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Traditional And Contemporary African Congolese Dance

 Traditional And Contemporary African Congolese Dance
May 30

Traditional And Contemporary African Congolese Dance

Go deeper into your core and connect with your body with the healing movements of Congolese Dance. Called the ‘medicine dance,’ Congolese dance has therapeutic properties that open your heart, body and soul. Additionally, the unique grooves of Congolese are the root of many forms of dance we know and love such as Hip Hop, Salsa, Merengue, Reggae and Samba, among others. Accompanied by live drumming, this class invites you to not only have fun, but to also get an incredible work out. Forget the gym, dance with Funmi! Join Master Dance Instructor and Artistic Director of Fusha Dance Company, Funmilayo in the healing power of dance. About the instructor: Funmilayo was born in Brazil and grew up in Guyana. She has traveled extensively to Nigeria and Ghana, where she lived and studied dance for three years. She’s also visited the Congo, the motherland of her ancestors. From 1987 to 1992, she was a member of the only traditional Congolese dance company in New York City, Malaki MA Congo. Funmilayo has been teaching Congolese dance for almost 20 years in New York City and is the director of F.U.S.H.A. Dance Company, founded in 1995. In 1996, she won the Ethnic Dance Award for best African dance instructor. Funmilayo has also studied Ballet, Modern, Tap, Sabar, Guinean, Haitian, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, Dahomey and Dunham dance. She is employed by the Department of Education and teaches ethnic dance to pre-k through 12th grades. Funmilayo realizes that the ancient dance of the Congolese people, combined with the creative movements and sounds of their descendants, have shaped the culture of many music and dance styles in the Diaspora, including Samba, Salsa, Hip Hop, Reggae, Calypso, Cassav, Jazz, BellyDance, and popular dances like the Electric Slide and even Michael Jackson's Moonwalk. She was inspired to form F.U.S.H.A. Dance Company to empower and educate people in the healing powers of dance, and to celebrate the richness of dance and culture from Africa and the Diaspora. Funmilayo and F.U.S.H.A. Dance Company have performed at Harvard University and Alvin Ailey, as well as in Jamaica, Sweden and Italy. More Info below.

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when: May 30 @ 6pm - 7:30pm
where: 1368 Fulton St, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY, 11216 map
category: Salsa
 


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