For Audiences
July 30 - August 15, 2019
West African Dance with Nafisa Sharriff
Company: Clark Center NYC
Venue: Marcus Garvey Park
Location: Manhattan, NY 10027, NY
CLARK CENTER CELEBRATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY
WITH 4 DAYS OF PROGRAMMING
August 14 - 17, 2019
In Association with City Parks Foundation,
Marcus Garvey Park & El Barrio ArtSpace
Featuring Dance Instruction, Performances, Demonstrations, Film Screening & More
FREE Admission
Clark Center NYC is pleased to continue its series of events celebrating the 60th anniversary of the initial founding of the Clark Center for the Performing Arts. For 30 years Clark Center trained dancers, encouraged emerging companies, provided opportunities for dancers of color and identified and developed new choreographic talent under the inspired leadership of Louise Roberts and Kathy Grant. Sadly, the center became the victim of gentrification and was forced to officially close its doors in 1989. Clark Center NYC, now a 501c3 nonprofit, was created in 2013 by a handful of dancers to preserve the history and legacy of their beloved Center. Clark Center NYC is proud to present the following anniversary events.
West African Dance with Nafisa Sharriff - FREE Admission
Thursday, August 15, 2019
7:00 pm
Marcus Garvey Park
18 Mt. Morris Park West, Manhattan, NY 10027
Nafisa Sharriff - Reverend Nafisa Sharriff is a master teacher and choreographer of traditional West African folklore from the Old Malian Empire. She met Baba Chuck Davis when she was 17 years old and went on to become a principal dancer in his company for 10 years. Throughout her illustrious 40-year career, Reverend Nafisa has performed with Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Spike Lee, TC Carson, C&C Music Factory, and Kairaba West African Dance Company. Her television credits include performances on The Richard Pryor Show, Dance Black America, and Positively Black. Beyond her dance career Reverend Nafisa Sharriff is an ordained Interfaith Minister and the founder and CEO of Entering the Holy of Holies, An Institute of Learning and Healing, Inc. (ETHOH). Through ETHOH Reverend Nafisa conducts classes, workshops, seasonal cleanses, a Woman’s Rite of Passage, and retreats in meditation, stress management, inner healing, and Spiritual Tools for Transformation. She teaches a free traditional West African dance class in Harlem, New York where everyone is welcomed into her family of Love.
Clark Center NYC
18 Mt. Morris Park West,
Manhattan, NY 10027, NY, 10027
https://cityparksfoundation.org/events/west-african-dance-with-nafisah-sharriff-2/?date=20190816
Schedule
July 30, 2019: 8:00pm, 8:00pm
August 15, 2019: 7:00pm