Bring Diversity to your K-8 classroom with workshops and classes of the African Diaspora. Classes explore the relationship of society and culture with music and dance. Dance and music classes can be integrated into core curriculum through collaboration with Oluyinka Akinjiola. Collaborative classes include(but are not limited to) history, social studies, creative movement, geography and poetry. Possibilities are endless! Oluyinka is a teaching artist with the Right Brain Initiative, Young Audiences Arts for Learning program and the Peninsula SUN program.
Movement explorations feature:
Afro-Brazilian Dance
Afro-Cuban Dance
Movement explorations feature:
Afro-Brazilian Dance
- Orixa Dance: dances of the Afro-Brazilian traditional religion Candomble
- Samba Afro: the style of samba created in Salvador, Brazil honoring African heritage and promoting racial equality
Afro-Cuban Dance
- Orisha dance: dances of Afro-Cuban religious traditions exploring myths and traditions of Yoruba Culture
- Rumba: the national dance of Cuba expressing liberty and freedom
- Using free verse poetry and movement
Learn the language of dance and engage in the creative process by becoming a choreographer
Poetry in Motion
Introduction to African dance - Explores movement concepts and principles from West African cultures including
grounded-ness, polyrhythms, call and response, asymmetry, angularity, and the
aesthetic of cool.