Classes/Workshops

PAN AFRICAN DANCE

photo by kimara dixon

with

Shereel Washington

Wednesdays 6-7:00 pm (Beginning Level)

beginning September 15, 2010 at Alvarado School in Richmond

Registration visit www.wccae.info

Class information contact 510 932-5101 or ixalt@comcast.net

Press Quotes...

"...majestic"

Rachel Howard, SF Chronicle, May 18, 2007

"..gorgeously rounded African-based dancing"

Rita Felciano, Dance View Times, May 28, 2007

Course Description:

This energetic and culturally challenging dance class will give the participant a positive hands-on exposure to Africanized dance forms developed from the Congo, West Africa, The Caribbean and the U.S.

BIO

Shereel Herese Butler Washington, is an accomplished performer, choreographer, and presenter in local, regional, and national venues; Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Hawaii, Jacobs Pillow, San Francisco International Arts Festival, Kodak Theater in Hollywood; Union Square Park in San Francisco, CA; The Malonga Casquelourd Center Theater in Oakland, CA; ODC Theater, Dance Mission, all in San Francisco. She was guest faculty at Belhaven College in Jackson, MS, and assistant choreographer for the University Dance Theater at San Francisco State. She has taught dance throughout California and abroad. Shereel studied dance at U.C., Santa Barbara, and earned a BA in Choreography and Performance at San Francisco State University.

She's danced with Joanna Haigood in Departure and Arrival (2007) in The San
Francisco International Arts Festival and Invisible Wings(2007) at Jacob's Pillow; Robert Henry Johnson, Fua Dia Congo, and Albirda Rose. Shereel is currently dancing with Halau Hula 'O Kupukalau'ie'ie under the direction of Kumu Hula Analu (Andrew) Akao in Richmond and Dance Theater Shannan in San Francisco.

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