the character. We as dancers and artists are constantly torn between the need for creation and the consciousness of characterization. form with roots in hip-hop that has been popularized in several music videos. Country line dancing, including lessons, will be at 1:40 p.m. Denise Burns and trumpeter Joe Banks will perform at 2 p.m., along with a performance of niko, a dance from the African nation of Djibouti, and an Arabian dance. A 2:40 p.m. performance will be given by the A.V. Chinese Association, along with demonstrations of the polka and waltz. The Buklog Ng Pagkakaisa organization will perform Hawaiian dances at 3 p.m., followed by Filipino dances at 3:30 p.m. A 4 p.m. fashion show by the Antelope Valley Gujarati Samaj and A.V. Indian Association will conclude the event. |
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