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Congolese Dance
Congolese dance comes from the Congo in Central Africa.
It is known for its smoothness, groundedness, soulfulness, and depicted
by its pelvic rotation, shoulder and torso rotation. There is always
a call and response involved in African dance in a variety of forms
such as between lead musician and accompanying musicians, lead drum
and the dancer(s), musicians and dancers, etc. Live music is played
typically on the Ngoma, the tall, cylindrical Congolese drums.
This class will be composed of two or three different rhythms so
that the students get a feel for Congolese dance and music while
learning. There will be a warm-up at the beginning of class with
everyone center floor. Soukous, the contemporary music from the Congo
is usually used for the warm-up. Then we will cross the floor with
isolations and movements or choreography. This class will get you
loose and fill you with the rhythms of Africa! Mondays 6-7:30pm beginning 9/17/07 6 weeks $78 12 weeks $144 |
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