I went to see a free Lincoln Center Out of Doors performance on Friday of "Summer of Love" featuring Armitage Gone! Dance and Burkina Electric and boy is that African beat catchy! Burkina Electric is a group combining traditional beats of the music of Burkina Faso with electronica - a combination which makes for an interesting and infectous sound (check them out at http://www.burkina-electric.com/). The energy of the performers of Burkina Electric was also amazing - they certainly know how to groove along to the beat! The group melded well with the Armitage Gone! Dance troupe - although there were some slow moments, for the most part the combined entourage kept the dance flowing and the rhythm hopping. It was certainly a most enjoyable way to pass a cool summer evening!
This was a preview for a work in development. I don't know when the piece will be coming around again but in the meantime you can catch Armitage Gone! Dance this fall at The Kitchen performing a number of punk pieces. Details at http://www.armitagegonedance.org/upcoming/upcoming.php
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