Forces of Nature Dance Theatre
Forces of Nature Dance Theatre will be performing Sunday, August 27th at 6pm
Executive Artistic Director/Choreographer Abdel R. Salaam and Executive Managing Director Olabamidele Husbands co-founded the critically acclaimed Forces of Nature Dance Theatre Company in 1981. Forces of Nature, along with founding company member and principal soloist Dyane Harvey have produced and presented professional ballets and concerts, conducted master classes, seminars, workshops and educational programs in New York City, the United States and throughout the world for over 42 years. Throughout its four decades plus in the dance world, the company has received funding and support from numerous organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts,The New York State Council for the Arts,The Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, New York Foundation on the Arts, The New England Foundation for the Arts, The Howard Gilman Foundation,The Bronx Council on the Arts,The Mertz Gilmore Foundation,The New York Community Trust, Arts International, Mid Atlantic Arts, US Artists International and The International Association of Blacks in Dance. In past seasons, Forces of Nature received two National Dance Project grants including funding for the creation and touring of “Rhythm Legacy” in over 22 cities and the company’s second NDP-funded project “Eclipse: Visions of the Crescent and the Cross”. Forces of Nature’s cultural matrix is centered in an African and an American intelligence that is global and environmental. Its aesthetic has been critically acclaimed as visceral, thought provoking and creatively brilliant. Forces of Nature utilizes a unique blend of performing arts, which includes contemporary modern dance, traditional West African dance, Afro-beat, Fusion,Contemporary ballet, house and hip-hop forms as well as live and recorded music and the martial arts.