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Dancin' With Slammin
(Oakland, CA) In celebration of National Dance Week, Slammin All-Body Band with special guests present DANCIN' WITH SLAMMIN at the intimate 240-seat James Moore Theatre at the Oakland Museum of California May 3, 2008 at 8:00pm.
Slammin All-Body Band will be joined by Seattle-based tap dancer Mark Mendonca from Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk; Oakland-based modern dancer Melecio Estrella from Bandaloop and Joe Goode Performance Group; and Dream Team, comprised of Oakland-based hyphy dancers, Madiagne Sarr and Damon Williams.
Slammin All-Body Band is a powerhouse sextet from Oakland performing a fresh mix of a cappella singing, beatboxing and body music. Deeply rooted in Jazz, Funk, R&B and World Music grooves, the ensemble creates soulful sounds infused with infectious harmonies and lightening-fast improvisations, percussively punctuated by beatboxing and body music -- the kinetic component that sets SLAMMIN apart and on the cutting edge of a cappella performance.
In the past 2 years, Slammin has played a range of venues in the US and Canada, from Joe's Pub in New York City and Grand Performances, the Roxy and LACMA Jazz in Los Angeles, to the Vancouver Island MusicFest, SFJAZZ, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, North Beach Jazz Festival, Yoshi's in Oakland and San Francisco, Caf du Nord's Swedish American Hall, the Triple Door in Seattle, and Night Town in Cleveland. Slammin recently toured with Raul Midn and performed live on John Schaefer's "Sound Check" on WNYC.
National Dance Week brings various organizations and performers together from around the country to encourage the growth and development of Dance in America by raising the public consciousness to the values, importance and contributions of Dance to our daily lives and culture.
Slammin All-Body Band Presents
Dancin With Slammin with special guests
May 3, 2008, 8:00PM, doors 7:30PM
The Oakland Museum of Californias James Moore Theatre
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Tickets: $20 general; $15 students; $10 kids 6 - 16 yrs old; Free kids 5 & under.
Tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information, call (510) 601-9797 or info@crosspulse.com. For directions and parking information, visit www.museumca.org.
Dancin with Slammin is produced by Crosspulse, an Oakland-based arts organization dedicated to the creation, presentation and recording of the rhythmic arts, and funded, in part, by the Oakland Cultural Fund.
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LocationJames Moore Theatre - Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607
United States
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