Muntu Dance Theatre
of Chicago
presents
The Mesmerizing Mardi Gras Ballet
Fat Tuesday
and all that jazz
25th Anniversary Annual Concert Series
December 11-14, 1997
Exclusive Sponsorship by the Sara Lee Foundation
Choreography by Arthur Hall
Reconstructed by Amaniyea Payne and Arthur Hall
Musical Direction by Milton Batiste
Special Guest Artists
The Olympia Brass Band of New Orleans
Byron Bernard, Leroy Breaux, Nowell Glass
Jeffrey Hill, Edgar Smith, Ernest Watson
Guest Artists
Albert Adams, Alfred Baker, Kimosha Murphy
Marlene (Sadie) Lee, Mark Vaune, Andrea Vinson
Muntu Dance Theatre
Performing Company
Babu Atiba, Aissatou Bey, Vaune Blalock, Malik Camara
Idy Ciss, Paul Cotton, Harry Detry, Deirdre Dawkins, Oliver Gordon
Aly MBaye, Uche Omoniyi, Amaniyea Payne, Margaret Rainey
Clifton Robinson, Regina Taitts
Apprentices
Awri McKee, Regina Perry, Shakeena President
Youth Performers
Sacha Blalock, Rebecca Rainey, Souleyman Rainey
Cast
Souleyman Rainey, Beggar
Milton Batiste, Mardi Gras Indian Chief
Edgar Smith, Mardi Gras Indian
Sacha Blalock, Indian Girl
Rebecca Rainey, Indian Girl
Billy Branch, harmonica
Horace Brown, King Zulu
Arthur Hall, Elder Grand Marshal
Albert Adams, Grand Marshal
Shakeena President, Queen Zulu
Andrea Vinson, Baby Doll
Regina Taitts, Baby Doll
Vaune Blalock, Mamie Desdoumes (Hustling Woman)
Deirdre Dawkins, Mimi Pechet (Lover)
Harry Detry, Kid Bunky (Lover)
Mark Vaune, Benny Black (Gambler)
Amaniyea Payne, Marie Laveaux (Voodoo Queen)
Alfred Baker, Father St. John
Aissatou Bey, Spirit of Mardi Gras
Ensemble
Regina Perry, Kimosha Murphy, Margaret Rainey, Marlene (Sadie) Lee
Malik Camara, Awri McKee, Oliver Gordon, Uche Omoniyi, Idy Ciss
Hambone Guys
Babu Atiba, Clifton Robinson, Aly MBaye, Paul Cotton
Artistic Staff
Amaniyea Payne, artistic director
Babu Atiba, assistant artistic director
Vaune Blalock, assistant to the artistic director
Clifton Robinson, musical director
Administrative and Production Staff
Joan Gray, president
Ayoka Noelle Samuels, Carolyn Denne, Reginah Walton-Ciss
Mignon McPherson, Larry Nance, Sheldon Lane, Paris Smith, Carl Young
Eydie Jones, Torrance Smith, Sherrice Eglin
1998 Spring Festival of Dance
Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago presents
Fat Tuesday
and all that Jazz
April 9 & 10, 1998
Auditorium Theatre
50 E. Congress Parkway
Chicago, Illinois
Young People Concert Series
April 7, 1998
Artistic Director Amaniyea Payne
Choreography
Arthur Hall
Featuring
Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
of New Orleans
Additional credits
Amaniyea Payne as Marie Laveaux, the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans (1997)
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