Dance Explosion: Syd. Fringe Festival. Lucky Lartey interview Sept. 9. Dial Afrika
Lucky is one of Australia’s most dynamic West African performers and is well known for his versatile and high energy dance style. Lucky hit Australia dancing in March 2011 and has been wowing audiences and inspiring dance students ever since with his traditional West African Dance, Afro-Contemporary and fusion choreography.
21 August 20th Sydney Fringe Festival 2015.
Jamestown! Where recycled rhythm and dance collide.
Unable to stop the rhythm he hears from across the ocean in his hometown of Accra, Ghana, Lucky Lartey (Mother Tongue 2014, On the Cusp 2014, Dance Africa Dance 2013, Short + Sweet Dance 2013) unites with Yacou Mbaye, Ben Kidson and Nancy Denis to bring this year’s Sydney Fringe a piece of the vibrations, in Jamestown! a 50 minute explosion of energy, music and dance.
Jamestown! plays at New Theatre as part of Sydney Fringe 2015
The Jamestown Collective will join forces from the 17th to 20th of September transforming everyday objects and incorporating them into an explosive performance of percussion, acrobatics and dance, inspired by everyday life in Africa. Jamestown! is an original work and concept developed by Lucky Lartey, dancer and choreographer, in collaboration with the Jamestown Collective.
The inspiration for Jamestown! originates from the sights and sounds of Accra, Ghana, West Africa, where daily life is filled with vibrant music, rhythm and dance. In 2014, Lucky went to Ghana to direct the community of Jamestown’s first arts and culture festival. The community heaved with audiences young and old, coming out to entertain in ways of the past and today, making music from cans, buckets, drums, crates and shoes.
Fuelled by the passion and rawness of the creativity in his hometown, Lucky brings Sydney a slice of the rhythm. In Jamestown! the village atmosphere is recreated as the audience gets up close to the music making in a fast paced, action packed show for the whole family.
Lucky could not resist the music of his roots and neither will you. In the catchiest showof the year, Jamestown! moves you with a vibrant combination of tap dance, junk percussion and acrobatics. Jamestown! will have the New Theatre rocking with a purpose built, interactive set and a team of musicians and dancers at the top of their game, feeling the beat from across the globe.
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Jamestown!
VENUE: New Theatre, 542 King St, Newtown
DATES: Thu 17 & Fri 18 Sep 8pm, Sun 20 Sep 3pm (Run time: 50mins, no interval)
To book tickets: www.sydneyfringe.com or www.newtheatre.org.au
Full $26.50 I Concession $21.50 | Child (under 12) $15.00