Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Bema Balaphone

Photo by John MacLean Bema, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso

One of the exciting parts of going to Burkina to create our new work is the opportunity to work with Bema. When we were in Burkina last year we met Bema near the end of our trip, we quickly realized that we would be working together again.



Photo by John MacLean
Photo of Bema's band at a christening in Ouagadougou, and of course the West African Balaphone!

 Photo by John MacLean
Preparing the dusty earth for dancing.