BTC - African Dance Class
Starting January, 02/2021 (ongoing)
The goal of Bridge the Core is to educate, share, and connect our community around the culture and traditions of Ghana and West Africa - specifically music, dance, song, and food. We invite you to use this framework to explore further all these aspects concerning your roots and identity. Understanding where you come from provides a solid foundation to help you focus on where you want to go. Everyone is welcome in this community - people of different cultures, genders, skills, backgrounds, and goals.
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In weekly classes, you will be introduced to various traditional Ghana dances. Each month we will explore a new dance. You will be introduced to the structure and technique, the music's primary rhythms, and the accompanying body movements. While learning the critical body movements, you will master the relationship between traditional drumming and dancing, develop an independent ability to feel the dominant rhythms and polyrhythms, and respond instantly and confidently to musical instructions from the lead drum. At the end of each month, the instructor will host a cooking class on how to prepare a traditional Ghanaian dish that relates to the dance explored that month. Details for the cooking class will be provided in the workshop.
Course Methodology and Learning Goals
This class will happen every Saturday, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. PST. To join the class:
1) pay the $15 class fee through Venmo @naniagbeli, or PayPal @agbeli.nani@gmail.com, include the date/s you are signing up for in the Venmo or PayPal description.
2) register for the class to receive an email with the Zoom link approximately one hour before class begins.
BTC-Drum Class
When: TBD
Nani's hands-on teaching style enables students to achieve their highest potential while exploring the vibrant and dynamic musical arts of Ghana...read more.
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From:
$15
BTC-Kid's Class
When: TBD
"Nani's visits have helped my students develop their musical and social skills. They have learned to work together as an ensemble and have been exposed to the value of learning about different world cultures." - Sarah LeDuc
From:
$30
Experience the best authentic, electrifying, and exuberant way to exercise with Ghanaian West African dance. Each piece has been picked to target and work on specific muscles in your body, but doing so within a fun dance workout routine. Make it part of your daily exercise and you will see the results! Check it out
BTC Workout Dance videos on YouTube
Disclaimer
I aim to accurately represent the information provided in this video, on this channel, blog, e-mails, programs, services, and products. You are acknowledging that you are participating voluntarily in using my video, channel, or blog or in any of my e-mails, programs, services, and/or products, and you alone are solely and personally responsible for your results. You acknowledge that you take full responsibility for your health, life, and well-being, as well as the health, lives, and well-being of your family and children (born and unborn, as applicable), and all decisions now or in the future.
I am not a medical health practitioner or mental health provider and I am not holding myself out to be in any capacity. Rather, I serve as a Ghanaian, West African dance coach, mentor and guide to help you reach your own health and wellness goals by incorporating dance into your daily practice. The information I provide is based on my personal experience, studies of Ghanaian, West African traditional dance and culture, and my experience as a traditional dancer.
The information contained in these videos, channels, blog, guest blogs, e-mails, programs, services and/or products is for educational and informational purposes only, and is made available to you as self-help tools to enhance your well-being. While I draw on my prior professional expertise and background in many areas, you acknowledge that I am supporting you in my role exclusively as a Ghanaian, West African dancer only. I provide information concerning, but not limited to, dance movements and how they work with your body, from a Ghanaian perspective.
In the event that you use the information provided through my video, channel, website, blog, e-mails, programs, services, and/or products, I assume no responsibility.
Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of published information on or through my video, channel, website, blog, e-mails, programs, services and products; however, the information may inadvertently contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. Every effort has been made to present you with the most accurate, up-to-date information, but because of the different versions of Ghanaian, West African dance, and history of passing information through oral traditions, differences between accounts can be expected.