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ABOUT US
COMPANY BIO & HISTORY:
JAM AK JAM AFRO-DANCE THEATRE WAS FOUNDED IN 2006 BY MASTER DANCER FROM SENEGAL WEST AFRICA PATRICE NASSALANG.
AFTER TRAVELING THE NATION PERFORMING WITH OTHER DANCE COMPANIES HE DECIDED TO PUT TOGETHER A COMPANY OF HIS OWN.
SINCE THEN, JAM AK JAM HAS BEEN PERFORMING AND EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT AFRICAN DANCE, MUSIC AND CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENTS FROM THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
-INDIVIDUAL BIOS
PATRICE NASSALANG (FOUNDER/ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR)
“JAM AK JAM AFRO-DANCE THEATRE”
 PATRICE IS A NATIVE OF THE REGION OF CASAMANCE (SENEGAL , WEST AFRICA) .
PATRICE BEGAN DANCING AT A YOUNG AGE.
HAVING LIVED IN MANY PARTS OF SENEGAL (CASAMANCE, VELINGARA, TAMBA-COUNDA, SAINT-LOUIS, AND DAKAR), PATRICE HAS BUILT A STRONG REPERTOIRE OF TRADITIONAL WEST AFRICAN DANCES.
PATRICE FIRST RECEIVED RECOGNITION FOR HIS WORK IN AFRICAN DANCE BY BEING THE FIRST CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE TROUPE REGIONAL OF NDAR (ST-LOUIS DU SENEGAL) CHOSEN TO REPRESENT AT THE SENEGALESE NATIONAL DANCE COMPETITION “OSCAR DES VACANCES.”
PATRICE HAS ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR HIS WORK IN THEATER AND FILM. HE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE IN THEATRE FROM “THE FESTIVAL INTER-SCOLAIR DE THEATRE DU SENEGAL“.
PATRICE ALSO HAD A ROLE AS A MAIN CHARACTER (CLO-CLO) IN THE AFRICAN MOVIE “LES ENFANTS DE POPENGUINE,” BY WELL-KNOWN INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN FILMAKER- MOUSSA SENE ABSA IN 1993.
IN 1995 HE ALSO PLAYED SMALLER ROLES IN TWO OTHER AFRICAN MOVIES -“LES CAPRICE D’UN FLEUVE,” AND “TABLEAU FERAILLE.”
SINCE MOVING TO THE USA, PATRICE HAS BEEN TEACHING DANCE AND CHOREOGRAPHY WITH BIGGEST AFRICAN DANCE COMPANIES IN THE WORLD, OUTSIDE OF AFRICA.
PATRICE HAS WORKED AS A CHOREOGRAPHER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF GREENSBORO, NORTH-CAROLINA.
HE HAS TAUGHT, PERFORMED AND CHOREOGRAPHED WITH:
-KO-THI DANCE INC.,
-AFRICAN AMERICAN DANCE ENSEMBLE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
-MUNTU DANCE THEATRE OF CHICAGO.
“ MY DESIRE IN FOUNDING THE COMPANY IS TO REACH OUT TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE WORLD THROUGH DANCE AND MUSIC WITH ONLY ONE THING IN MIND: PEACE (JAM).” -PATRICE NASSALANG.
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