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Hill Dance Academy Theatre

Afro-Caribbean Summer Dance & Drum Intensive

Register for this year's Afro-Caribbean Summer Dance & Drum Intensive held on the Hill Dance Academy Theatre Campus! This year will feature a line-up of regional and international drum, dance, and masquerade instructors.

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Afro-Caribbean Summer Dance & Drum Intensive
Afro-Caribbean Summer Dance & Drum Intensive

Time & Location

Jul 03, 2022, 8:30 AM – Jul 10, 2022, 3:00 PM

Hill Dance Academy Theatre, 2900 Bedford Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA

Guests

About the Event

About ABBS 2022 Afro-Caribbean Summer Dance & Drum Intensive

The intensive is seven days of classes dedicated to beginner, intermediate, and advanced level drummers and dancers featuring art history talks and a major book signing focused on the following Afro-Caribbean drum and dance forms/genres.

**Please complete the registration form and bring with payment on the first day of class.**

Dance

Afro-Cuban

Afro-Haitian

Stilt Walking

Afro-Brazilian

Masquerade performance

Drum & Percussion

Conga

Shekere

Cow Bell

Steel Pan

Goat skin drum

Bomba

Afro-Caribbean Folkloric Song Classes

Afro-Cuban

Afro-Haitian

Afro-Puerto Rican

Capoeria Chants

Masterclasses

The ABBS summer intensive is offering three masterclasses for professional and experienced drummers and dancers. All genres, fees and times will be announced May 1, 2022.

Afro-Caribbean Dance & Drum Intensive Week-at-a-Glance and Masterclass Schedule

Youth Registration Information 

July  5 - July 8.   8:30 am - 3:30 pm

$100 a week for youth drum  & drum intensive week (lunch included)

$15 per class for individual youth intensive classes

Some scholarships available

Masterclasses Registration Information

$100 for 5 intensive dance and/or drum masterclasses

$75 for 3 masterclasses

$50 for 2 masterclasses

$25 for one masterclass

Some scholarships available

Schedule


  • 1 hour 15 minutes

    Registration/ Libation/Drum Circle


  • 55 minutes

    Class

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Address

2900 Bedford Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Contact

(724) 715 - 3278

About ABBS

A Black Bead Story: :The Digital Spectacles are a series of short films called spectacles set in Pittsburgh’s scenic outdoors and African American historic sites featuring the sacred and secular dense beadwork and accessories of Celeta Hickman in concert with her choreograph, poetry, styling and staging.

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