Raï Dance Performance with Esraa Warda and Fella Oudane

July 8, 2023 | 6:00pm
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2023-07-08 18:00:00 2023-05-27 17:39:45 Raï Dance Performance with Esraa Warda and Fella Oudane <p>An evening of Algerian dance with Esraa Warda accompanied by local percussionist, Fella Oudane.</p> America/Los_Angeles public

Join us for a Raï dance performance by artist and educator Esraa Warda accompanied by local percussionist, Fella Oudane.

Raï is a popular, grass-roots music of West Algeria associated with social protest. Raï music is rebel blues - it challenges the religious, the colonial, the social, and the acceptable status quo and therefore has been historically disenfranchised by colonialists and local Algerian nation-state. Despite its marginalization, it has been a symbol of soulfulness, freedom, and groove.

Esraa surrounded by trees with her face turned to the side