Children’s mbira dance — using moves from claypot dance and other fun interactive storytelling such as hunting, farming, gathering wood and other village duties.

Learn to dance to mbira music! No experience required.

Learn the dance and singing to Mhande with opportunity to learn the drumming. Ilana learned this dance from Julia Chigamba and has performed it at several venue sites. “Mhondoro talks about the great spirits that bring the rains, protect from disease, and bless the lands. Even though the spirits are rarely seen, you must feed their thirst. They drink in the Zambezi River and the Save River. The Mhande dance says thank you for the harvest and the rains,” says Charles Mzite. This simple, fun dance shows the richness of Shona polyrhythms.

Lucky will provide insight into any of the above, with a focus on communally exploring the dance and singing. The workshop is oriented toward learning and having fun without necessarily producing a polished final result, and will end with a question and answer session. See also Lucky’s Intensive dance class.

Students will learn songs and become familiar with various cultures of Zimbabwe.

A workshop everyone enjoyed last year, to bring in and familiarize with the “down beat” of the hosho and the music — learning fun, easy steps everyone can pick up. To encourage anyone who would like some confidence and direction with mbira dancing.

For the student who is already comfortable with the basic mbira step and down beat, wanting to go deeper into more complex polyrhythmic mbira steps. As studied with Julia Chigamba and Charles Mzite.

David Gweshe will introduce several ceremonial dances: the rain dance Mapfuve, Makwingwindo from the western areas of Zimbabwe, Mhemberwa from the areas around Mt Darwin, and Njada from the Guruve district.

Children will make their own leg rattles and learn to do a dance with them.

This workshop will be tailored for the beginning/intermediate student. No specific dance or songs will be learned, however the emphasis will be to teach various dance movements from around Africa.

Lucky will provide insight into any of the above, with a focus on communally exploring the dance and singing. The workshop is oriented toward learning and having fun without necessarily producing a polished final result, and will end with a question and answer session.

Lucky will provide insight into any of the above, with a focus on communally exploring the dance and singing. The workshop is oriented toward learning and having fun without necessarily producing a polished final result, and will end with a question and answer session. See also Lucky’s single class under Dance.

To enable participants to sing, drum and dance Bira songs: Doro ReMaonde, Nzira Dzemusango.