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Michel Kouakou Brings Global Perspective To Dance
latimes.com 3 days, 21 hours agoAfter a childhood in Ivory Coast, the dancer has led a nomadic existence in Europe, Asia and the U.S. and brings those multicultural influences of tribal tradition and contemporary moves to teaching at UCLA and to his performances.When Michel Kouakou arrived in New York City in 2004, the Ivory Coast immigrant took a job at Whole Foods to pay the rent while pursuing his dream of finding success in the dance world. "But I was very clear with the store manager. I told him I'm a dancer and that this is temporar
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Stroll This Way! Uptown Arts Stroll Opens Thursday
nydailynews.com 2 days, 4 hours agoAll of Manhattan north of 155th Street is about to become a giant cultural playground for song and dance, plays and poems, arts and crafts, photos and watercolors, Shakespeare and Cervantes.










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