Noyam Dancers
‘The Pyramid of Hope’, a piece by the US Virgin Island choreographer Monty Thompson, will on Friday, August 5 be performed at the National Theatre in Accra by a combined group from the Ghana Dance Ensemble and Noyam African Dance Institute.
The piece captures the spirit of African artistic and cultural values that are effectively expressed in images and others spread across the old and new African worlds. It also tends to bridge the gap between people on the continent and their brothers and sisters in the Diaspora.
Indeed, young and exuberant dancers celebrate joy, pain, aspirations and experiences of the many years of separation as a family re-unites in the shape of a pyramid – representing a figure of hope and achievement.
It is a fresh and engaging look at the issue of connections between Africans on the continent and the activities of other Africans who are outside the continent, owing to mass migrations, displacements and personal movements.
Thompson, who is no stranger to collaborations with Ghanaian companies and dancers, is the artistic director of Caribbean Dance Company in the US Virgin Islands. An outstanding choreographer in West Indian folk and modern dance, he had part of his training with the famous Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.
He is the author of exceptional choreographies that have received rave reviews from arts critics in the Caribbean. These include ‘Great MacDaddy’, ‘Dream of Monky Mountain’ and ‘Tejeans’, which have been performed throughout the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe.
The Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture, in collaboration with the National Theater of Ghana, are presenting the performance.
By George Clifford Owusu
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