Nefertari African Dance Company

Nefertari African Dance Company Nefertari African Dance/Drum Company teaches dance and drum to all ages. The company performs all ove the City of Milwaukee at varous events. Ms.

The Nefertari African Dance Company was founded as a performing group in 1968. It would provide for young people of african descent, an avenue of expression and pride in the culture of their ancestors. From the beginning the group has received acclaim for their vivacious dexterity in presenting the various forms of African Dance. The group was comprised of female students and alumni of North Divis

ion High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA. They were accompanied by male musicians who are master’s of the intricate drum rhythms of West Africa. The Nefertari African Dance Company is affiliated with the International Institute of Wisconsin, Inc. and was founded by Sarah Lee Grant. Marilynn Douglas, who danced with Nefertari while a student at North Division, is now the Director. The dancers have performed throughout the state of Wisconsin and most states in the American Midwest. School and church tours have taken the company across the United States of Chicago, Gary, Philadelphia, Memphis, Nashville, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. The company has danced before audiences at the 1976 Bicentennial White House celebration in Washington, D.C., the World Famous Apollo Theatre in New York (Harlem USA), the Festival of Nations in St. Paul, Minnesota, Disneyland in Anaheim, California, Disneyworld and the Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida and have been featured artists on cruise ships to the Bahamas. The group was invited to Salt Lake City, Utah in February 1992, where they presented a series of workshops, lecture demonstrations and performances at twenty public schools. Nefertari has performed locally at such events as the Annual Holiday Folk Fair, Summerfest, African World Festival, State Fair, Juneteenth Day Celebration, the Inner City Arts Council Art Festival and the Lakefront Festival of the Arts. In April 1993, Nefertari went of a performance and study tour in Senegal and the Gambia in West Africa. The group visited West Africa again in the spring of 1995 for a performance and study tour in the Ivory Coast and Ghana. Nefertari performed at the first five-star hotel in Ghana, the Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana, and West Africa. There were invited to Taiwan to perform and teach at the 1997 International Children’s Dance and Folktale Festival and received invitations to perform in several European countries. In 1996, Nefertari broaden it’s horizon and became community wide throughout Milwaukee, WI. The group currently involves community participants as young as three-years old through the age of 18. Members currently represent many different schools throughout the city of Milwaukee.

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With Holiday Folk Fair International – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉
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With heartfelt condolences, we announce the passing of Sharon Durtka, the founder of the Holiday Folk Fair International Education Day program held annually on the Friday of the event and wife of former International Institute of Wisconsin President and Chief Executive Officer Al Durtka.

Sharon attended the first Holiday Folk Fair in 1945 as a Girl Scout and returned nearly every year after, first as a dancer, then a volunteer, and later as a contributor to overall event planning, including selection of the event theme and featured food. We fondly remember Sharon’s commitment to the Holiday Folk Fair and extend our deepest sympathies to Al.

Details regarding funeral arrangements will be shared when available.

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2620 W Center Street
Milwaukee, WI
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Monday 5pm - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 12am

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