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.
The Xchange Program is Zenon’s work-study program that allows students to volunteer in exchange for dance class credit.
This class class will build upon foundations of traditional and contemporary elements of African and Western dance styles including West African, Caribbean, Hip Hop, House, and Jazz dance
Afro Dance Classes are offered by Los Angeles Music and Art School
These high-spirited classes focus on developing strength, articulation, and execution of complex rhythms through dance techniques from West Africa.
Functioning as the fundamental practice in our dance program, Body Movement & Isolations provides a structured time to focus on the concepts of movement without the added burden of choreographed steps.
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