Join master drummer and dancer Nko Fallou Fall for a taste of African culture right in your own back yard. We will dance Sabar Kuku from Senegal. A mixture of the rhythm Kuku from Guinea and essence from Sabar rhythm an dance. In class you will learn brief history of dance and rhythm, listen to fundamentals of Sabar drumming, African based movements and characteristics of the dance followed by choreographed dance steps. Accompanied by live drumming, the class will help you un

Dance and Drum Folklore series is a community of education, healing, creativity and culture open to ALL. This month we continue our celebration of CUBA with master teacher and drummer Marisol Blanco. We will be dancing the Ijesa Dances. The Ijesha (Ijesa) are ancient militaristic, agriculturalists and expert trading Yoruboid-speaking people that form a sub-ethnic of the larger Yoruba people of West Africa, particularly Nigeria and Benin. The Ijesa are predominantly from the c