African Dancing Classes

• Traditional African Dance with Appiah & Sackey
• Congolese Soukous with Passi Jo
• Afro-funk with Claire Toohil
• Capoeira with Bruno De Moura Floriana

Traditional African Dance with Appiah & Sackey

Sackey - Ghanaian born drummer and dancer.
West African Dance - 6 week course, Thursdays

Commences	Thursday , March 4th , April 15th , May 27th
When	2010
Time	7 -8pm
Where	12 Grey St , St Kilda
Cost	$115/105 for 6 weeks or $20/18 per class
Bookings essential

Whether you are born with rhythm or you have two left feet, you can be sure that workshops with Appiah are fun, invigorating and challenging for people at all levels.
With a strong history of teaching African drum and dance, afro hip hop, freestyle, afro contemporary and afro aerobics to all ages and abilities he is now sharing his skills, culture and passion with the Australian community.

Definitely for anyone who is looking for a fun way to keep fit as well as enjoy an invigorating cultural experience.

What to Bring: It is preferred that participants dance with bare feet, and wear comfortable clothing that is easy to move in.

Congolese Soukous

Passi Jo (band leader of the award-winning African band Warako Musica).

Dance classes for anyone with a love of dance or African rhythm and dance. Soukous dancing is explosive, fun, lively and playful, connecting body and spirit. It will have a positive impact on your physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual health, and shift your focus from the stresses and strains of everyday life, to a happier, well-rounded outlook.

 

 

Classes will cater for all age-groups, and be taught in a structured class situation which is fun and easy to follow.

The complex poly-rhythms of the rumba/soukous styles will be broken down into a number of segments, each incorporating a specific part of the body, starting with the feet, and moving slowly through hip, arm and shoulder movements. By the end of an 8 week season, participants will have learnt the choreography to confidently perform one or two 5-6 minute pieces of soukous music.

'Soukous' is a French word literally meaning ‘to shake or dance energetically’. The soukous dancing style has evolved from the slower, original classic Congolese Rumba, which was the style that Passi Jo grew up with. He will incorporate this traditional, folkloric Rumba style with the more modern, more energetic Soukous style, adding a hint of Latin American Salsa.

Afro Funk with Claire Toohill

Afro Funk Classes bridge the roots of traditional African moves with the groove and attitude of the hip hop and funk of African culture today. If you wanna shake your booty in the clubs like they do on those hip hop and RnB videos come and busta move on Thursdays nights at VoyeuRhythmic.

Dates to be announced soon.

Capoeira Angola Workshop

With Bruno De Moura Floriana, Treinel of Capoeira Angola.

Through Capoeira Angola you will develop flexibility, strength, balance, spatial awareness and the value of Afro-Brazilian culture. Capoeira will enliven your creativity and body expression, and reignite your musical nature. Capoeira is both a dance and fight.

New St Kilda Workshops
Wed nights 7 - 9pm
Studio 2, "Powerhouse", Australian Dance Alliance, Lakeside Drive, Albert Park Lake,St Kilda
“It’s opposite the Sebel Hotel on Queens Rd”  or “next to/before/after Iago’s Restaurant & Golf Course at Albert Park Lake”

Fitzroy Classes:
Mon: 6.30 - 8.30pm
aboriginal Youth Centre
184 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

Thurs: 7 - 8.30pm
Cafe Beelzebub
353 Smith St, Fitzroy

Workshop includes:

• Specific movements of Capoeira Angola
• Instrumental sessions – berimbau, atabaque, pandeiro, agogo, reco-reco
• Introduction to traditional songs (in Portuguese)
• Introduction to the history of Capoeira Angola
• ‘Jogo da Capoeira’

Call Bruno for details - 0421 455 474