Director of African Music Ensembles Olivier Tarpaga is one of 30 artists across the United States to be selected as a 2022 Dance/USA Artist Fellow.
Olivier Tarpaga (U.S.A. / Burkina Faso), is a Princeton University 2018-2019 Caroline Hearst artist in-residence and a Lester Horton Award–winning choreographer/director of the African Music Ensemble of Princeton University. His music and dance work have been described as “unforgettable” by the LA Times, “extraordinary” by The New York Times, and “exceptionally smart work” by Broad Street Review – Philadelphia.
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