This week The College at Brockport's Department of Dance will host the Rochester-based Sankofa African Drum and Dance Ensemble, and welcomes special guest artist Mohamed Diaby from Guinea, West Africa. Diaby is an acclaimed djembe player and choreographer, and will perform and choreograph works. Other international guest artists include Trinidadian musicians Ian Anthony and Trinidadian choreographer Kieron Sargeant, whose "Caribbean Suite" features a mix of folk dances that have been preserved despite the Atlantic slave trade and colonialism.

Thursday through Saturday, May 2 through 4, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, May 5, at 2 p.m. Hartwell Dance Theater in Hartwell Hall, Kenyon Street, Brockport campus. Tickets are $17 for the general public; $12 for seniors, Brockport alumni, faculty, and staff; and $9 for students. Advance purchase is recommended. 395-2787; fineartstix.brockport.edu.