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Fez Concert, Celebrating City's 1200 Years
posted November 8, 2008 - 7:36pm by Editor
Fez: Queen of Cities
An evening of live music and dance at UCLA's Royce Hall
The blue gate of Fez's medinaExperience 1200 years of living history as Fez, the spiritual and religious center of Morocco, is celebrated in an exhilarating evening of music and dance, featuring performances of Arab-Andalusian music by master percussionist Ali Alaoui and Moultaqa Salam, with special guest, A.J. Racy, and contemporary dance choreographed by Achinta S. McDaniel of the blue13 Dance Company.
Born in Fez, the cultural and religious center of Morocco, Ali Alaoui has been practicing the art of percussion since childhood. He studied Arab-Andalusian music at the National Academy and at age nineteen joined the prestigious Orchestra of Fes, and subsequently, the Moroccan National Orchestra. Considered one of the best percussionists in North Africa and in great demand as a soloist, since 1999 he has been living and teaching in Toulouse, France, where he has been sharing his musical expertise with French musicians.
Moultaqa Salam, under Ali Aaoui's direction, plays a varied repertoire of traditional and sacred music, leading their audiences into the heart of Moroccan musical culture and its rhythmic diversity. With Andalusian inheritances, nomadic malhun poetry, exhilarating rhythms of trance, and polyrhythmic creations, Ali Alaoui and Moultaqa Salam provide a passion for rhythm and a unique cultural imprint.
A. J. Racy is a performer, composer, and Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of California at Los Angeles. Racy is internationally recognized for his extraordinary musicianship and his numerous publications, including his award-winning book, Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab. He is a master of many traditional instruments.
Achinta S. McDaniel is a pioneer of mixed genre contemporary dance in the United States, working as a leading choreographer both on stage and on camera throughout the nation for over 10 years. In 1999, she founded blue13 dance company, and has since enjoyed great success in creating live, critically acclaimed dance productions internationally in her signature styles, Neo-Kathak™ and Bollywood-Tech™.
This concert is being held in conjunction with the conference, “Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1200 Years of Urban Life” on November 14-15 at UCLA and UC-Riverside.
This event was made possible by grants from the Association 1200ème Anniversaire de la Fondation de la Ville de Fès and the Social Science Research Council.
Open seating. Doors will open at 7:30 pm. Parking will be available in Parking Lot 5 for $9 per car (cash only). Directions to UCLA and for campus and parking maps.
An evening of live music and dance at UCLA's Royce Hall
The blue gate of Fez's medinaExperience 1200 years of living history as Fez, the spiritual and religious center of Morocco, is celebrated in an exhilarating evening of music and dance, featuring performances of Arab-Andalusian music by master percussionist Ali Alaoui and Moultaqa Salam, with special guest, A.J. Racy, and contemporary dance choreographed by Achinta S. McDaniel of the blue13 Dance Company.Born in Fez, the cultural and religious center of Morocco, Ali Alaoui has been practicing the art of percussion since childhood. He studied Arab-Andalusian music at the National Academy and at age nineteen joined the prestigious Orchestra of Fes, and subsequently, the Moroccan National Orchestra. Considered one of the best percussionists in North Africa and in great demand as a soloist, since 1999 he has been living and teaching in Toulouse, France, where he has been sharing his musical expertise with French musicians.
Moultaqa Salam, under Ali Aaoui's direction, plays a varied repertoire of traditional and sacred music, leading their audiences into the heart of Moroccan musical culture and its rhythmic diversity. With Andalusian inheritances, nomadic malhun poetry, exhilarating rhythms of trance, and polyrhythmic creations, Ali Alaoui and Moultaqa Salam provide a passion for rhythm and a unique cultural imprint.
A. J. Racy is a performer, composer, and Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of California at Los Angeles. Racy is internationally recognized for his extraordinary musicianship and his numerous publications, including his award-winning book, Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab. He is a master of many traditional instruments.
Achinta S. McDaniel is a pioneer of mixed genre contemporary dance in the United States, working as a leading choreographer both on stage and on camera throughout the nation for over 10 years. In 1999, she founded blue13 dance company, and has since enjoyed great success in creating live, critically acclaimed dance productions internationally in her signature styles, Neo-Kathak™ and Bollywood-Tech™.
This concert is being held in conjunction with the conference, “Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power: Celebrating 1200 Years of Urban Life” on November 14-15 at UCLA and UC-Riverside.
This event was made possible by grants from the Association 1200ème Anniversaire de la Fondation de la Ville de Fès and the Social Science Research Council.
Open seating. Doors will open at 7:30 pm. Parking will be available in Parking Lot 5 for $9 per car (cash only). Directions to UCLA and for campus and parking maps.
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