2537 Broadway at 95th Street New York, New York10025-6947Get Directions
World Music Institute presents
Women's Drum & Dance Company of Guinea
Nimbaya!
Friday, March 23, 2012 8:00 PM
Saturday, March 24 at 11:00 AM (Family Show) and 8:00 PM
Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway @ 95th Street
A daring response to the taboo of women playing djembe in West Africa, NIMBAYA! is the first all women’s percussion and dance troupe from Guinea. The group, formerly known as Amazones Women Master Drummers of Guinea, was created in 1998 by Mamoudou Condé of Les Ballets Africains fame. Presenting spectacular performances, NIMBAYA! “play(s) with a fury, pounding out heart-racing rhythms and dancing into near frenzies” (Boston Globe).