Performances / Events
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Partners
Central Ave Dance (Los Angeles)
The Central Avenue Dance Ensemble is a multi-aged performance group led by Chester Whitmore. Their mission is to perpetuate and promote American Vernactular dances of the 20th Century. These dances include: American street dances such as Leonard Reed’s Shim Sham Shimmy, the Shorty George, the Charleston (1920s) and the Lindy Hop (1920s - 40s). These are in addition to dances derived from them like the Chicago Bop (1960s) which begat Steppin’ (1990s). They express the infectious healing qualities of dance, to educate audiences and to spread the joy of dance.
Soul Candy Productions (Ottawa)
*DAZZ DANCE CLASSES * ECLECTIC RAP SHOWS* CHOREOGRAPHY * MUSIC* IMPERSONATIONS Featuring "The Electrifying JON-E-SHAKKA"!! WITH SHAKKA PROJECT
ijo vudu African Dance Company (Toronto)
Led by Nigerian dance educator, performer and choreographer Sani-Abu Mohammed Allen, Toronto's ijo vudu is an emerging company of professional dancers and drummers from diverse backgrounds, on a journey to experience and share the joy and spirit of traditional African music and dance.
Famous Mentors/Dancers
In the 30s and early 40s, an African-American dance group was formed in Harlem New York by Herbert Whitey, a bouncer at the Savoy Ballroom. This group, called 'Whitey's Lindy Hoppers', competed and performed swing dance (known as Lindy Hop), even popularizing it in early films/soundies (For example: A Day At The Races with the Marx Brothers). The following two dancers are still teaching and inspiring dancers from around the world.