Andrea Peoples is a seasoned African, Afro Cuban, and Dunham Technique dancer and choreographer. She is honored to have studied with some of the world's greatest master dancers and musicians. Her African studies were under the tutelage of Djeneba Sako, Moustapha Bangoura, and multiple others. She studied Dunham Technique under Keith Williams, Theodore Jamison and Afro Cuban dance under multiple teachers in Matanzas, Cuba as well as in the United States. Peoples is also a well-respected cultural arts organizer and consultant. She has had the honors of coordinating an event for Pedrito Martinez and LP (Latin Percussion) drums, working with Kreative Arts Collective as CEO, Cuba Nola as an event consultant and instructor, collaborator with Grey Goose vodka and the NOPSI hotel. (NYE show producer, and choreographer), Black Dance USA as co-coordinator, University of Missouri St. Louis theater department as head choreographer, Washington University as adjunct professor of dance, Tulane University as guest dance instructor, Young Audience as an arts integrationist, Institute of Ashe Movement as dance director, and Dillard University as dance instructor.
As a professional cultural dancer, Peoples has lent her performance expertise to Three Keys at the Ace, as a resident performer, Los Van Van (Cuban national recording artist), IFE (Puerto Rican national recording artist), and Cima Funk( Cuban national recording artist)

Funke is a phenomenal musicologist, intentionally weaving audible stories and creating the ambiance of the evening. They will return paying homage in sonic form to those ancestors who survived off just enough. They will bring us to the bone and marrow of our collective spirit through music as each course is sonically paired.
Funke will be along for the ride as they take you on a sonic excursion of black music that provided balm to the spirits of our ancestors. From Africa to the Americas, They will explore the common ethnomusicological thread that has shaped and continues to preserve the spirit of black folk.

Chef Maya is a chef, culinary historian, and published author with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. She has appeared on food network several times and has received recognition from the James Beard Foundation along with other accolades. Mastersson, is an artist that brings people together to create an immersive dive into culture, plated.

Born in New York City and shaped by many places along the east coast, Touré Folkes now calls New Orleans his home. He is the Executive Director of Turning Tables, a New Orleans based non profit that is changing the current face of hospitality by providing mentorship, cultivating leadership, and creating career pathways for Black and Brown hospitality professionals while advocating for equity in the hospitality industry. Touré was selected as a 2022’ Imbibe 75 ‘Person To Watch,’ an annual list of the people, places, and organizations that will shape the drinks world

The Billboard Music Award Winning and Multiple Grammy Award Nominee Bill Summers is New Orleans based Afro-Cuban jazz/Latin jazz percussionist, a multi-instrumentalist who plays primarily on conga drums. Summers is probably most well known due to his work with Los Hombres Calientes along with his friend and co-leader of the group, trumpeter Irvin Mayfield. Summers worked behind the scenes on film scores for various movies such as The Color Purple and the television miniseries Roots with Quincy Jones. He also played with Herbie Hancock and is mentioned in passing by the liner notes of The Headhunters' 2003 release Evolution Revolution as contributing to that recording.
Summers is a musician of the highest order, playing anything from traditional African instruments to pop bottles, and a cultural visionary who brings diverse people and ideas together.

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