The Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) is holding a fundraiser for the MANCC Student Scholarship Fund on January 12, 2008, which will include the only world-wide preview of Les écailles de la mémoire (The scales of memory), a new work by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and her company Urban Bush Women (NY) and Germaine Acogny and her company JANT-BI (Senegal).  Les écailles de la mémoire (The scales of memory) explores themes of memory, resistance and love while highlighting the visceral link between African-Americans and Africans. The work has evolved through intensive research in Toubab Dialow, Senegal, and Tallahassee, Florida, with support from MANCC and Florida State University (FSU). The work will be finished at FSU the week leading up to the preview in preparation for the world premiere and 20 site U.S. tour including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Brooklyn Academy of Music’s prestigious “Next Wave Festival.” 

Proceeds from the preview event, hosted by the Honorable Mayor and Mrs. John Marks will provide scholarships for Florida State University (FSU) students interested in working with MANCC artists beyond their creative research at FSU.  Details for the event are below.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2008

6 PM        Pre-Show Soirée with Artistic Directors
Be among the first to hear Jawole Zollar and Germaine Acogny discuss the development of the work in Senegal and Tallahassee at PROBANK, 536 North Monroe Street at Georgia Street

8 PM        Les écailles de la mémoire (The scales of memory)  
Attend the exclusive preview of Les écailles de la mémoire, in the Nancy Smith Fichter Dance Theatre in Montgomery Hall, Florida State University

930 PM   Toast and Send-Off
Enjoy food and drinks with performers to kick off their national tour.

To purchase tickets, email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and include the following: 1) the # of tickets @ $75, $40 or $25, 2) your name and mailing address, 3) specific seating needs regarding accessibility.  To pay for your reserved tickets, call 850.645.2894 with your credit card number or bring a check to the performance.  No ticket reservations can be made by email after Friday, January 11 at 5 PM.  However, you can purchase tickets at the door, in Montgomery Hall, on January 12 beginning at 7 PM. 

Download a parking map for the event by clicking the link below.

directions & map 1.12.08.pdf

Tickets @ $75/person
Pre-Show Soirée, Les écailles de la mémoire preview, Toast and Send-Off.  Includes exclusive parking, and premiere seats for preview.

Tickets @ $40/person
Les écailles de la mémoire preview, Toast and Send-Off

Tickets @ $25/person
Les écailles de la mémoire preview only

If you are unable to attend but would like to make a donation, please call (850) 645-2894.

Watch video of new work in development at MANCC in June 2007.

Read more about Zollar/Urban Bush Women and Acogny/JANT-BI.