Cumbe Welcomes The New Year With Community Day Of Classes 2019!

Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance is having its Community Dance Day 2019 on Sunday, January 20, 2019! To be held the-day-before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, participants are invited to gather and celebrate Dr. King's legacy around the spirit of African and African diaspora dance.

Classes will run throughout the day from 10:45 am until 9:00 pm and will cost $5. Adults will be able to participate in Afro-Haitian, West African, Samba, Afrobeat, Soca and Sabar classes-while children 2-4 yrs old will be able to take Dance, Drum and Play Around the World and Capoiera with their parents invited to attend.

Cumbe is a home in New York City for the music and dance of the African Diaspora. In the five years since its launch in 2012, Cumbe has set out to house the varied traditions and dances of the African Diaspora-priming itself to offer adult classes in West African, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Haitian, Caribbean, Modern, Dancehall, dance fitness, Chicago Style Steppin, Samba and Congolese dance among others, as well as creative movement classes for ages 1 to 4. Through dance and music classes, shows, parties, and social events, Cumbe offers the community the opportunity to gather and experience the breadth and power of the music and dances that stem from Africa.

Its lectures help educate others about the deep cultural knowledge held in African Diaspora music and dance. Cumbe is an art institution-in-residence at RestorationART. The cultural centerpiece of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, RestorationART is a dynamic 21st century creative complex that is committed to folding our community into world-class artistic discovery and storytelling in dance, music, theater, visual arts and conversation in the epicenter of Black culture, Central Brooklyn.