About this Event
Central African fitness and dance class. Congolese is a core centered, hip rhythmic, and high energy class that focuses on exploring movement styles from the HEART of Africa; The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of the Congo.
About the Instructor
Eto'o Tsana is a Harlem native and Afro-Puerto Rican choreographer, dancer, singer, and dance educator. Ms. Tsana has traveled extensively throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Canada, France, the Republic of Congo, and the Democratic Republic of Congo collaborating, teaching, and performing professionally with renowned Kongolese artists.
Ms. Tsana is the Artistic Director of Mabina Danseuses Dance Company, which was founded in 2011. The company focuses on principles of cultural performance, humanitarianism, and anthropology from a Kongolese dance and cultural perspective. The company is a direct reflection of Ms. Tsana's deep-rooted studies, travel experiences, diverse dance training, and multicultural origins. The company's work aims to challenge the complexities of 'Our Being' as displaced children of the Motherland. Ms. Tsana's knowledge of individual and collective histories, her own self-exploration, and the intellectual and cultural exchanges she's experienced make her the International Ambassadrive of traditional and urban Kongolese Dance.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Keiko Studios, 212-26 Jamaica Avenue, Queens, United States
USD 18.00
