Classes

ONGOING CLASSES: Any changes will be listed on Ismael HOME All ages, all levels welcome
Mark Morris Studios MONDAYS Beginner 6 - 7:30 pm Advanced 7:30 - 9 pm 3 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11217-1415 By Subway Atlantic- Pacific across the street from BAM $14 Mark Morris Adult Classes website
Ismael Kouyaté teaches Djembe dance from Guinea, West Africa. Traditional Guinean dance originated in village settings, but has evolved in the capital city of Conakry into a vibrant contemporary dance form. This dance is accompanied by powerful, live djembé and dundun drumming, played to connect directly with the dancers’ movement. The movement of Guinean dance is aerobic, rhythmic, and high-energy. Ismael Kouyate’s style incorporates incredible grace and subtlety with power and stamina. The classes begin with a warm up, including isolations and stretching. Choreography follows the warm up, and is introduced first without music, and then with drumming. The movements are then taken down the floor, and new rhythms introduced.