Alesandra Seutin | Vocab Dance brings to you two weeks intensive of dance, encounters, exchanges, experiments and conversations based on African Contemporary/Modern, Urban and Traditional dances in and out of Africa.

An international dance workshop bringing together dance artists from the world in one incredible space.

Participants from Africa and the world will live together, train daily in amazing open studios with inspiring and excellent teachers; exchange, discover dances, practices and cultures from one another within Ecole des Sables, a beautiful and secured dance centre.

Where: Ecole des Sables, Senegal

When: 2-14 April 2018 (Easter Holiday)

Deadline for applications: Monday 15 January 2018

The workshop is open to dancers, choreographers and teachers of dance working in hip-hop, dancehall, afro-dances, jazz dance, contemporary/hybrid forms, club, social dance and street dance styles. Participants of all the five continents are welcome to apply.

Teachers and styles taught:

Patrick Acogny | Senegal: Masterclasses in Contemporary African
Alesandra Seutin | UK: Germaine Acogny Technique (Modern African Dance) & Vocab Dance (Contemporary & urban Southern & West African dance)
Vicki Igbokwe | UK: Uchenna Dance (Waackin, Afro-House and Urban Contemporary)
Thomas Presto | Norway: Caribbean Folk Dance & Dancehall
Saky Tchebe | Ivory Coast: Traditional and Urban  Ivorian Dances
Babacar Top | Senegal: Traditional and Urban Senegalese Dances
Fitz Nzoghe | Gabon: Afro-Pop (Jazzé/Coupé Décalé…)

To apply, please send your CV, two photos (portrait/dancing), a short video of one-minute dance solo (YouTube link) and tell us why you want to join Dance Afrique at: workshop@vocabdance.co.uk

Fill in the online registration forms on the following website.

Costs for participants: 858€/£734

Includes: 7 hours of dance a day, standard shared accommodation in the school bungalows, 3 meals a day, transfer from and to Dakar Airport, evening activities and free Wi-Fi.
Not included: Flight, visa (if needed), travel insurance and Goree Island trip (optional)

Contact details: http://workshop@vocabdance.co.uk

For further information please visit: http://danceafrique-experimentalflow.weebly.com / http://www.vocabdance.co.uk