
Feraba - African Rhythm Tap
Traditional West African Music and Dance fused with Tap dancing
“The performance was exhilarating! In a nutshell, encore s’il vous plait!."
Brooklyn Public Library

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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.
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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 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).

SU-CASA 2023 Artist









Past events
"Biashi-The Journey" at Millennium HS, Brooklyn, April 28, 2023
"Sounds of the Mande Empire" - Powell Lane Elementary School, Westbury, March 7, 2023
"Biashy" - PS47 and Brilla Pax, March 3rd, 2023
"Roots of Tap" - Alpine School, February 17, 2023
Little Island, June 19, 2022
Nyack Library, June 24 2022