BERNARD SCHMIDT PRESENTS KORONGO JAM FROM AFRICA

LINK TO: bernard schmidt productions, erik aliana and korongo jam, samarabalouf, boyzie cekwana/floating outfit project,
Portuguese Contemporary Dance Company, miguel poveda, Compagnie ea sola Compagnie la baraka, elisa monte dance (International tours)

ERIK ALIANA & KORONGO JAM

The musical sensation from Cameroon!
(6 musicians)

Audiences in Africa and Europe have responded with feeling to KORONGO JAM'S pulsing, harmonious mix of funk and African rhythms. Traditional instruments and the voice of lead singer Erik Aliana capture the sounds of the forest of his native Central Cameroon. After triumphs at MASA 2001 and the Musiques Metisses Festival (June 03) in France, you can catch them at the beginning of a promising international career!

"Korongo Jam and fado singer Mariza enchanted the audience. ...The result is alive, joyous
and captivating, a renewal for music from Cameroon". Le Monde, June 03. "  

Le Monde, Paris (June, 2003)

Dates and Venues for ERIK ALIANA and KORONGO JAM's first US tour

DATE CITY VENUE TIME  
March 18 Washington , DC Fête de la Francophonie
Embassy of France		 7:00 PM  
March 22 NEW YORK, NY Fête de la Francophonie
United Nations
 6:30 PM  
March 26 LAS VEGAS, NV Reed Wipple Cultural Center 8 00PM  
March 31 NEWCASTLE, CA Constable Jacks 8 00PM  
April 1 BERKELEY, CA Ashkenaz 9 00PM  
April 3 CRYSTAL BAY, NV Cal Neva Frank Sinatra Resort Showroom 7 00PM  
April 7 TORONTO, Ontario CANADA Lula Lounge, Small World Music 9 00PM  
April 10 MONTREAL, Quebec, CANADA Montreal Nuits d’Afrique 9 30PM  
April 16 St. JOHN, New Brunswick, CANADA Imperial Theater 8 00PM  
 April 19  FREDERICTON, New Brunswick, CANADA  Playhouse Theater 8 00PM  
April 23 LAFAYETTE, LA, USA Festival International de Louisiane
Scene Internationale		 3:15PM  
 April 24 LAFAYETTE, LA, USA  Festival International de Louisiane
Scene Internationale		 1:30PM  

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4 NEW GROUPS!

SAMARABALOUF
Gypsy jazz music trio from France (3-4 musicians + 2 technicians)

Compagnie LA BARAKA
Contemporary hip-hop dance from FRANCE/North AFRICA
(10 dancers + 3 technicians )

Compagnie EA SOLA
Contemporary dance/traditional music from VIETNAM
(12 dancers + 6 musicians/singers + 5 technicians )

Boyzie CEKWANA/FLOATING OUTFIT PROJECT
contemporary dance from South Africa (8 dancers + 2 technicians)

ERIK ALIANA and KORONGO JAM
The exciting new musical group from Cameroon!
(6 artists)

COMPANHIA PORTUGUESA DE BAILADO CONTEMPORANEO
Intensely emotionally contemporary dance
from Portugal

ELISA MONTE DANCE
Intense, sensual synthesis of contemporary dance, music and visuals
bookings for International Touring only (8 dancers)
Visit the home page of  ELISA MONTE DANCE

MIGUEL POVEDA
A new expression of Flamenco from Spain (4 musicians, 1 dancer)

NEUER TANZ
Sophisticated visual imagery in dance from Germany
(8 dancers)

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Updated on June 1, 2008