Adzido

British-African dance company. It was founded in 1984 by George Dzikunu and Emmanuel Tagoe with the purpose of training students in African dance and drumming. It has since expanded into Europe's largest African dance company. Dzikunu researches a range of traditional African dance and music and although the company gives authentic versions of the material they are performed in the context of theatrical narrative, such as In the Village of Africa (1985), Under African Skies (1990), and Siye Goli (1991). The small-scale Adzido 12 performs largely community- and education-based work.