In this course, students learn to execute polyrhythmic patterns and practice multiple types of call & response cues performed both verbally and physically. This course explore the use of weight, body isolations, and dancing with the drummer.
West African Dance explores the fundamentals of West African culture and tradition through music and dance.
The musicality, traditions and various techniques introduced in this course will connect with dance techniques of Africa and its diaspora including, but not limited to, the dances of Mali, Guinea and Senegal, afrobeat, afro house, and more.
In this course, students learn to execute polyrhythmic patterns and practice multiple types of call & response cues performed both verbally and physically. This course explore the use of weight, body isolations, and dancing with the drummer.
In the heart of the Brooklyn Cultural District, the Mark Morris Dance Center, founded in 2001, is the hub of dance and music education in Brooklyn. The nine-studio building provides affordable classes in multiple genres for people of all ages, levels, with and without disabilities, accompanied by live music.
The studios, a performance space, a Wellness Center, and ancillary spaces are all available to the community and to nonprofit organizations at subsidized rates. MMDG’s Community Education Programs partner with public and private schools and community centers to provide customized classes.
MMDG also offers customized dance workshops for persons with Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers. MMDG programs in NYC and worldwide engage nearly 100,000 people annually.
This energetic class takes you on a journey across Africa on the dance floors. Let Nado introduce you to the most popular afrobeats music hits and dances from the Ivory Coast, Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Angola.
A high-energy dance class with a cultural experience that blends Caribbean dancing with African and jazz dance technique. This class starts with a group stretching session to calypso music then progresses into the explanation and practice of foundational Caribbean dance steps.
Afrobeats dance is a diverse and fascinating style originating predominantly from Sub-Saharan Africa. It is an evolution from traditional African dance styles following the creation of Afrobeats music.
Come enjoy dances from Cuba, Haiti and Brazil- samba, salsa, folkloric and carnaval traditions.
In this class you will dive into the root and musicality of body movement in this Afro-Latin inspired choreography class! Fusing elements of African and Caribbean traditions such as Afrobeats, Reggaeton, Dancehall, Puerto Rican Bomba, Cuban Rumba, and Salsa, we’ll tap into various diasporic rhyth...
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