Feraba - African Rhythm Tap
Traditional West African Music and Dance fused with Tap dancing
About
Féraba was founded in New York City in 1995, through the collective creative vision of Austrian tap dancer Irene Koloseus and world-renowned master balafonist Abou Sylla from Guinea, West Africa.
A multicultural and multiethnic performance group, Féraba fuses the traditional sounds and movements of West Africa with the American artistic form of tap dance.
Mission
Féraba is dedicated to the appreciation and the preservation of American Tap dance and traditional West African music, dance and culture.
Feraba’s mission is to inform, educate and entertain through the universal language of rhythm, promoting the ideal of friendship, tolerance and cultural understanding among people of all nations
SU-CASA 2024 Artist
SU-CASA at Vandalia Older Adult Center
Irene Koloseus along Andy Algire and Niko Diarra-Koloseus are teaching West African Mande Music played on djembes and balafons to seniors at the Vandalia Older Adult Center.
SU-CASA IS A COLLABORATION AMONG THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL, THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING AND THE CITY'S FIVE LOCAL ARTS COUNCILS. THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING.
SU-CASA 2023 Artist
West African percussion workshops and performances at the Narrows Older Adult Center, Brooklyn
BAC’s Brooklyn-wide SU-CASA Creative Aging program is made possible, in part, by the New York City Council, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, and the NYC Department for the Aging (DFTA).
Past events
Seclected School Assemblies 2024
"Biashi-The Journey"
Kisco Elementary School, Powell Lane Elementary School, Westbury, PS290, Marlvene Middle school, MS138, K188, Sayville Elementary School, Millennium HS, Brooklyn, PS47, Brilla Pax Elementary, Bronx
"Sounds of the Mande Empire"
Powell Lane Elementary School, Westbury
"Roots of Tap"
Alpine School, Saw Mill Rd Elementary, North Bellmore, NY
Recent selected public performances:
Little Island, NYC
Nyack Library, NY
Katonah Village Library, NY
International Multicultural Festival, Harlem NY
Harlem Meer Festival, NYC
Pace University, NYC
Westchester Community College, NY