[Wadabo_updates] African Dance this summer... MA & beyond

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Dear African Dance & Music Community,
Class updates, special workshops and African Music and Dance conferences
this summer to keep you moving in the heat...

*1 - Weekly Classes: Lynx N'Diaye Cancellations

** **2 - Performance Workshop: Afro-Jazz Repertory w/ Marianne Harkless

3 - Camp Fareta African Dance & Music Fest. (CA): Registration open

4 - NDAJE African Dance & Music Conference (MA): Volunteers needed
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1 - WEEKLY CLASSES:

Yengu Multi-Ethnic Dance Classes with Lynx N'Diaye - No classes in June &
Resumes in July...
Tuesdays, 7:30-9:00pm, ****$12** ******| The Brookline Academy of Dance -
136 Westbourne Terrace, Brookline**
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* Mamadou Lynx N'Diaye will be in Africa again for the month of June and
part of July. Yengu Workshops will resume in July with further notice. Lynx
extends his thanks to the community for its continuing support.


*2 - AFRO-JAZZ REPERTORY SERIES:

A Performance Workshop with Marianne Harkless
Tuesdays, 6:00-7:30pm | **June 24 - August 12** |** Performance Saturday,
August 16th, 6:30pm**** **| **The Dance Complex - 536 Mass. Ave. Central Sq.
Cambridge **|**Contact Marianne at 617.838.2540
 **
* This workshop is designed for students who are interested in preparing a
dance piece for performance. This is an opportunity to work on one piece of
choreography and take is further than is normally done in class.  The entire
class will be spent working on choreography. Afro-Jazz incorporates elements
of West African, Afro-Brazilian, Caribbean, modern and jazz dance styles. We
will work closely with the music to explore different rhythms and how to
bring out accents in the movement. Please arrive warmed up and ready to
dance. Fee for entire series and performance is $96.00.

*3 - CAMP FARETA - REGISTRATION OPEN:

Fareta African Dance & Music Festival
July 6th - 13th | **Camp Hye Sierra, Dunlap, Central California** |** ****
Contact ****campfareta at yahoo.com* *or
www.dancingvillage.com/<http://dancingvillage.com/>
*
*  **
* Camp Fareta is a week-long residential workshop hosted by Youssouf
Koumbassa, a master dancer, choreographer, and teacher from Guinea, West
Africa, and featuring many other master dancers and drummers from Guinea,
Mali, and Senegal. It is an immersion in West African drum and dance, held
at a beautiful setting in the southern Sierras of California in early July.

There are *work-exchange opportunities*, plus *group rates* if you get
together a group of eight or more from your area, and you can pay by *Paypal
*. Prices go up after June 23, so now is the time to register.  Check
dancingvillage.com/ for all the details, including a registration form and
lots of photos from the last two years. You can also email
campfareta at yahoo.com with questions.

*4 - NDAJE AFRICAN DANCE & MUSIC FESTIVAL

Volunteers Needed:
Classes June 26 - June 29, 2008 | ****Cambridge YWCA - 7 Temple Street
Central Sq. Cambridge, MA|** **Concert **& After Party **-** Saturday, June
28 **| Festival info -
www.papendiaye.com/ndajefestival<http://%20www.papendiaye.com/ndajefestival>
****|** To volunteer contact Dionne at
dthomas at taziainc.com***<dthomas at taziainc.com>
*
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* The Ndaje Festival 2008* *is just weeks away!  This festival is one of the
hottest events of the summer! Help to make this event a success by becoming
a volunteer.  As a courtesy for your service, you will receive from 1 to 2
free dance workshops, or a free concert, depending on your role.  We are
searching for a total of *20 volunteers*.  To receive a list of volunteer
positions or to secure your position as a volunteer,  contact *Dionne Thomas
at **dthomas at taziainc.com* <dthomas at taziainc.com>.
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