THE HAUS OF GLITTER DANCE COMPANY

The Haus of Glitter works through movement and choreography, to shift the energetic center of the universe towards Queer Feminist BIPOC Liberation. In the work we share and co-create with audiences, we strive to embody ancestral liberation, healing, and love in every step and every breath of our creative process and pedagogy. Our choreography aims to reach beyond the stage and into the streets; into our homes; into our institutions; into our hearts.

Co-Founders + Co-Directors: 

Anthony "AM." Andrade

Steven "Sen" Choummalaithong

Assitan "Sita" Coulibaly

Matthew Garza

Trent Lee

Franchesca La Unica

www.hausofglitter.org 

@hausofglitterdanceco

THE YEREDON CENTRE

An Arts and Culture Center located in the Doumanzana neighborhood of Bamako, Mali. Founded in 2001, The Yeredon Centre is run by Seydou Coulibaly, a renowned Malian dancer and musician, and Michelle Bach-Coulibaly, professor of Theater Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University. The programming at Yeredon is designed to invite people from all over the world to study traditional Bamana dance, music, and culture straight from the source and provide resources to support Malian artists to remain local and retain traditional knowledge. For over 20 years, the Coulibaly family has hosted many artists, researchers, collaborators, and others interested in an all-inclusive summer program that includes language, history, dance, music, and textiles workshops.

Seydou Coulibaly, Co-Founder

Michelle Bach-Coulibaly, Co-Founder

Assitan Coulibaly, Legacy Arts & Education

www.yeredon.org

SEYDOU COULIBALY

Seydou Coulibaly is one of Mali’s leading dancers, teachers, and choreographers. He was named Mali’s #1 dancer in the final Biennale Arts Competition with his company Troupe Commune Quatre, before the coup d’état in 1990. He then founded and was artistic director of Mali’s nationally respected and award-winning Troupe Komée Diosée, which toured throughout Mali. Seydou now also works extensively in the US, where he teaches Mande dance, music and culture at Wheaton College, Brown University, the Dance Complex in Cambridge, MA and frequently visits schools throughout New England. Seydou also runs Yeredon, a cross-cultural school in Bamako, which aims to bring a greater knowledge of Malian culture to foreigners while preserving the work of Mali’s most talented artists. His film credits include Steven Spielberg’s Amistad, Mali Djembekan, Street Party in Lafiabougou, and numerous educational films on Malian music, dance and culture. Seydou’s djun-djun playing can also be heard on Mohamed Kalifa Kamara’s Africa Kanben