STEP AFRIKA! to Bring High-Energy Show to Kingsbury Hall, 10/4

Kingsbury Hall Presents Dance Step Afrika!, an explosive musical dance performance that uses movement, stomps, claps, and chants to create a percussive experience like no other! Step Afrika! will perform at Kingsbury Hall on the U of U campus on Saturday, October 4 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $32, $26, and $20, with a $5 ticket available for U of U students, and are available at the Kingsbury Hall box office, by phone at 801-581-7100 or online at www.kingtix.com.

STEP AFRIKA! is the first professional company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Their performances are powerfully visual and aural experiences that move, educate, and unify audiences. The company completes an annual 50-city tour of colleges and theaters from Maine to Mississippi and is a national model for the use of stepping in education, espousing themes such as teamwork, academic achievement and cross-cultural understanding.

In addition to their high-energy performances, the company is committed to enhancing the lives of youth with programs that engage and inspire them to make positive choices. Step Afrika!'s programs teach youth of all cultural and economic backgrounds the history and development of stepping as an exciting contemporary American dance genre and its ties with African dance traditions. The company's teaching artists emphasize the ties between stepping, teamwork, discipline and commitment. While in Salt Lake City, the company will be participating in several workshops with K-12 and college students.

Based in Washington, DC, Step Afrika! is DC's first and only Cultural Ambassador representing the city and nation at events around the world and is a frequent part of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Watch a video clip of the company here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRecTnZ9vac.