Workshop and Disciplines Available:
Dance
- Afro-Brazilian Dance: Orixa, Samba, Makulele, Capoeira
- Afro-Cuban Dance: Yoruba,Congo, Rhumba, Makuta, Son, Guaracha, Salsa
- Afro-Dominican Dance: Congo de Espiritu Santo, Salves, Gaga, Sarandunga, Merengue
- Afro-Jamaican Dance: Carnival, Reggae, Nyabinghi and Pocomania
- Afro-Puerto Rican Dance: Bomba and/or Plena
- African-American Lindy Hop
- Archery
- Break-Dancing: Breaking, Locking, and Popping
- Capoeira Regional & Angola: Brazilian Martial Art Forms
- Haitian: Congo, Yanvalou, Rara, Racin
- Indian Kathak Dance
- Indo-Caribbean Dance
- Japanese Dance
- Korean Dance
- Modern Dance: Thornton and Catherine Dunham Techniques
- Northern Indigenous American Dance & Music
- Praying Mantis Martial Art
- Step Dancing: From Africa to U.S. South
- Salsa & Mambo Dance
- Stilt Walking
- Tap Dancing
- Trinidadian Carnival Dance
- Polynesian Dance
- West African Dance
Literacy & Storytelling:
- African Folklore
- Afro-Jamaican & Trinidadian Traditional Stories
- Herbal Medicine Making & Recipe Books
- Hip-Hop Poetry and Literacy
- Literature of the Diaspora
- Creative Writing of Short Stories or Autobiographies
- Storytelling & Percussion
- Haitian Folk Tales & Flags
Music:
- Afro-Caribbean Percussion
- Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba Drumming
- Afro-Dominican Palo, Salve, Gagá Music
- Afro-Colombian Music & Dance
- Flute/Recorder Playing
- Garifuna Music & Dance
- Haitian Drumming
- Hip Hop
- Steel Pan
- Japanese Taiko Drumming
- Korean Traditional Music
- Latin Jazz
- Mbira Hand Piano
- Shekere Playing
- Storytelling & Percussion
- West African Drumming
Theater:
- Hip Hop Theater and Playwriting
- Theater and Mask-Making
Visual Arts & Mixed Media:
- African Mbira (Hand Piano) Making and Playing
- African Wood Sculptures
- Buffalo Tooth Necklace from Indigenous America
- Caxixi Rattle from Brazil
- Chinese Calligraphy and Red Envelopes
- Digital Storytelling
- Drawing & Painting
- Dream-Catchers from Indigenous America
- Face-Casting
- Ghanaian Adinkra Symbols
- Haitian Flag Making
- Mask-Making: African Gold, Paper Plate, or Carnival Masks
- Mask-Making with Storytelling
- Mbira Making
- Mendhi Art
- Mosaic-Making
- Mural-Making & Painting
- Photography
- Quilt-Making and Fabric Arts
- Quilts, Dolls & Beadings
- Rainsticks from South America
- Sculpture
- Shekere Gourd Making
- Stainglass
- Taino Petroglyphs
- Tcha Tcha Rattle Making from Haiti
- T-Shirt and Print Making
- Video-Making for Social Justice
Parent & Professional Staff Development
Designed to support educators in participating and incorporating cultural arts and African Diaspora history and experiences into education and community building, our staff and parents development workshops focus on curriculum development and offer informative historical and cultural presentations. Among the many programs offered are:
- Holistic and Multicultural Curriculum Development
- African Diaspora: The Spanish Speaking Caribbean’s History
- African Heritage of the Americas: Music, Linguistics, and Religion
- Inspiring Literacy Through Music, Dance, and Creative Writing
- Incorporating Cultural Arts Education in Academic Subject
Cultural Arts Assemblies
These dynamic and educational performances expose students and adults to cultural traditions and expressions from around the world. Using music, dance and traditional dress professional performing arts groups showcase the cultural and creative expressions of the African Diaspora and other global communities. Participants are actively engaged as they learn about the featured culture’s history, linguistics and rhythms. Motivational guest speakers and film showings are also arranged. Programs offered are:
- Afro-Cuban Music, Dance, and Stories
- Afro-Jamaican Music, Jamaican Dance
- Afro-Brazilian Music, Dance, Capoeira
- African Origins of Hip Hop Music
- Afro-Colombian Music
- Afro-Puerto Rican Music & Dance
- Aztec Mexican Dance
- Break-Dancing & Hip Hop Dance
- Honduran Garifuna Drumming & Dance
- Guyanese Dance and Drumming
- Haitian Music & Dance
- Hip Hop: Conscious, Political, and Positive
- Indian Kathak Dance
- Indo-Caribbean Dance
- Indonesian, Cambodian, or Filipino Dance
- Japanese Traditional Dance
- Korean Drumming & Dance
- Lamban, Soca and Rhumba
- Latin Jazz Music
- Polynesian Dance
- Steel Pan Music
- Salsa Dance
- Stilt-Walking
- Storytelling & Drumming
- Swing Dance
- West African Dance
