West African Dance Fundamentals A/B (Ages 6-9 Years Old)

Name: West African Dance Fundamentals A/B (Ages 6-9 Years Old)
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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.

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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 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.

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Brooklyn Branch

3 Lafayette Avenue, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York

Teacher's Name
Abdoulaye
Teacher's Experience
Abdoulaye Koita is a performer that specializes in dance and music that is from/stems from the traditions of Africa and its diaspora. He started performing at 14 after being inspired by dance legend Baba Chuck Davis to start an African dance group in his community. The group lead to intensive studying of the cultures, dances, and musical traditions of Africa and its diaspora. After high school, he continued his education at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT) and joined the E. Gwynn Dance Company, where he was a dancer, musician, and costume designer and constructor for three years. After his first year at NCAT, he received an internship in his hometown at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), where he worked with the Artistic Director of the DanceAfrica Festival, Abdel Salaam. This internship allowed him to realize his love of choreography and sparked him to transfer to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he earned a B.A. in dance.
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