Dance & Music
Find your cultural identity through dance
Introduction:
African traditional culture includes music and dance as a part of everyday life. It can be equated to eating and breathing. Dance and music are used in communication, medicine, funerals, magic, entertainment, conducting of energy, and more. Ceremonial dance tells a story, recounts history, conveys emotion, celebrates rites of passage, and helps to unify communities.
Just as all tribes and villages have different languages, or dialects of a language, its own norms, history, and traditions; so is their dance and music. To know the unique identity of a tribe, village, or clan; takes a close look into their dance, and musical interpretation, and dance style. In a traditional African village everybody dances. In this course, you will learn different dances, music, and reasons why they are done in specific ways. By the end of the course, you will be a different kind of being. (Classes start in November 2021)
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