page_title: Fernando Anuang'a
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Fernando Anuang'a / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Anuang'a &amp; Maasai Vocal group
context_page_description: Fernando Anuang'a Kenyan Dancer and Choreographer, born in October 12, 1972 in Kanyaboli who specializes in traditional Maasai dance and development of traditional dance and Afro contemporary dance. He was raised in Kitengela and Magadi in the early 1980s and that's where he developed interest in Maasai dance and tradition.
context_section_description: He debuted his dancing in 1990 with the famous dance group in Kenya. known as Rarewatts during the win-a-car dance championship which they emerged second. The Rarewatts dance troupe were famous in Kenya because of the unique style of blending traditional Maasai dance with modern club moves.
  In March 2007, he formed a dance company in Kenya known as Maasai Vocals consisting of seven Maasai Men and participated in Pan-African Festival held in Algeria, directed by Kamel Ouali. Anuang'a and the group Maasai Vocals produced their show Voices & Feeling at Ravenna Festival and Festival Oriente Occidente in Italy.
  In July 2008, he choreographed a dance Fusion spectacle titled Fusion Indo-Maasai, with Jaya Pachauri. It was a fusion of Indian Kathak dance and Maasai dance. The Meeting of different cultures, to share and bring together the traditional art in a modern stage. In November 2008 his show  A journey into the future solo version was produced by Ballet Preljocaj and performed at Pavillon Noir.
  He danced and choreographed for a spectacle titled Le Nouveau Monde produced by La Mode en Images and directed by Olivier Massart in Rabat, Morocco.
  He choreographed and danced for music video clip of Rokia Traoré titled Mélancolie
  He worked with Choreographer Georges Momboye  as a guest Artist dancer for show Empreintes Massai.
  Anuang'a created a show ROMO meaning meeting in Luo dialect, a show that brings Anuang'a and Ayub Ogada to express their emotions from traditional roots in a contemporary way.
caption: Anuang'a & Maasai Vocal group
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