KEEPING CULTURE ALIVE – 10 Performing Arts Programs for Kids and Young Adults in New York
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Vin Pran Baget – Dancing in Jacmel
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ type=”1_1″ layout=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding_top=”” padding_right=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none” last=”true” hover_type=”none” link=”” border_position=”all” first=”true”][fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_spacing=”” rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_color=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”left” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_offset=””] July 21, 2015 [/fusion_text][fusion_text] So I’ve been back […]
A New Foundation – Standing Alone to Define The Concept of Community
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Use It Or Lose It! Dancing Makes You Smarter!
Use It or Lose It: Dancing Makes You Smarter Richard Powers (Originally posted on the Stanford Social Dance Website) For centuries, dance manuals and other writings have lauded the health benefits of dancing, usually as physical exercise. More recently we’ve seen research on further health benefits of dancing, such as stress reduction and increased serotonin […]
Kassoumaii – A Celebration of LIFE and Community!
I would like to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who came out for my workshop entitled “KASSOUMAII”. The word itself is from the Jola people’s language and it means to “welcome” or “welcoming in” specifically. I chose this as the name of my class because there is a need to welcome in and […]
Fi Wi Sinting 2014 Conference
This weekend, I’ll be accompanying my teacher, Baba Medoune Gueye to the Fi Wi Sinting Festival in the beautiful country of Jamaica! The Festival is where Jamaicans from all walks of life meet , greet and mingle with visitors/tourists in a family setting while indulging in Fi Wi Sinting the Jamaican phrase meaning” It is […]
The Healing Aspects of Rhythm & Dance – Tackling Health Disparities among African-American Men
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DC Reflections
After a very long journey over to the West Coast, I’m back in Washington DC. I find that leaving this area is always a good thing because it allows you a new level of perspective on situations that have either stumbled or stagnated completely. When I first moved to DC, I was 23 years old! […]
West Side Chronicles
CALIFORNIA! The WEST SIDE! I’ve been out here for almost two weeks and I can truly say that it’s a different world than where I come from. My experience in California has been a good one for the most part. Being able to spend time in both Northern and Southern Cali, I’ve experienced the differences […]
Nana Kwasi Oppong mourns the death of his brother, Mr. Kwabena Boakye
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