Richard Kwakye Danquah
Artistic Director and Choreographer

It is with deep sadness we inform you that our artistic director Richard Danquah (see photo) Tuesday 10 October 2006 died at Ullevål Hospital in Oslo, Norway. 36 years old. After many weeks in respirator. It has been a long and very hard time for him and his family. Numerous surgeries, so much pain, so many ups and downs.

Richard Danquah’s death is incomprehensible for us all. It is such a loss and such a tragedy for the community of professional performers as well as supporters of African Culture in general and of traditional dance and music. It is also a deep and personal loss for everybody who was close to him.

An instructor in traditional African Dance and Music at the University of Oslo and Nordic Black Theatre School in Oslo (Norway), Danquah has conducted research on various aspects of traditional music and dance in different countries in Africa. He has also taught, lectured and performed at notable venues in Africa and Europe.

With over thirty choreographed pieces to his credit, Danquah´s contribution to the development of the Arts in Ghana and indeed Africa cannot be underestimated.