Welcome to the Village!
We have an extraordinary line-up of African Dance Instructors just for YOU! Grab your lapa and your daba and get ready to dance like no one is watching! You are welcome to purchase a Single Class ($20), A Package of 3 Classes ($50), or All 6 Classes ($100). Whatever you choose you are going to have a FUNKY GOOD TIME!!!
Join us at The Gibney Dance Studios for All Dance Classes and our Vendor Village
Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
280 Broadway (entrance at 53A Chambers Street)
New York, NY 10007
646.837.6809
AFRICAN DANCE CLASSES & VENDOR VILLAGE SCHEDULE
| 12:00pm – 12:45pm Pat Mabry  Pat will mix social African American Dance Movement with traditional moves and create a unique class filled with African Dance Funk, which has earned the title of the Funk Meister! vibrantexpressionnyc.com |
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| 1:00pm – 1:45pm Maguette Camara  Known for his incredible energy and positive demeanor Maguette will teach a dance class rich with the legacy of traditional West African dance, music and folklore.www.maguettecamara.com |
| 2:00pm – 2:45pm Darian M. Parker  Darian will be teaching Soko, Ethnic Groups: Komanko and Malinke, Rite of Passage for young boys; and/or Fula Fare, Fula People: Baby Naming Ceremonies.juilliard.edu/dance/faculty/parker-darian-marcel |
| 3:00pm – 3:45pm Crystal Harrison  Crystal will be teaching two different dance styles. Kassa (which means plant) is a dance derived from the Malinke people of Guinea, West Africa and is danced for the farmers while they are working in the fields.Gumbe is found in both Sierre Leonne and in Guinea, West Africa. In Guinea, it is known as a fisherman’s dance and in Sierre Leonne it is performed and drummed by former Maroon Slaves who escaped into the mountains as an expression of their freedom.www.instagram.com/harrison5377/ |
| 4:00pm – 4:45pm Shola Jones  Shola will be teaching a high-powered, fast-paced traditional West African dance class from the Old Malian Empire. www.instagram.com/sholajones/ |
| 5:00pm – 5:45pm Reverend Nafisa  Reverend Nafisa will be teaching Sunnu, originally danced during the harvesting season and planting of seeds into the earth that became a fun, flirtatious dance of competition between men and women from the Bambara People of Mali, West Africa.www.ethoh.org |
Become A Vendor!
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If you are a Vendor and would like to participate in our Vendor Village on Saturday, October 26th please Click Here and fill out the Required Intake Form. Space is limited and Vendors will be selected on a first come, first served basis.
*All class prices include a PayPal Service Fee.
If you are unable to join us please make a tax-deductible donation to Entering the Holy of Holies, Inc. and help us raise $20,000 in honor of our 20th Anniversary. No donation is too small and all donations are greatly appreciated.
