Nana Kwasi Anim

Nana Kwasi Anim is a master dance instructor, performer and choreographer of all West African dance.

In 1990, Nana traveled to Berlin, Germany to choreograph a function called Unity, when the country de-segregated.  He has collaborated with various groups in Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, and the United States. In 1994, he teamed with the group ‘Ekome’ from the United Kingdom for the Panafest, displaying a dance about the slave trade. In 1996, he was chosen to work as a leader with a national theater group in Ghana, called ‘Dance Factory’.  In 1998, he danced with the Ghana Cultural Ballet at the Emancipation Festival.    

Nana taught dance to over 10 educational institutions throughout Accra. In 1998, Nana choreographed a performance called ‘Anigye’, at one of his schools, for former US president Bill Clinton, welcoming him to Ghana.  Later that year, he decided to form his own dance group called Wassa Pan-Afrika Dance Ensemble. The group provides workshops for foreign students and they perform at many festivals and functions throughout Ghana and West Africa.  

In 2000, Nana was invited with his group, to Italy to perform at the Humanitarian Program.  In 2006, he choreographed a piece about HIV/AIDS and presented it with Djole, a dance company based in South Carolina.  In 2007, he was chosen to team up with three instructors from China to choreograph a piece for Ghana’s 50th Anniversary Celebration.

In late 2007, he came to South Carolina with a group called ‘Nkanbom’ for a fundraiser to build a center for orphans in Ghana. He will stay here in the US to fulfill the long-time vision of building a school here and in Ghana where students can participate in an exchange program for dancing and drumming.  His vision is to promote Unity, in that we are all the same.  He believes that drumming and dancing is the vehicle with which to achieve those goals.  Nana is currently teaching group and private lessons, and performs throughout the Ithaca and Central New York area.