This class, taught by JAE Company Dancer Buyile Narwele, incorporates movements complimenting the beats in the music and allowing the dancer’s body to have an experience each time with each beat, sound, and song.

Street style dancing in South Africa was first formally recognised in the 1950’s in the townships where settlers forcibly moved Black people from their land to informal settlements with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Through all that, people were still able to find ways to dance, make music, and talk about their adversities.

Learn more about South African Street Dance and register for class here.