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Foreign Ensembles          
have taken part in the Festival:

NIGERIA

AFRICAN HERITAGE DANCE THEATRE AMBASSADORS

ALBANIA,
ARMENIAN FOLKLORE ENSEMBLE,
BELGIUM,
BULGARIA,
BURYATIYA,
CANADA
CHINESE TAIPEI, CROATIA,
COLUMBIA,
COSTA RICA,
DENMARK,
EGYPT,
GEORGIA
,
GREECE,
HUNGARY,
INDIA,
INDONEZIA,
IRAN,
ISRAEL,
ITALY
,
JAPAN,
JORDAN,
LATVIA,
MACEDONIA,
MEXICO,
MORDOVIA,
NIGERIA,
PERU,
POLAND,
PORTUGAL,
PUERTO RICO,
ROMANIA,
RUSSIA,
SCOTLAND,
SERBIAand MONTENEGRO, SPAIN,
SWITZERLAND,
TAIWAN,
THAILAND,
TURKEY,
UKRAINE,
USA


African Heritage Dance theatre is a multicultural informative and entertaining ensemble; member of African Heritage Ambassadors. Some philanthropic Nigerians support the troupe for the sole purpose of promoting Nigeria arts and culture in particular and the ideas of the African trade culture in general. The troupe holds professional offspring of talented artistes both men and women well able to perform not only a wide variety of Nigerian dances and drama but have


mastered a variety of other poignant African dances and drama with a reputation for making consistent and significant artistic, cultural and historic statements. The company has received favorable reviews and acclaim in Nigeria and other places it has performed in.The troupe has performed extensively in Nigeria, Africa, Europe and America. In Europe they performed during the Festival International in France and embarked on a performance tour of Germany in 1988. They also performed in the Plovdiv International Trade fair in Bulgaria in 1986 amongst other international performances.
The troupe toured the United States of America in 1987 and received critical acclaim from the American press.