Dancing Stories
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Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex 801 Arsenal Avenue, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28305
Celebrate Black History Month with the Museum of the Cape Fear and April C. Turner as Turner uses dances, stories and songs from traditional West African culture to affirm community-building concepts such as working together, integrity and perseverance. The meanings and uses of the songs and dances are demonstrated in a fun, high-energy, inspiring journey. The audience will have fun when Wolof, a West African language, is introduced to them. Together, Turner and the audience will explore the language of African dance symbols. Dancing Stories explores African folklore and demonstrates ways that African stories can bring a community together. At the end of the presentation, audience members are invited to participate in playing music together as a community. The program is a well-rounded cultural experience focusing on the strength of art to inspire, unite and educate. This event is free of charge.
Dancer & storyteller April C. Turner lives in Charlotte, N.C., and also works as a film actress. Turner has had supporting roles in the made-for-television movies "Ditch Digger’s Daughters," "The Perfect Daughter," "Her Deadly Rival," Stephen King’s "The Night Flier," "Trinity Goodheart" and "Texas Cadet Murders," among several others. Her work as an African dancer and culturist has taken her to Gambia, Senegal, Brazil, Mexico and Canada. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Turner tours theater productions, concerts and residencies to communities throughout the country, using performances as tools to facilitate cultural education, promote literacy and build community with the arts.
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