Schedule & Registration
Black River 2025
@ KST's Alloy Studios
5530 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
DANCE & MUSIC
10:00AM - 12:00PM Senegalese DANCE w/ TACKO SISSOKO
1:30 - 3:30PM Guinean DANCE w/ MOUMINATOU CAMARA
3:30 - 5:00PM Balafon MUSIC w/ FAMORO DIOUBATE
MARKET & ARTS
9:00AM - 7:00PM African Cultural MARKET
12:45 - 1:30PM ART PRACTICE T-Shirt Upcycling w/ Sheba G
FILM & DISCUSSION
ECO-ESSENCE: A BLACK SUSTAINABILITY FASHION PROJECT
6:00 - 7:30PM Documentary Screening
7:30 - 8:30PM Panel & Discussion
SAT Oct 18 | Workshops & cultural market
FRI Oct 17 | black river concert: living the legacy
@ Kelly Strayhorn Theater
5941 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
7:30 PM SHOW TIME
6:00 PM CULTURAL MARKET
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Witness a legacy in the making as artists who shaped theatrical African dance globally—Mouminatou Camara, Famoro Dioubate, and Tacko Sissoko—take the stage alongside Balafon. Veterans of national companies born from the continent’s independence movement, these pioneers carried African rhythms and stories to stages worldwide. From the orchestral complexity of spirited drums and haunting balafon melodies to the weaving together of classical Guinean, Senegalese, and Liberian dance forms and songs, experience a fresh take on the richness of African expression.
