Historical June 1982 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Sixteen Cosaan African dancers and drummers will put their electrifying energies to work Saturday, July 10, drumbeating to raise funds for the Fourth Annual Intercultural Conference of Drum and Dance.
The July 10 benefit will be held in the CASA Main Auditorium at 8 p.m.
The Intercultural Conference of Drum and Dance will be held in St. Louis and East St’. Louis and is scheduled for Aug. 20 through Aug. 29. Mor Thiam, founder and director of Cosaan, is the guiding spirit behind the fund-raiser and the coming conference, which annually draws hundreds of dancers and drummers from all over the world to its 10-day convention spectacle.
The Intercultural Conference of Drum and Dance, now planning its fourth annual gathering of master dancers and percussionists, has gained an international repute far beyond its modest camp-meeting arrangements.
It is the only conference of its type in the world.
The St. Louis part of the program is held in the dance studio at CASA Midtown School for the Arts, 3207 Washington Avenue.
In East St. Louis the conference takes place at the Performing Arts Training Center of Southern Illinois University-East St. Louis.
The Intercultural Conference of Drum and Dance receives assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Missouri Arts Council, the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Bureau and the St. Louis Commission for the Arts and Humanities. Tickets are $6, general admission; $4, students and senior citizens.
For information, call the CASA box office, 863-3033, weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Originally published in The Paper, June 1982.
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