July 17, 2008
Thursday
ORUNMILA(THE ADVENTURES OF THE FATHER OF IFA DIVINATION)
- Jul 17, 2008 all day
- Location: The National Black Theatre
- Description: ORUNMILA (THE ADVENTURES OF THE FATHER OF IFA DIVINATION),A YORUBA DANCE DRAMA, COMES TO THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE.What do you get when you've had twenty-two years as a retired NYPD police officer and sixteen years as a initiated Yoruba priest, who happens to be a radio dramatist, composer, sound designer and playwright, with a story to tell?The National Black Theatre presents Orunmila (The Adventures ofthe Father of Ifa Divination) The Yoruba Dance Drama, from Thursday,July 11, 2008 through August 10th, 2008. The must see dance drama, aspectacular mixture of music, song, dance, lights, puppetry andcostumes, explores the finite but myriad possibilities of the humancondition, regarding the never ending question of fate versus one'swill as it is tested time and time again by Orunmila in hisarrogance, ego, self deception and his defiance of Olodumare's (God)wisdom.This must see production is written by the multiple awardwinning David D. Wright, directed and choreographed by the AUDELCOAW
- Created by: David D. Wright