African Dance Ole' School Style

African dance is a fun way to loose weight and an opportunity to have a cultural connection. Here in New York you can get connected to your own culture or learn about a new one while getting in shape.

Join KowTeff for our 1st Community Dance Class of 2009 with master dancer Malang Bayo! Class will be held at St. Phillip's church in the historic Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Teaching artists Kow Teff and Tilisha Bradley-Goveia will lead a children's class at 11am, immediately before the community class. KowTeff's fun and high energy classes are taught by master African diaspora dancers, feature live djembe, kuitiro and sabar drumming which is great for families and African dancers of all level.

1st Class of the 2009 Series

$10.00
Featuring
Malang Bayo
Master Dancer from Le National Ballet De Senegal

March 28th 2009
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
at
St.Philip's Church
265 Decatur St.
(Stuyvesant & Lewis Aves.)
Brooklyn, NY 11233
A or C Train to Utica Ave; B25 or B26 to Lewis Ave; B46 or B15 to Decatur St.

Children's Class
$5.00
Featuring
Tilishia Bradley-Goveia
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Classes are FREE to St. Philip's Members, but you must register in advance.
Call Sherri Hobson-Greene: 718.452.2920

For more info about the dance company
Call: Sewaa Codrington 347.232.7834

Kowteff African Dance Company

Kowteff African Dance Company on My Space

Nnane-Wedding Music and Dance

Saakumu Dance Troupe

Wedding music and dance of the Dagbamba women of Northern Ghana. This music is performed exclusively by women in honor of a new bride. Songs used in this celebration relate to topical, human, marriage, and other social issues. Popular African Traditional Dances

I can recall a number of years ago at Brooklyn Academy of Music/Dance Africa there was a real wedding that was apart of the performance. Traditional African Dance companies performed and celebrated the couple by dancing, drumming, and singing in their honor. It was incredible.

Today couples are celebrating their heritage and culture by incorporating dancers and musicians in the ceremony.

Beth and Harold at their Grand Afrocentric Wedding

African dance is one way to "Get this party started, RRRight!" Make it happen with live drummers and if you can't hire dancers create a dance yourself. It's all about celebrating the union and dancing in your honor.

I found this dance troupe located in Canada. These three ladies came together to form the group called Jaivah aka Nouvel Expose' African Dance Troupe. Their repertoire from Egyptian Belly dance, N'Donbolo, to Hip Hop. Visit the site, Nouvel Expose' African Dance Troupe or their become a fan on Facebook/Jaivah aka Nouvel Expose' African Dance Troupe.

Arusi Persian Wedding

The complexities of planning a wedding are always present, but when it combines passports, history, and brothers who had not been to Iran since 1977, you get a documentary of a personal journey and a celebration of family, old world customs with politics thrown into the mix.

Arusi Persian Wedding
Premiers March 17th
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