African dance class with live drumming
with
Amy Osterman
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Event Category
Arts & DIY
Event Overview
African dance class (beginning to beginning/intermediate levels, all levels welcome)
This fun filled high energy class will get your heart pumping and your booty shaking to live drumming. Classes center on learning traditional Guinean dances, with instruction that makes the movement accessible to all levels. No formal dance training necessary, just an openness to move and learn. We will focus on proper form, technique, and choreography.
What to Bring
comfortable exercise clothing, water bottle
Minimum age
All ages welcome
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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST
Amy loves teaching African dance to anybody interested in learning, from youth to seniors. Amy’s first African dance class was in 1999 in Albuquerque, NM. There she studied with her beloved teacher, Master Artist Rujeko Dumbutshena of Zimbabwe. The call of the drums and the welcoming of the community grounded her deeply in the art form. Amy was taken under Rujeko’s wing as an understudy in her dance company, Blue Tribe, in which she worked her way up to be a principal dancer. Over the years Amy traveled to Guinea, West Africa, and studied with popular dance company artists of National Ballet Djoliba, Matam Ballet, and Ballets Africains. She and her husband Master Artist, Abdoulaye Camara of Guinea West Africa, tour nationally and internationally, teaching and performing with delight this invigorating and enlivening dance form. Amy’s teachers encouraged her to pass on her knowledge of this niche form to the broader community. Amy and Abdoulaye tag team teach, where Amy steps in when he is traveling, to refine and focus on technique of the traditional dances he has shared.
