Daily Archives: 28.7.2013

Sabar dance classes will be held by three teachers!

On Thursday, August 1st 2013 at 14.00 – 16.00 we begin with sabar basics with Liina Halsti Ndiaye. After that, we will be ready to continue with the Senegalese dancers Malick Ndiaye and Ndiaw Macodou Samb, who will teach the sabar lessons from Friday to Sunday, August 2nd – 4th, Fri & Sat at 14.00 – 16.00 and Sun at 12.30 – 14.30.

If you’re not very familiar with the sabar yet, you should definitely come to the class on Thursday, where Liina will explain the movements and rhythms of sabar a bit more – but of course we will also dance, so that even people with more sabar experience will have enough to do! The other classes will have a faster pace, and will include choreographies to different sabar rhythms. You can participate on the days you want or on all days.

Here some excerpts from Malick and Liina’s sabar classes and performances in Helsinki:

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Outi Kallinen is a multitalent of dance and music: a teacher, a performer and a choreographer. She has performed with numerous dance, theater and music groups, and been touring with them all over Europe, as well as e.g. in China, Guinea and Senegal. Outi has choreographed and directed several dance theater performances based on African dance and music. She has also worked as a teacher from the mid-1980’s until today.

Outi on stage with her Wonuwali group in  Fest Afrika:

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