WANT TO LEARN TO DANCE?
COME TAKE A DANCE CLASS WITH BATINGUA ARTS!
NEW CULTURAL ARTS DANCE PROGRAM
CHILDREN AND ADULT CLASSES
IN CLINTON HILLS & Prospect Heights BROOKLYN
Two Great Locations!!
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!!!
SMALL CLASSES, COMMUNITY ORIENTED, NON-COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT.
AFFORDABLE TUITION!!!
CHILDREN CLASSES ONLY $120 FOR A 3 MONTH SESSION
ADULTS ONLY $50/MONTH
ENROLL TODAY!!!
CLASSES BEGIN: Tuesday January 3rd, 2012
SPACES ARE LIMITED- FIRST COME FIRST SERVED!!
DONT MISS OUT!!!
BATINGUA CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAM
CLASS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY CLASS LOCATION
720 WASHINGTON AVE 2ND FL (IN EDUCARE FACILITY)
BROOKLYN NY ( BTWN PARK N PROSPECT PL)
(2,3, Train to Eastern Parkway, or B45 to park pl)
TUESDAY: 5:30PM -CHILDREN DJEMBE DRUM CLASS
7:00PM - ADULT AFRO- CARIBBEAN DANCE (LIVE MUSICIANS)
SATURDAY CLASSES LOCATION:
82 QUINCY STREET / BASEMENT
(BETWEEN FRANKLIN & CLASSON)
(C,S, train to Fulton walk 6 blocks, B52/Gates and Franklin,B44 Bedford)
SATURDAY:
11:00am- AFRO CARIBBEAN - CHILDREN (AGES 6-10YRS)
12:00pm- MATURE MOVERS (ADULT BEGINNER /DANCE FITNESS)
1:00pm- BATINGUA COMPANY REHEARSAL
2:00pm- DJEMBE DRUM CLASS (DRUM RENTAL AVAILABLE)
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FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE, ONE ON ONE INSTRUCTION.
ADULT & CHILDREN
CELEBRATION:
Once we have been educated and can appreciate others culture it is time to celebrate. Batingua Arts believe that cultural Arts Exchange should be a celebratory process. This is evident in every workshop, performance and residency conducted by Batingua Arts. Every workshop ends with a traditional African celebratory circle. Every performance ends with a high energy, electrifying piece that gets the audience up on its feet, clapping, singing and dancing.
Through our research we understand that it was with song, music and dance that our ancestors were able to hold on to bits and pieces of their traditions by masking them in celebrations. During slavery in Africa and the Caribbean as well as the civil rights era right here in the
BATINGUA PERFORMANCE PHOTO'S
Feb. 7th, 09 - Batingua Dances at Caribbean Birthday Party in Brooklyn
Senator Shirley Hunt poses for photo with
Batingua's Artistic & Musical Director after
performance at Family Day Event.
COME SEE BATINGUA ARTS IN ACTION AT OUR NEXT SHOW!
HENRY STREET SCHOOL BLACK HISTORY MONTH SHOW
FEBRUARY 16TH, 2011
2PM BRONX , NY
SOME OF OUR PAST PERFORMANCES
Stevens College Kwanzaa Show December 8th, 2011, New Jersey
John Jay College African Dance Workshops October, 2011, NY NY
Washington Ave Rocks Street Fair, August 20th, Brooklyn, NY
Senator Hunt Family Fun Fair, Aug. 2oth, 2011, Queens NY
Jerk Festival, Roy Wilkins Park, July 24th, 2011, Queens, NY
Wedding: Aminata and Earnest, July 4th, 2011, LI, NY
Amber 8th Birthday Party, July 2nd, 2011, LI, NY
Metropolitan Corporate Academy, Family Fun Fair, June 11th, 2011 Brooklyn, NY
Stony Brook University, HSO Creole Fest Show, February 28th, 2011, LI, NY
Afrikan Poetry Theater School Black History Month Show, March, 4th, 2011 Queens, NY
Schomberg Satelite High School, Black History Month show, Feb.9th, 2011, Bronx, NY
Queens Supreme Court, Martin Luther King Show, Jan. 21st, 2011, Queens, NY
Martin Luther King Celebration, Laguardia College, January 10th, 2011, Long Island City, NY
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Afrikan Poetry Theater - Kwanzaa show - December 26th, 2010 - Rochdale Community Center
Stephens College - Black Student Union - Kwanzaa Show - December 18th, 2010
African Fashion Show, Saturday October 9th, 2010, Sheridan Hotel, NY NY
Sunday Sept.22nd, Private Wedding , Sheridan Hotel, New Jersey
Saturday August 14th, Senator Shirley Hunt, Family Picnic, Roy Wilkins Park NY
Thursday July 22nd, Windmuller Concert in the Park, Woodside Queens NY
Saturday July 3rd, Private Wedding, Brooklyn New York
Saturday June, 19th, Juneteenth Celebration, Farmers Market, Jamaica Queens NY
Friday March 26th. 2010, Central Islip Elementary School Black History Month Assembly
Saturday March 13th, 2010 Bel Ti Fi Empowerment Luncheon - Haitian Benefit Langston Hughes Museum
Saturday Feb. 27th, Haitian Benefit - Mirelles Restaurant - Long Island, NY
Wednesday Feb. 24th, 2010: Pfizer Corporation Black History Month Celebration- Manhattan NY
Monday Feb.22nd, 2010; Haitian Student Organization; Stony Brook University
Wednesday Feb. 3rd, 2010: Black History Assembly, Williamsburg Charter HS - Brooklyn NY
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Sunday Dec. 27th, 2009: Kwanzaa Celebration- Rochdale Village - Queens NY
Friday Dec. 18th, 2009: Cultural Night Out - Afrika House Brooklyn NY
Saturday Sept. 12th, 2009: Caribbean Youth Festival - Prospect Heights HS
Saturday August 15th, 2009: Senator Shirley Hunt Family Fun Day at Baisley Park
Wednesday August 5th, 2009: Grace Church Summer Camp Show
Saturday June 27th, 2009: Talia's First Communion Party
Friday June 26th, 2009: TGI Friday Hall: Engagement Party
Wednesday Feb.25th, 2009: Brooklyn HS for the Arts: Black History Assembly
Wednesday Feb. 4th, 2009: ECC Central Islip: Black History Assembly
Tuesday Feb. 3rd, 2009: Williamsburg Charter H.S. - Black History Assembly
Saturday December 27th, 2008 : Afrikan Poetry Theater Kwanzaa Celebration
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