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Orisirisi

Art Forms: Dance, Music

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About Me

Orisirisi African Folklore is an awe inspiring African adventure rooted in the history, culture, and traditions of Africa, inclusive of folktales, legends, and myths, spirited drumming, dance and song, children’s games, lectures on special topics, and a healthy dose of the obligatory African tradition of audience participation. The nationally and internationally acclaimed performing arts and educational initiative was founded in 1986 by husband and wife team Don and Tutu Harrell, with the expressed purpose of sharing the beauty and poignancy of African life and culture.

Since inception the company has provided its unique brand of folklore, for countless people from a vast array of demographics and cultural specific backgrounds at primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, festivals, churches, libraries, museums, conferences, corporate and teacher in-services, television and radio programs, theme parks, and special events, while exhibiting an unwavering commitment to the needs of the individual, the group, the community, and society at large.


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Moonlight Stories

Type: Performance / Assembly

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Arts for Learning
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Norfolk, Virginia 23502
Phone: 757-466-7555
Fax: 757-455-9859

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Center on Church
20 East Church Avenue
Roanoke, Virginia 24011

Our Stories

Artist Spotlight: Karim Nagi and “Arabiqa”

With all the challenges Arts for Learning has faced in the past year, there’s one very positive side effect—thanks to virtual programming, our roster has expanded to include vibrant and culturally diverse artists who live in other parts of the United States. We’re especially excited about Chicago-based artist Karim Nagi joining our team. Karim is […]

New Stories from a Favorite A4L Storyteller

She’s back, and we couldn’t be happier. After a three-year tour in England, Arts for Learning storyteller Sarah Osburn Brady returned to Virginia in August, her art and her connections to the storytelling community deepened by the experience. Sarah and her family—daughters who are now eleven and eight and a pediatrician-husband whose transfer to Royal […]

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