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Yeli Ensemble teaches dance master class to UGA students.

Yeli Ensemble Dance Artist Residency inspired UGA students

Ibrahim (Ibro) Conte, and Sekouna Dioubate as the Yeli Ensemble, along with manager and dancer/musician Windship Boyd demonstrated virtuosity as musicians and dancers in their visit to UGA
 
The lecture demonstration provided insights into the instruments: including the kora, an instrument resembling a harp, that Sekou made himself, and just finished a day before arriving. They also introduced the krin, an instrument made of wood that was originally created for long-distance communication.

UGA dance students who participated in the master classes earlier that day demonstrated the dance sequences they learned as the finale of the event.
 
This residency was a collaboration between African Studies Institute, HH School of Music and the Department of Dance as the artists taught dance and music to several classes across campus. This project was supported by The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and the Department of Dance.

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