Five Days with Step Afrika

Streaming Mon Mar 6 – Fri Mar 24

Step Afrika! is the world’s first professional company dedicated to the tradition of stepping—a polyrhythmic, percussive dance form that uses the body as an instrument. Based on Step Afrika!’s award-winning arts education programs and more than twenty-five years of performing and teaching students, the Company has created Five Days with Step Afrika! to support the academic environment as well as the challenges of virtual learning.

Explore each video below (links will open in a new window):

Day One: What is Stepping?
An introductory video and educational guide highlighting the history of stepping.
(11 minutes)

Day Two: The Performance, Act I
Condensed first half of standard Step Afrika! performance for viewing in classroom setting.
(19 minutes)

Day Three: The Performance, Act II
Condensed second half of standard Step Afrika! performance for viewing in classroom setting.
(17 minutes)

Day Four: Stepping with Step Afrika!
Stepping tutorial.
(12 minutes)

Day Five: Meet the Artists of Step Afrika!
This pre-recorded session will feature the artists answering pre-selected questions that allow students to learn more about their lives as college graduates and artists who travel across the globe.
(9 minutes)