FUN AND AFFORDABLE SUMMER CAMP!!!!!! DANCING AND DRUMMING ages 8-14

feraba

Parents, if you are looking for a fun filled and affordable Summer Camp in the neighborhood, please check out this one.

The award winning company Feraba offers daily training in tap dance, African dance and West African percussion.

Sessions: July 5-July 22, 2011

from 9-3pm (early drop off 8:15am)

This is a very special camp, your child will be working with professional artists/performers/teachers.

Who we are:

Féraba-A.R.T. is a Brooklyn (Ditmas Park) based multi-ethnic and multi cultural performance group fusing Tap dance with West African dance/music.

All members are professional performers and teachers, well experienced working with students. We are on the roster of Brooklyn Arts Council, Young Audiences NYC, Young Audiences NJ, Ifetayo, Community Works, Artshorizons and many more arts and ed organizations. For more info check out www.feraba.com

-Irene Koloseus (Artistic Director, Tap instructor-Austria),

-Yalani Bangoura (West African dance instructor-Guinea),

-Ibrahima Camara (West African percussion instructor-Guinea),

-Andy Algire (West African percussion instructor-USA).

Camp Location:

Beautiful huge space at the Flatbush Church of the Redeemer (494 East 23rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11226-7507 at the corner of Foster Ave)

Camp hours:

Monday to Friday: July 5th - July 22nd, 2011

9am to 3pm

Flexible schedule, 1/2 days, 3 days a week or 1/2/3 weeks available. Please call.

Camp Activities:

Daily training in Tap Dance, African Dance and West African drumming -

Performance on the last day of the camp

AGES 8 AND UP

Example Schedule: group A

8-9am: early drop off - game time, stretching and yoga

9-10:15am Tap dance class

10:15-10:30am: bathroom, water break, little snack

10:30-11:45am: djembe drum class: learn rhythms from Guinea, West Africa

lunch

12:45-2pm: African dance class: dances from Guinea, West Africa

2-3pm: mixed class: (stick drumming on doun douns and krins)- learn African songs - play African children games.

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3pm pick up

Lunch will be provided! We walk the students 2 blocks to PS152 - free summer meals -

Contact and more info:

Irene Koloseus: 347-413 5489

e-mail: [email protected]

www.feraba.com

Tuition:

$480.- 3 weeks of camp plus free CD: Rhythms from Guinea Vol.1.

$20: African Dance outfit

$22: Tap shoes (or bring yours)

Sibling discount - (take $40 off)

bring a friend - (take $40 off)

1/2 days: 9am-12:45 including lunch or

11:30 - 3pm including lunch

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We encourage the students to take all the classes: drum and dance but we also offer the possibility to either take the drum camp (4 drum classes a day) or the dance camp (2 African dance classes and 2 Tap dance classes). Please call Irene Koloseus to discuss your needs.

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Camp is filling up - 15 more spots available - Hurry -

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