African Dance

Gift Amu Logotse tells traditional African stories and fables mixed with music, song and artwork. Many of his stories come from Continental Africa, but Amu is always building bridges and absorbing new stories from other countries.

Amu draws no distinction between his stories, paintings, music and dance: they all form part of a response to and understanding of the environment around us. He is a relaxed, entertaining storyteller who is always ready to involve his audience, whether young or old, in some kind of activity. He is at home in every kind of venue.

Amu was born and brought up in Accra in Ghana, but his cultural roots are in an Ewe village in the Volta Region of the country. Amu is currently living and working, mainly travelling around, Scotland.

Gift Amu Logotse is an experienced creative and performing artist in the community, who has worked in the professional arts since childhood. Since coming to Scotland, he has been involved in many professional and community arts projects and classes, often working with local artists, dance, drama groups and musicians. He travels widely throughout Scotland and beyond
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Folasade has worked for many years as an artist and education practitioner. She is an accomplished visual performing artist. Her varied field of expertise incorporate music, dance, and storytelling...

I offer Egyptian dance classes as a community dance activity on a regular basis, so check my website for details.

I am a member of the Foundation for Community Dance and a Qualified Teacher in Secondary Education.

Egyptian dance is a fabulous way of exploring the music and world of expression within dance for all body types and nationalities.


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Feedback33 Dancers' Mentoring Forum is based in London at the London Studio Centre. I am the co-ordinator and one of the specialist teachers in the area of African-Cuban dances. Our aim is to encourage all emerging artists to be a part of a social network of professional artists whilst gaining new skills...

RÆCE is the London-based dance partnership of Frances Lawrence and Rachael Foster. Collaborating through a shared love of Afro-Caribbean movement and its influential force throughout the history of dance, our performative passion is exciting dance fusion, creating a unique blended contemporary technique which showcases Afro-Caribbean aesthetics.
Furthermore, with a combined training including Afro-Cuban, soukous, traditional Jamaican dance, gwo ka, South African dance aswell as the usual ballet, contemporary, jazz etc. we deliver workshops that not only provide students with a dual perspective of the achingly new and the deeply ancient, but also a unique way of approaching and learning dance through fusion of styles and ideas. ..

I provide business services to the arts including fundraising advice, bid-writing and project management services. My background includes working as arts practitioner in African music and dance, as well as combined arts activities. I have also worked in paid and freelance positions for Arts Council England, Big Lottery, BBC Children in Need, New Opportunities Fund and National Lottery Charities Board. ..

ALIOUNE SAMB is a multi talented musician hailing from the vibrant streets of Dakar, Senegal (West Africa). Alioune’s main instrument is the key board; however he also plays the balafon and various percussion instruments. ..

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