Meet Kúkátónón’s New Executive Director, Ms. Krystal Ngene!

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Kúkátónón Welcomes Our New Executive Director, Ms. Krystal Ngene!   About Krystal: Krystal Ngene (pronounced n-ghen-nee) embraces her culture, authenticity, and life challenges to bring about learning opportunities and growth while using her passion, experience, and expertise to serve as a catalyst for positive change. She has spent her career in service at organizations in […]

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Portland Radio Project Interviews: Sharing heritage through joyful dance

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By Nastacia Voisin on the Portland Radio Project blog. It started with a dream of dancing. As a young girl in Liberia, Rolia Manyongai-Jones dreamed of teaching African dance in the United States. She wanted to share the rich history of her culture to a multiracial audience through music. And finally, in 1983, she had […]

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Kúkátónón’s Learning Initiative

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Post written by Taylor Gibson Starting in 2014, Kúkátónón is expanding its dancing and drumming lessons to integrate performing arts with math and science.  Kúkátónón is collaborating with arts education specialist Wendy Thompson of Wahkeena Arts and Education to work with its teaching artists to design a pilot curriculum that integrates dancing and drumming with […]

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“The Village” Delights and Inspires

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Written by Toby Robboy On Friday, June 20, Kúkátónón teamed up with Sebe Kan West African Dance Company, and Baramokono Drumming Ensemble for The Village: A West African Rhythm and Dance Collective Performance. The dancers and drummers performed traditional music in this delightful celebration of the history of diverse West African nations. Anyone who has […]

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Growing Up Kúkátónón – Lionel Clegg

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Written by Toby Robboy With Kúkátónón’s gala coming up on May 3, we thought this would be a good time to shine a light on some of the amazing people who, through their tireless work and dedication, help make the troupe what it is. Today we are turning our attention to Lionel Clegg, a Kúkátónón […]

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