Afro Urban Society x Black Cultural Zone present
Afro Dance Workshop Pop Up at Akoma Market
All Levels
May 2, 2021 | 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Black Cultural Zone
7101 Foothill Blvd, Oakland, CA 94621
Suggested Donation $5 - $25
Masks are REQUIRED for this workshop
Workshop Description
This workshop is an opportunity to move our bodies to high energy music while also learning about all the black owned businesses vending at the Akoma Market. The workshop will be follow the lead style by Roshonda and Femi.
ABOUT
ROSHONDA A.K.A Showtime is an Afro-house and Kuduro instructor of 3 years under the instructions of Manuel Kanza of Inspira Danza. In this pop up afro dance workshop , we will be going over Afro-house & Kuduro movements. We will start with the foundation and then add our own flavor into a spicy choreography. IG: @dnadancetribe
FEMI SAWYERR cut his dancing teeth in Lagos performing in afro-urban dance groups at church and school. He now primarily performs Bachata and Salsa dance as part of a Bay Area Latin dance company, while also staying true to his Nigerian and Afro roots. IG: @mallamsawyerr
Akoma Market: Featuring local, Black owned farm stands, restaurants/food trucks, artists/makers, retail, health & wellness providers, and more! AKOMA Outdoor Market is a farmer’s market @ Liberation Park (6955 Foothill Boulevard) in Deep East Oakland that highlights local Black and Brown farmers, vendors, organizations, and artists! .1st Sundays of the month, 10:00am-3:00pm. IG: @blackculturalzone
The Black Cultural Zone, conceived in 2014, addresses the disparate impact that decades of disinvestment in East Oakland and more recent displacement of Black People and Black Businesses from their legacy communities here in Oakland by centering Black Arts and Culture within a community development framework. The East Oakland Black Cultural Zone Collaborative (the “Collaborative”) was formed by the Eastside Arts Alliance and several non-profit organizations located in East Oakland to develop the East Oakland Black Cultural Zone. The Collaborative designated the East Oakland Black Cultural Zone as the 50 square blocks from High Street to the San Leandro Border and focused on implementing arts and cultural strategies and engaging artists and community members in art activism. IG: @blackculturalzone
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