Celebrate Enqutatash Ethiopian New Year 2002 this September dancing with Tamrat Desta with Ayt Band. Also featuring Sarah Tesfai, AfroSonic, DJ Speedy Cool, and dance by yours truly Saba Sabina.
Saturday September 12, 2009
9 PM
The Opera House Theatre, 735 Queen St East by Broadview, Toronto
$30
647.401.5516, 416.883.4607, AfroSonic-Ent.com
Nahom Records Canada & AfroSonic
Saba will be performing at the Mississauga International Drum & Dance Festival presented by Canafric Theatre and featuring many talented artists.
Saturday August 29, 2009
12 - 11 PM
Living Arts Center, 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga
$15 adults, $10 children/students/elders, $10 each for groups of 20
905.306.6000, 1.888.805.8888, CanafricTheatre.org
This Sunday, August 16th marks the fourth and final installment of theSundays at the Young concert series. This week’s show is a family-oriented event, celebrating the many complex relationships that exist between humans, animals, nature and the environment, that is sure to delight audience members of all ages.
Songs, stories, dance, theatre and poetry will share the stage with a cast of world-class Canadian talent, led by Young Centre Resident Artist, award-winning trumpeter and composer David Buchbinder. Performers include celebrated author Dennis Lee (Alligator Pie, Civil Elegies), Shoshana Sperling and Maury Lafoy of the socially conscious kid-oriented rock and roll band The Monkey Bunch, actor and singer Kenneth Welsh, triple threat avtor, singer & dancerAbena Malika, Juno Award-winning jazz saxophonist Richard Underhill (Shuffle Demons, Blue Rodeo, etc.), National Jazz Award-winning pianist Dave Restivo, scintillating African/Middle Eastern dancer Saba, soulful First Nations storyteller Jim Adams and masterful contemporary dancer Julia Aplin (Dancemakers). The show will also feature appearances by Young Centre Resident Artists Suba Sankaran (Autorickshaw) and Waleed Abdulhamid, as well as actor and Young Centre director Albert Schultz.
Join this awesome pod of performers as they lead you through a high-energy, 90 minute show of the best words, music and moves that will bring out the beast in us all.
Sunday August 16, 2009
2PM
The Young Center for the Performing Arts, The Distillery, 55 Mill St, Toronto
YoungCenter.ca
From the Nile to the Don celebrates the influence of the African Diaspora on popular music and dance genres from jazz and the blues to hip hop and beatbox. Young Centre Resident Artist Waleed Abdulhamid has brought together an exciting group of talented musicians and dancers to showcase a fusion of traditional African culture and contemporary music styles.
Date : Sunday August 9, 2009
Time : 1 PM
Venue: The Young Center at the Distillery, 55 Mill St, #49, Toronto
FREE FREE FREE
Info: YoungCentre.ca
