KUMINA
CHOREOGRAPHY: JULIA MORRIS
PREMIERE DATE: FEBRUARY 26TH, 2001
CHOREOGRAPHY: JULIA MORRIS
PREMIERE DATE: FEBRUARY 26TH, 2001
Slideshow featuring images from the COBA performance 'Kumina'
Choreographic Statement:
KUMINA is based on a religious ritual originating from the Congo region of West Africa. Practiced by the 'Pocomania', indigenous to Jamaica, this ritual bands people 'travail in the spirit' with an intensifying frenzy, they dance in a circle to the beat of drums and chants.
Original Cast:
Kareitha Cook, Ayesatta Conteh, Charmaine Headley, Karen Lambert, BaKari E. Lindsay, Junia Mason, Debbie Y. Nicholls-Skerritt, Marlene Richardson, Waleed Abdulhamid, Kobena Aquaa-Harrison, Anthony "Curwin" Baptiste, Richard "Popcorn" Cumberbatch, Kwanza Msingwana, Nicole Brooks, Roger Gibbs, Susan Grogan, Ernest "Percy" Pilgrim
Music:
Traditional Drums and Chants
Costumes:
BaKari E. Lindsay
KUMINA is based on a religious ritual originating from the Congo region of West Africa. Practiced by the 'Pocomania', indigenous to Jamaica, this ritual bands people 'travail in the spirit' with an intensifying frenzy, they dance in a circle to the beat of drums and chants.
Original Cast:
Kareitha Cook, Ayesatta Conteh, Charmaine Headley, Karen Lambert, BaKari E. Lindsay, Junia Mason, Debbie Y. Nicholls-Skerritt, Marlene Richardson, Waleed Abdulhamid, Kobena Aquaa-Harrison, Anthony "Curwin" Baptiste, Richard "Popcorn" Cumberbatch, Kwanza Msingwana, Nicole Brooks, Roger Gibbs, Susan Grogan, Ernest "Percy" Pilgrim
Music:
Traditional Drums and Chants
Costumes:
BaKari E. Lindsay
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PHOTOS FROM KUMINA
A performer in full costume in 'Kumina'
BaKari E. Lindsay and two female performers in 'Kumina'
The cast of 'Kumina'
