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Alafia Dance & Drum

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  • Genre: Afro-beat / Latin / Other

    Location Washington, D.C., US

    Profile Views: 16462

    Last Login: 3/28/2012

    Member Since 5/31/2007

    Record Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    .. ALAFIA's classes, featuring Master Instructor Oscar Rousseaux, are back! Please join us on Tuesday nights, beginning May 12, 2009, for AFRO-CUBAN DANCE (with Live Drumming, of course!) at 7 pm, followed by CUBAN SALSA at 8:30 pm. Classes will be held at CAPITOL MOVEMENT STUDIO, 4700 14th St. NW, Washington DC. Check out the BLOG above for more details and stay tuned for upcoming announcements about Thursday night and Saturday afternoon classes, including Oscar's bata drumming class! .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....Oscar's AFRO-CUBAN DANCE class includes not only the dances of the Orishas but also the Arara and Congo traditions transported from Africa to Cuba hundreds of years ago. Featuring live music by the ALAFIA drummers and Oscar's bata drum students, the Afro-Cuban dance class has been one of the best vibes in town for more than five years. The BATA DRUMMING class (coming soon!) covers the three-part conversation of the Yoruban bata drum and students are encouraged to join the ALAFIA drummers at local performances to continue to hone their skills. For those interested in SALSA and other LATIN DANCES, Oscar's CUBAN SALSA class will introduce you to a whole new style of dancing that you can apply to all the other popular rhythms he teaches. And Oscar's RUEDA DE CASINO is the only 100% authentic Cuban rueda in town, so come to the source and enjoy UN TREMENDO VACILON ("a really great time")! ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ .. ALAFIA Dance & Drum ..has been performing at various venues around the area for the past several years. Here's a 2-part video of the company performing at DanceAfrica DC 2008:.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....And check out some pics from our latest shows... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ Here's a clip of Artistic Director Oscar Rousseaux dancing an impromptu .. guaguanco .. at Havana's Karabali club to the music of Rumberos de Cuba. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. ..

  • Members

    .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... Artistic Director: OSCAR ROUSSEAUX (Compañía JJ, ENIA ~ Havana Cuba) .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ Company Members: .... Andrea Thompson (dancer) .. Arisa Ingram (dancer) .. Bianca James (lead dancer) .. Ephraim Addison (dancer) .. Henry Castellanos (percussion) .. Kwabena Ingram (percussion) .. Michel "Miki Flow" Hermida (percussion & dancer) .. Rafael Monteagudo (percussion) .. Randel Villalonga (percussion) .. Randy Rosso (percussion) .. Segun Anderson (percussion) .. Theresa Logan (dancer) .. Ximena Guerrero (dancer) ..

  • Influences

    Lazaro Ros, Yoruba Andabo, Los Munequitos de Matanza, Los Papines, Papo Angarica, Clave & Guaguanco, Abbilona, Rumberos de Cuba, Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba, Cutumba, y todos esos rumberos, tamboleros y maestros del folklor cubano de Cuba y el mundo!

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  • Limon y Sentimiento Lat…

     Hey would like to hook up as we have just moved to Fredericksburg,Va from UK.  
    On Facebook - Lucero Mundo Alberto Limonta Perez
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    www.limon-afrocuba.com

    1 year ago
  • Alafia Dance & Drum

    ALAFIA CLASSES AND SPECIAL EVENTS ARE BACK!!!!

    We hope everyone enjoyed the end of the summer and that you are all ready to get back to dancing, drumming, and soaking up Cuban culture!  We are back with renewed energy and a full class schedule at our new home CAPITOL MOVEMENT STUDIO.  We've taken over the space on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturday afternoons, so we hope to see everyone turn out for a bunch of classes!

    CLASSES START THIS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH (except for our new Casino Club). 

    Here's the new schedule:

    TUESDAYS
    7:00-8:30 pm -- AfroCuban Dance -- all levels welcome
    8:30-10:00 pm -- ALAFIA Dance & Drum closed rehearsal

    THURSDAYS
    7:00-8:30 pm -- Cuban Salsa and other Latin Dances -- all levels welcome
    8:30-10:00 pm -- Casino Club -- a by-invitation-only advanced class for timba and Rueda de Casino fans STARTING SOON!

    SATURDAYS
    11:00 am-1:00 pm -- ALAFIA Dance & Drum closed rehearsal
    1:00-2:00 pm -- Bata Drumming
    2:00-3:30 pm -- AfroCuban Dance -- INTENSE -- everyone's welcome, but you have to keep up!

    Dance classes are $15 or you can buy a 10-class card for $120.  Drum classes are $20 or you can buy a 10-class card for $170.  A generous work-study program is available through Capitol Movement, so please let us know if you would like more information.

    Stay tuned for news of after-school classes for youth, master workshops, and lots of special Saturday night events!

    2 years ago
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    The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art has invited ALAFIA Dance & Drum to perform this Saturday, July 18th, in celebration of the final days of the museum's featured exhibit, Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas. For all you Orisha fans, that's Yemaya to us! (See the exhibit webiste link below.) The show is scheduled from 2-3 pm and, weather permitting, will be held in the beautiful gardens just at the entrance to the museum.  (If it's raining, we'll perform inside.)

    Because this is a community peformance,  we'd like to invite our students to join the company "on stage" and help sing chorus, so if you're interested, let us know or just show up dressed in white or blue and make your way to where we are. Although it will be easy to get a big crowd of tourists to watch, we would especially like to see the ALAFIA family at the performance, so please come out and support the group and take advantage of the opportunity to see the exhibit if you haven't already. 

    We hope to see you all out at the Smithsonian on Saturday to share some summer ashe with the ALAFIA dancers and drummers!

    2 years ago
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    HERE'S A TASTE OF WHAT ALAFIA DANCE & DRUM HAS IN STORE FOR THE CROWD THIS SATURDAY, JULY 18TH, FROM 2-3 PM, AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART:


    2 years ago
  • Estaban (CajonLover)

    have a bless weekend

    3 years ago
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    3 years ago
  • Alafia Dance & Drum

    IBAE ORLANDO "PUNTILLA" RIOS

    Pon fotos sin limite en slide.com GRATIS!!!

    Saludos de todos sus alumnos del grupo ALAFIA en Washington. Con respeto para el y su familia.

    Que descanse en paz, Maestro.

    3 years ago
  • Peace (ST) Mama

    welcome back home, mi familia!

    3 years ago
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    Here's what the Washington Post had to say about ALAFIA's performance of La Tajona this Saturday at DANCE AFRICA:

    "The annual Dance Africa DC festival brought together local dancers and musicians over the weekend for a positive, upbeat celebration of the African diaspora.

    Saturday's matinee performance at Dance Place opened with the Alafia Dance & Drum group performing a dance from eastern Cuba. The women wore crisp, ruffled white tops with colorful floor-length skirts and head wraps. The steps in this work were not complicated: It mostly consisted of coy shoulder shrugs and breezy flips of the long skirts. About midway through the piece, a large pole bedecked with long ribbons was brought to center stage. The women grasped the ribbons and merrily romped around the pole and one another, creating a complex tangle. They then easily unraveled the mess, while never losing track of the rhythm, erring on a step or letting a smile fade."

    Ache ALAFIA Dancers & Drummers!

    Stay tuned for the video and pictures coming soon....

    3 years ago
  • mikiflow

    Que bola oscarito !!!!!!..Que bolero alafia !!!!!!!.....ACHE!.

    3 years ago
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