Schedule of Performances

March 2nd, 3rd and 4th.

Mapiko is a dance production choreographed by Artistic Director Casimiro Nhussi. 

Mapiko is a search for for the truth hidden beyond the masks that each one of us wears. The theme of this production was inspired by the Makonde traditional dance known as Mapiko and relies on the use of masks.

This production is a rework of the production that was first presented in October 2006 and features twleve artists. Dancers Casimiro Nhussi, Paula Blair, Helene LeMoulec Mancini, Nicole Coppens, Robyn Thomson Kacki and Paige Lewis will be joined by four senior students from the School of Contemprary Dancers Professional Program. This performance will also feature eight musicians; Dave Brown, Tim Church, Roger Clouties, Kelly Leveille, Cam MacLean, Jay Stoller, Binasio Wani, Ewingi Kiki and Casimiro Nhussi.

Date & Type of Ticket

Friday - Adult $20.00 CAD Friday - Student/Senior $18.00 CAD Friday - Child $12.00 CAD Saturday - Adult $20.00 CAD Saturday - Student/Senior $18.00 CAD Saturday - Child $12.00 CAD Sunday - Adult $20.00 CAD Sunday - Student/Senior $18.00 CAD Sunday - Child $12.00 CAD

October 23-26, 2007

Sauti (meaning "voices" in the Swahili language) is the title of a dance production that will present African Contemporary dance works of two choreographers: Michele Moss from Calgary and Casimiro Nhussi from Winnipeg.

This will be a full evening shared between the two choreographers. Each choreographer will develop a 35-minute dance piece related to Sauti (or voices); those of nature and those that rise from within you, both of which need to be heard and expressed.    

The total duration of this new work will be 70 minutes. 

March 21 and 22, 2008

Our reactions and interactions with our neighbours go a long way towards telling us who we are. Cultures act as a mirror for each other, and what we see reflected in them can tell us a great deal about ourselves. So, what happens when peoples rub shoulders, overhear each other singing or stumble into someone else's street party? When we join with those around us something new is born, not quite the old ways and not quite the new ways, but something hybrid. NAfro Dance's Symbiosis - which opens Fri., Mar. 21st at 2pm and 8pm and again on Sat., Mar.22nd at 8pm - is a moving, living, hopeful manifestation of that idea. The show is about symbiosis, how the crossing and cojoining of cultures creates something new. It is the mix of the street and not the boardroom. We are peoples, varied and glorious. We can dance no matter what the powers say, we can sing in jail and we can speak to each other without concern. Fear is the thing that keeps us apart, joy is the binding that keeps us together. And the tie that binds in Nafro's Symbiosis is choreographer Casimiro Nhussi.

March 6, 7 and 8, 2008

African & Contemporary Dance

Live Drumming Music

Choreographers: Lulu Sala, Paula Blair, & Casimiro Nhussi

let me dance before i'm gone

Celebrate the journey of life.
The journey of life is like a river full of chants & movements that symbolize human existence.
We live because we exist, we exist to live, and our existence is marked by the journey of our lives.
We need to celebrate because times can change....let me dance before I'm gone. -Casimiro Nhussi-

Dancers: Paula Blair, Kyla Wallace, Helene Le Moullec Mancini, Dammecia Hall, Lulu Sala, Nicole Coppens
Student dancers: Robyn Thomson Kacki,
Kayla Coppens

Musicians: Cam MacLean, Mark Paxton-MacRae, Jamie Pearson, Jay stoller, Dave Brown, Roger Cloutier, Tim Church, Kelly Leveille, Casimiro Nhussi

Audience participation: sing, stomp your feet, play boomwackers & dance

November 6^th, 7^th and 8^th , 2009

November 3^rd to 6^th, 2011