. TORONTO (CP) — The" people of Senegal love to dance and that enjoyment Is National Dance Company, every one of its five million citizens is.a dancer. _ “It’s part of our identity,” he says, half in English and Paga 10, The Herald, Friday, April 10, 1981 Senegal people pass on ‘enjoyment of dance: | walk, you have te show your joy in life, yes? So we sing and dance. We have to do it. equipment right into the streets and squares of Senegal's two hundred villages. From the exhaus- tive documentation, he ‘the company members represent the country's 1+ plus ethnic groups. Their country's capital and: only. city, Dakar, citizens ’ journey from across the country to see them per- form, They don't come just To a. western “audience, the songs and’ dances, sre bits of brilliant exotica, But," bared, heads roll, legs twitch and backs undulate. - But they aren't sell: consciously sexy dances. They’re designed to cel- much they owe to Africa, The synchopated rhythms, - lightning-quick. footwork, - it's probably there: ‘to give the audience, rather than the performers, a rest, | That's how much ex-~ citement this company _or the beauty ot instruments - . “such as the xylophonelike - halaton, harp-like cora and. admit how muuch., culture ‘shock” these 40 performers - must initially have gone. through: But, he's quick to. add that the enjoyment of niversary celebration ‘tour ‘since September, 1979. In ' eight months they'll retum “slush. for. sun... "PAGO PAGO, “American 5 Samoa (CP) — Tuufuli cy) ee ae "Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Victoria’ and. Vancouver, . remain on. the MBeEREY - passed on to audiences by We can't stop.” programs are a mixture of although we may have to isolated hip, head and arm Senegalese ' flute. The - to Senegal, presumably for before the National. the National Dance Com- ° Mbengue smites as musicanddancetakenright refer to program notes to movements, and the ob- musical Interludes separate | a much rneeded rest, Company of Senegal ta pany of Senegal, currently thoughhe hasjust explained from the village traditions. understand their traditional vious raptureofthedancera the dances, which are its brilliant plummage,: 6 a cross-Canada tour, the simple logic of ‘two plus Although slightly adapted significance, it’s not hardto and musicians in their work | brilliantly costunved Now, the company is hypnotic | Mnusic- and. spec: ->Senegal is nestled intothe two equals-four’ to a child. for the stage, the stepsand appreciate their mag- are all there in a per- "flurries of ‘movement, and - wending, ‘its way froni' east: - tacular . dance, out. 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