100% NDOMBOLO

We are delighted to invite you to the 100% NDOMBOLO workshop with Steven and Champ$

This workshop will highlight ndombolo rhythms and dance steps and their diversity.

Discover, learn and enjoy modern African dances taught by experienced dancers and teachers.

Steven is the founder, choreographer and artistic director of @motemafrobeat. Originally from the Congo. His love for the choreographic arts officially began in 2016, when he decided to create classes aimed at moving the body to the frequency of different African rhythms.

Bringing together a mix of traditional and modern Bantu-inspired dances, and bringing forward self-expression in these classes. In 2018, He got accepted, and graduated 3 years later, amongst 23 other students from different parts of Africa for an intensive study in African Contemporary and Traditional Dance at the renowned Ecole des Sables in Senegal.

Steven has traveled, taught and performed a variety of African dance styles in countries like: Mozambique, Senegal, Brazil, Belgium, France, USA and UK.

His energy is electric and his class is very welcoming to beginners!

Check him out by yourself, come "move to the beat".

Champ$ (TK: @champstalion) is a British-Congolese actor, singer, dancer choreographer and performing artist based in London.

Co-founder of a Franco-British dance collective: @leslondoniens_ , the winner of the "2023 Meilleur Groupe de Danse Afro" organised by Melting Crew.

She has worked with various renowned artists and singers. A dancer who combines modern Street Dance and traditional African inspired movements. In 2018, her passion for dance led her to join a show organized at the University, amongst peers, called; the Big Clash Game Show. She got selected by the public and won as the people's champion, hence Champ$.

Her dance style emphasizes on the new Congolese dance step; Mopacho.

She has an infectious energy with an enigmatic personality and freely shares her knowledge, skills and unrestrained joviality.

Fun is guaranteed!

The workshop will be touching on Afro dance trending moves, fundamentals of some African Urban and Traditional Dances and of course Motema's Ndombolo style. The first half will be an “easy” warm up and breakdown of different movements, and in the second half we will be learning an easy to remember Ndombolo choreography.

Location:

Flow Dance Oval

Studio 2

1-3 Brixton Rd, London SW9 6DE, United Kingdom

Time: 6 to 9pm

Fees:

- Online: £20

- At the door: £27 (between 5:30-6pm)

***(£30 if you arrive after 6pm)

Dance lovers, you don't want to miss this.

See you on the dance floor.