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November 25, 2025

From Mumbai to Senegal: A Journey in Dance, Drums, and Heart

Colorful folk dance sticks in a pile on shiny multipurpose room floor at a school.

What do you get when your week starts in India and ends in Africa? At Bonlee and Bennett Schools, the answer was rhythm, laughter, a few sore muscles, a whole lot of learning–(and perhaps a bit of jetlag!).

From October 13–17, students traveled across continents over 6,000 miles—without ever leaving their school floors—through a two-part artist residency that began with Priya Chellani of Indigo Dance and wrapped up with Diali Cissokho, a master drummer and storyteller from Senegal.

By Amanda Moran | Filed Under: Artists-in-Schools, Arts for Resilient Kids, Arts in Education, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: AIS, Bennett, bonlee school, Chatham County Schools, Diali Cissokho, Priya Chellani

June 14, 2023

Meet This Artist: Maria Troiani Howard, Inclusive Dance Artist

The Chatham Arts Council is investing in artists through our Meet This Artist series, introducing you to 12 Chatham County artists each year in a big way. The fine folks at… Read More →

By Heather O'Shaughnessy | Filed Under: Artist Close-Up, Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: Chatham County, dance, inclusive dance, Joy of Movement, Maria Troiani Howard, Meet This Artist

June 4, 2021

Middle East & North African Dance Arts

By Jackie Barzvi | |

August 6, 2018

Allison Gaither

By Allison Gaither | |

September 5, 2017

Siler City Dance & Gymnastics Academy

By Allison Gaither | |

March 29, 2016

Meet this Artist: Liz Bliss is a Cirque Performer with a Flare

Chatham County artist Elizabeth Robertson (aka Liz Bliss) is a cirque performer, aerial artist, acrobat, stilt dancer, fire dancer and instructor. “I tend to think of myself more as a… Read More →

By Bett Wilson Foley | Filed Under: Meet this Artist, Slideshow Featured | Tagged With: acrobatics, aerial, arts, circus, cirque, costumes, Creative Culture, Cultural Events, dance, face painting, fire dancing, hooping, make-up, stilt walking, stilts, theater, theatre

February 15, 2016

Liz Bliss

By Liz Bliss | |

January 7, 2016

Music In Me

By Shelley Buisson | |

November 16, 2014

Derrick Ivey

By Derrick Ivey | |

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