Head to NBC 5 and the Dallas Black Dance Theater for a celebration of Africa’s rich African heritage and ancestors during the 16th annual DanceAfrica performances and free festival.
The Dallas Black Dance Theater’s DanceAfrica performances will be held October 1st and 2nd at 7:30 pm at Moody Hall in Dallas, Texas. The performance on Saturday evening will take place via livestream.
The Dallas Black Dance Theater is limiting seating capacity to allow social distancing in all performance venues. The block seating allows six feet of space between each set of two or four seats. Tickets must be purchased in blocks of two or four to attend the performance.
To purchase personal tickets, visit www.attpac.org or call 214-880-0202.
For details on purchasing live stream tickets, please visit www.dbdt.com.
DanceAfrica will highlight the work of guest artists such as the Bandan Koro African Drum and Dance Ensemble and the DeSoto High School A Cappella Choir. The Bandan Koro African Drum and Dance Ensemble will captivate the audience with powerful movements and heartbreaking drumming. His work is guaranteed to recharge your mind as it shares African traditions and folklore. DeSoto High School’s award-winning A Cappella Choir will sing inspiring songs that embody the spirit of African tradition.
The focus of DanceAfrica’s performances is rhythm. Rhythm makes the body calm and at the same time energizes the mind. DanceAfrica by the Dallas Black Dance Theater allows you to immerse yourself in an oasis of African culture through music and dance.
Illustration of African culture will be intrigued by the Dallas Black Dance Theater and DBDT: Encore! Other performances such as the Allegro Performing Ensemble, Senior Performing Ensemble, and Junior Performing Ensemble at the Dallas Black Dance Academy embody a positive display of African heritage and ancestry. These performances will take place on October 1st and 2nd at 7:30 pm at the Moody Performance Hall in Dallas.
DanceAfrica Festival & Marketplace is a free event taking place on Saturday, October 2nd, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Kylde Warren Park. This family friendly event is filled with diverse food, fun, and vendors. Visitors can enjoy performances by local artists from the community throughout the day. DanceAfrica Festival & Marketplace is a community event that’s perfect for all ages!
TanzAfrica performances
1st-2nd October at 7:30 p.m.
Atmospheric performance hall
2520 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201
In person & live streaming
DanceAfrica Festival & Marketplace
FOR FREE
October 2nd
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Klyde Warren Park
2012 Woodall Rodgers Freeway, Dallas, TX 75201
About the Dallas Black Dance Theater
The Dallas Black Dance Theater is an internationally recognized professional dance company engaging the intercultural community through contemporary modern dance drawn from the African American experience.
As a result of the closings of Covic-19, the 44th season of the Dallas Black Dance Theater was held virtually. Many of her stage appearances have been reinterpreted cinematically in the Dallas countryside. In the summer of 2020, the Dallas Black Dance Theater developed a new business model that develops performances through a virtual, paid-only experience for the entire season. The Dallas Black Dance Theater was the first professional dance company in the world to do this.
As the oldest and largest professional dance company in Dallas, the Dallas Black Dance Theater is the tenth largest minority arts organization in America and the fourth largest black dance company in the country.
The mission of the Dallas Black Dance Theater is to create and produce contemporary modern dance at the highest artistic level through performances and educational programs that connect cultures and reach diverse communities. The virtuoso dancers of the Dallas Black Dance Theater have captivated 5 million art patrons in 16 countries, including two Olympic cultural events.
The Dallas Black Dance Academy, the official school of the Dallas Black Dance Theater, is celebrating 48 years of teaching dance to communities of diverse backgrounds.
DBDT: encore! features 10 artists of rising excellence from across the country supporting the growing local and regional educational work of the Dallas Black Dance Theater. 2.7 million students in grades K-12 have seen the dance company’s performances and educational programs.
For more information about the Dallas Black Dance Theater, please visit www.dbdt.com.
NBC 5 is a media sponsor of the Dallas Black Dance Theater’s 16th annual DanceAfrica.
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