Step Afrika!

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Running time is approximately 1 hour
Grades: All ages
Step Afrika! is the first professional company dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Founded in 1994 in partnership with the Soweto Dance Theatre, the Company is one of the top ten African American dance companies in the United States today.

Step Afrika! blends stepping, a percussive dance style practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities, South African Gumboot, and traditional Zulu dance with influences from a variety of other dance and art forms. The Company integrates songs, storytelling, humor, and audience participation into its performance. The blend of technique, agility, and pure energy makes each performance unique and leaves the audience with their hearts pounding.

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 Made possible with funding from The Beechwood Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, Church Communities Foundation, Gannett Foundation, George A. Strba Charitable Trust, Helen I. Graham Charitable Foundation, Key Bank Foundation, Klock Foundation, Louis Greenspan Charitable Trust, Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Millman Harris Romano Foundation, Rhinebeck Bank, Second Hand Rose, Stewarts Shops, TD Bank Foundation, and from the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley: Ann and Abe Effron Fund, Charlie Carroll Music Enrichment Fund, Ed & Barbara Joba Fund for the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and the Robert R. Chapman Fund. Additional support from the Dyson Foundation, James J. McCann Charitable Trust, Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust, and Jeanette F. Schlobach Charitable Trust, and special thanks to all the donors who contributed to the Field-Trip Fund. This program is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.