Workshop and Residencies
I also teach ZUMBA
Africa, Madrid Spain, Europe, and Canada and the U.S. My father, being a conga player, would show me how to clean the skins of the drum. My mother would have me write a book report every day, in addition to whatever I was assigned in school. My thirst for the stories behind the drums and the skins that covered them, along with my daily reading and writing, moved me to continue to learn, teach, write, and perform. I did not see a story without a rhythm and rhythm without a story. Listening to Ertha Kit on the radio, I saw the story, felt the rhythm, heard the music. Nothing on TV was better then this creative journey.
As a poet, playwright, and choreographer, I bring all of these elements to the work as well as the process. I have taught traditional West African Dance in the Southeast region, as well as in the Twin Cities. As I begin to blur the lines between dance and theater, my work is literary as well as movement. I have taught as a playwright mentor, dance, and writing workshops. I have taught K-12 school, after school, community and theater programs such as Steppingstone Theater, Pillsbury House – CAP.
- We Win Institute
- ZUMBA Workshps
- Steppingstone Theater
- Pillsbury House - Chicago Avenue Project (CAP)
- Schools K-12 Twin Cities
- Literary Artist for Givens Foundation
- Summer workshops
Africa, Madrid Spain, Europe, and Canada and the U.S. My father, being a conga player, would show me how to clean the skins of the drum. My mother would have me write a book report every day, in addition to whatever I was assigned in school. My thirst for the stories behind the drums and the skins that covered them, along with my daily reading and writing, moved me to continue to learn, teach, write, and perform. I did not see a story without a rhythm and rhythm without a story. Listening to Ertha Kit on the radio, I saw the story, felt the rhythm, heard the music. Nothing on TV was better then this creative journey.
As a poet, playwright, and choreographer, I bring all of these elements to the work as well as the process. I have taught traditional West African Dance in the Southeast region, as well as in the Twin Cities. As I begin to blur the lines between dance and theater, my work is literary as well as movement. I have taught as a playwright mentor, dance, and writing workshops. I have taught K-12 school, after school, community and theater programs such as Steppingstone Theater, Pillsbury House – CAP.
