Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture offers a fun filled family event to celebrate African music and dance, with African face painting, crafts and costumes.
Simba Yangala and the dancers from JungleDom will guide children of all ages through a relaxed African dance lesson, followed by a performance that welcomes the participation from both, children and adults. Proceeds from this class will help provide scholarships for BSEC’s Ethics for Children Classes. http://bit.ly/1y5WGUH
When:
Saturday, January 17th, 2015
from 4pm to 5:45
(Doors open at 4 for African face painting and crafts and costume creation. Performance and African Dance class begins at 4:30)
Where:
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture (bsec.org)
53 Prospect Park West, Park Slope, Brooklyn 11215
Price:
$15 per child in advance (3 to 17 years old)
$20 per child at the door
( Adults 18 and older accompanying a child and children 2 and under attend free) Tickets can be purchased at: http://bit.ly/1y5WGUH
About Simba Yangala and JungleDom:
Simba was born in Zaire (currently the Democratic Republic of Congo). She is a performing artist, choreographer, playwright and educator. She studied Liberal Arts at LaGuardia Community College. She is the Artistic Director of her own performing arts company JungleDom Network. As a daughter of Africa, she is committed to creating a greater awareness and appreciation of African culture, the performing arts and performing female artists. Simba has over ten years of experience working with children in New York City and beyond. She has a special gift for empathizing with young children, imbuing them with confidence and teaching them about community. With her generous heart and enthusiasm for the arts she has already nurtured a generation of children through the Ethics for Children program at BSEC.
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