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Celebrating 35 years of African Rooted Dance & Music Education Print E-mail

Preserving a legacy of African rooted dance, music and folklore, as it pertains to the African American heritage and its global connections.

 
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ABDM is a Pathway to a World of Culture through:

Arts Education Programs and Performances

 

Art of Black Dance and Music is committed to fostering understanding between cultures. Art of Black Dance and Music has served various communities throughout Greater Boston and New England for more than twenty years.


Since its inception in 1975, A.B.D.M.'s dynamic group of professional Educators has delivered a rich repertoire of African-rooted culture to groups of all ages, races, and ethnic backgrounds. The rich and diverse heritage of the African Diaspora is reflected in the lifestyles of people of the Caribbean, the Americas and some thirteen other geographic locations around the world.

Thus, through the study of African-rooted dance, music and folklore, we are able to experience and share cultural similarities that are extensions of all communities.


Our Mission

 

ABDM's mission is to bridge cultural gaps by teaching the common history of humankind through African-rooted dance, music and folklore, and to entertain audiences of all ages with culturally diverse expressions of African-American heritage.
 
"Everything in the universe has rhythm. Everything dances."
Maya Angelou

Latest News

Boston Conservatory - African Diaspora Styles - SEPT-MAY 2011/2012
A two semester course for dance majors begins September 2011 and runs thru May 2012, at the  Boston Conservatory.  Under the direction of Dance Educator De Ama Battle, the course focuses on cultural styles and background of the dance and music traditions of the African Diaspora.  Musical assistance by Mamadou Lynx N'Diaye and Akili Haynes.
 
UPCOMING EVENTS
Dance Educator De Ama Battle, accompanied by Mamadou Diop of Senegal will hold its 9th annual cultural arts residency at the Lynnfield Middle School in May/June of 2012.  This program covers all of the 6th grade classes at LMS and involved 8 teachers and 250-260 students.  A Dance performance is presented by the students at the end of the 4 week program.
 
Celebrating 35 years of African Rooted Dance & Music Education

Preserving a legacy of African rooted dance, music and folklore, as it pertains to the African American heritage and its global connections.