The Legacy Circle

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Women Performing Drumming for 1st Time @ Momma's Hip Hop Kitchen March 2009
We provide workshops, organize events, lectures and presentations on African Diaspora Cultural Arts that bring artists, youth and community members together to learn, practice, and honor our ancestral cultural legacy. Our workshops are aimed at helping people gain knowledge of themselves and tap into their personal power to heal themselves and others--either politically, spiritually, or socially.

  • Afro-Puerto Rican Drum & Dance Classes (10 Class series)

    photo by Dennis Flores

    hosted by ALMA MOYO & The Legacy Circle
    Alex LaSalle, drum teacher.
    Julia Loiza Gutierrez-Rivera, dance teacher.

     

     

    Tuesdays, January 26, 2010-March 30, 2010 

     

    8:00-9:30pm

     

    Harlem Dance Foundation

     

    144 West 121st Street between 7th &Lenox Avenues

     

    Harlem, NY
    2/3/A/B/C/D trains to W. 125th St, Manhattan

     

    Alma Moyo and The Legacy Circle are extremely excited to announce the anticipated re-launch of Alma Moyo’s powerful Bomba Dance and Drum Classes.
    As 2010 brings forth the promises of new opportunities and positive growth, we look forward to continuing our cultural journey together with another series of 10 consecutive weekly classes, now at a new location and at a new time!

    Launched with great success in 2009, this new series of classes will continue to build on the energy created, focusing on Bomba rhythms and styles from the West and Southern Coasts of Puerto Rico.

    Classes are appropriate for all levels!

    Register now at get a discount--ten sessions for only $140!
    **Drummers are encouraged to bring their own instruments
    **Ladies are encouraged to bring dance skirts

    For More info:
    almamoyo7@yahoo.com
    646.489.1203
    www.almamoyo.com
    www.myspace.com/almamoyo
    Special Thanks to Sita Fredrick/Areytos for providing access to space.

    About Bomba:

    Bomba is the oldest living cultural tradition of the Caribbean, and possibly the oldest African cultural practice to exist in the Americas. Of Bantu-Kongo origin, the word Bomba means to cool off spiritually by heating up physically. Bomba is a big drum tradition where community gathers to sing, invoke ancestors, purify the spirit and fortify the soul. Students will learn improvization, song, dance, and the drum patterns of 4 different regional variants. The practice of Bomba has close connections to the musical traditions found in Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and other Caribbean nations. Songs are in Spanish, Kreyol, and Ki-Kongo languages.
    • $140.00
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  • Afro-Dominican Dance & DRUM Classes (10 class series)
    Genaro Ozuna, Ricardo Urena, Julie Marti dancing Gaga, Photo by Elaine Eversley

    hosted by The Legacy Circle

    with Genaro Ozuna, Dance Teacher

    Fidel Tavarez, Drum Teacher

    Honoring our cultural heritage and spiritual legacy through dance & music. Rhythms covered: Congos, Gaga, Palos, Salves, and more!

    Special invitation to women drummers. Recital will take place during class series for  interested students.

    Fridays February 19- April 30, 2010 from 6:30-8:00pm

    *NOTE NEW DAYS & TIME

    at

    Harlem Dance Foundation
    144 West 121 St. Basement floor, Between Lenox & 7th Ave.

    Register on-line: $54 for 5 sessions, $104 for 10 sessions. That's a $45 savings! Or pay in person $15/class.

    View a video of Genaro Ozuna & Jose Figueroa dancing Rara with Grupo Kalunga Neg Mawon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyZ2MALG-Xk

    photo above by Elaine Eversley.



    • $104.00
    • In stock

  • secure your space in Afro-Dominican class!

    Secure your spot by paying for half of the sessions in advance!
    • $54.00
    • In stock