On behalf of the executive artistic director, Assane Konte, and the Kankouran dance company, family, and organization, we would like to thank everyone who came to celebrate our 42nd annual conference and concert with us!
Save the Date for Kankouran’s 43rd annual conference and concert
on September 4 - 6, 2026
The Concert is Saturday, September 5 at
Howard University's' Cramton Auditorium
Conference venue and host hotel will be Washington Marriott Capitol Hill
The company’s outstanding reputation has spawned numerous alliances/collaborations with organizations and institutions throughout the United States and abroad. On the local and national levels, these include The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, California Center for the Arts, Howard University, Model Secondary School for the Arts at Gallaudet University, American University, George Mason University, University of Pittsburgh, and Virginia Technical Institute. On an international level: Silesian Dance Theater and the Dance Festival Krakow in Poland; Maui Dance Council, Hawaii; Japan Cultural Arts Center, Tokyo; the Island Center for the Performing Arts, St. Croix; as well as the Emancipation Day Committee of Trinidad and Tobago.
