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Sowu Dance Project
Understanding World Cultures: Sowu Dance   
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 a multimedia project created under the auspices of the Learning Innovations Council with funding from the University of Minnesota and MnSCU
Institution: Perpich Center for Arts Education & Ellis Middle School, Austin Public Schools
Date Created May 2009
Topic: West African Dance: Sowu
Project Description: This project presents one lesson in a global interdisciplinary arts experience class called “ArtEx" at Ellis Middle School in Austin, Minnesota. In Spring 2009, 8th grade students worked with teaching artist Karla Nweje to learn a dance  from the Ewe people in West Africa.