Footprints: A Dance Workshop

Join us for an interactive dance workshop this Black History Month! Explore the stories of the pioneers in dance of the African Diaspora at this family-friendly event led by Harlem School of the Arts teaching artists Paris Jones, Jude Evans, and acclaimed percussionist Baba Don Babatunde. 

This program will feature a live short performance, discussion, and an interactive demonstration for participants, open to all levels! 

Co-presented by HSA (Harlem School of the Arts)

Workshop Timeline:
11:00am - Workshop Begins with welcome by HSA/MCNY staff
11:15am -Short demonstration of Lamban African Dance followed by talkback with the dancers
11:45am - Drum and dance activity for participants 
12:15pm - Program ends

Event Logistics (Subject to change based on NYC regulations)

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About Paris Jones
Paris Jones began her dance training with the City Dance Theatre and the School of Richmond Ballet in Richmond, Va.  She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Howard University where she obtained her BFA in Dance and continued to complete The Ailey School’s Independent Study program.  Paris also received an MA in Exercise Physiology from Teacher’s College, Columbia University. She has performed with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, The Francesca Harper Dance Project, and is currently a member of Forces of Nature Dance Theatre. She has served as a choreographer’s assistant to Abdel R. Salaam working with dance majors from University of Wisconsin and Hunter College. Paris has been a teaching artist with HSA for 3 years. She teaches various dance styles and is certified in the American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum.

About Jude Evans
Jude has been seen dancing with various companies and productions around New York City and its surrounding areas, including Dance Africa (BAM), Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, Sekou Miller Dance Company, Alpha Omega Dance Theatre, The Workshop Theater, and Balance Dance Theatre to name a few. He was a founding member of Urban Souls Dance Company in Houston, TX. He Then got accepted into the Ailey School where he was a scholarship Student and had the opportunity to train under and do the work of some of America's most renowned dance teachers and choreographers. He can also be seen in such films as “Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance” Documentary and “Hal King The Musical;” and has made TV appearances on The View, The Chew, and Good Morning America. 

Baba Don Babatunde
For almost a quarter century, Baba Don Eaton Babatunde, a percussionist very much in demand, has performed with many Major American Dance Companies in the world’s greatest performing-arts venues.  His recording career is as equally varied as it is vast; the jazz idiom, rhythm and blues, and most African derived percussion styles are represented in his discography.  He is a featured member of the esteemed last poets.  He has long been acknowledged as one of New York City’s master teachers of African Drumming and the rhythms of the Diaspora in the Americas.  Baba Don Eaton Babatunde is presently on faculty at the Harlem School of the Arts for over 25 years, teaching all ages from 4 years of age to adults.