Disciplines:
African Dance
Music - African Drumming
Engagement Levels: access, alignment
Grade Levels Served: pre-K - 12
School Programs:
Arts in Mind - Danforth MS, Franklin Magnet (Syracuse CSD)
Other Programs:
West African Drumming, Syracuse University
Dance Camp, Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, Utica
University-level master classes and workshops
Program Examples:
"The Sound of the Drum" at Danforth MS
Bio:
Biboti was born in Ivory Coast, West Africa. He began his professional dance career with the prominent Ivory Coast National Ballet. His choreographing career began there as trainer of all new dancers. He moved to New York City in 1997, where he taught at the renowned Djoniba Dance and Drum Center, as well as Abizaid Studio and Lehman College, and worked with young children at Ifetayo Cultural Arts, in Brooklyn. Upon moving to Syracuse in 2003, Biboti founded Wacheva Dance Company, and teaches West African dance and drum workshops and performs West African dance, drum and mask in elementary, middle and high schools throughout Central New York. Biboti's intention is to share his love, passion and joy for West African dance and drum with the CNY community, uniting and celebrating the diversity of the world’s cultures.