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Proudly presented by KMBAevents & MaronRprod
in partnership with Cheryl Stone & Associates and
Lula Washington Dance Theatre
TOUR DATES 5-19 OCT
Dance Classes
Featured Events
Evolution Dance Studio NoHo
Sounds of Blackness
Sounds of Blackness || Africans in America
Saturday 5th October
Showcase 8-10pm
Barnsdall Art Park
4800 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Sunday 6th October
Workshop 11:30am-1pm
Animo Western Middle School Gym
12226 South Western Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90047

EVOLUTION STUDIOS
Address: 10816 Burbank Blvd,
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Phone: (818) 754-1760

LIMIT 25 PER CLASS!!
FRIDAY 11th OCT ||
6PM-7PM
7PM-8PM
SUNDAY 13TH OCT ||
2:10PM-3:10PM
3:20PM-4:20PM
4:30PM-5:30PM
FRIDAY 18TH OCT ||
2:10PM-3:10PM
3:20PM-4:20PM
4:30PM-5:30PM
Lula Washington Dance Theatre
Taste of Soul


Taste of Soul || Dance All Day
Saturday 19th October
Lula Washington Dance Theatre Stage
Crenshaw Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90016


LULA WASHINGTON DANCE THEATRE
Address: 3773 Crenshaw Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Phone: (323) 292-5852
SATURDAY 12TH OCT ||
3PM-4:30PM || LWDT Students +
Non-registered students
5PM-6PM || Professional Dancers
6PM-7PM || Open Community
Dance
An example of a Maloya Dance class, led by Katy Toave, lead performer in Simangavole.
Participants will be taken through a class of 1hour, learning the fundamentals of Maloya.
The will connect the music and rhythm of Maloya to the fusion of its Creole link, a meld between African and Indian roots.
Origins
The indigenous music and dance form of Maloya was often presented as a style of purely African origin, linked ancestral rituals from Africa ("service Kaf" and Madagascar (the "servis kabaré"), and as such a musical inheritance of the early slave population of the island.
More recently, however, the possible influence of the sacred drumming of the Tamil religious rituals has been introduced which makes Maloya' heterogeneous African Malagasy and Indian influences more explicit.
Traditional instruments include:
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roulér - a low-tuned barrel drum played with the hands
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kayamb - a flat rattle made from sugar cane tubes and seeds
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pikér - a bamboo idiophone played with sticks
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sati - a flat metal idiophone played with sticks
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bob - a braced, struck musical bow
