DanceAfrica Classes 2025

Sat, May 24, 2025 at 11am
Rain date Sunday, May 25 at 11am
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6 at Liberty Lawn
FREE

Registration is required to attend this event. A limited number of spaces are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Registration will be available starting May 1.

Co-presented by BAM and Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy

Families can deepen their engagement with DanceAfrica in this fun-filled outdoor class led by BAM teaching artist Dánice Jones, learning rhythms and movement from the African Diaspora.

About Dánice Jones: New York native Dánice Jones, also known as “Ms. Dánice,” is a beacon of light in artistry development. She is best known for producing quality instruction and transformative performing-arts experiences. Dánice’s distinctive genre-bending choreographic style and resounding musicianship are always on full display. Dánice values uplifting her community, offering a variety of influential embodiment environments for creative professionals, recreational artists, and families.

Dánice's extensive background with BAM is over three decades long, as she has been a featured dancer and percussionist in various seasons of DanceAfrica with professional companies from Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Guinea. Her devotion to nurturing the next generation of artists continues by contributing curricula for NY schools and arts programs, including BAM, Pace University, Ballet Hispánico School, and more. Merging her psychological studies (M.A. & B.A.) with her dance studies (B.F.A.) and her current pursuit of her Doctoral Degree in Dance Education at Columbia University, she shares a wide range of therapeutic wellness knowledge to provide progressive art education for all.

Mon, May 26, 2025 at 10am
Mark Morris Dance Center
Duffy Studio
(3 Lafayette Avenue)
Tickets: $12 adults; $15 family of two; $20 family of three; $25 family of four

Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group

DanceAfrica invites families to explore the fundamentals of Mozambican dance movement and music in this fun-filled class for all levels and ages, taught by a member of the National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique.

All ages. Space is limited; pre-registration is recommended.

Registration begins Apr 4

Mon, May 26, 2025 at 11am
Mark Morris Dance Center
Studio E
(3 Lafayette Avenue)
Tickets: In-Person: $12; Virtual: $10

Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group
Led by Pat Hall

Acclaimed dancer, choreographer, and teacher Pat Hall leads this inclusive, interactive class, designed for persons with or without disabilities. Choose to participate in person at the Mark Morris Dance Center or through livestream, and discover how African Diasporic dance forms celebrate community and aspects of daily life, providing a unique window into culture, history, and tradition.

​​About Pat Hall: Pat Hall is an internationally acclaimed dancer, choreographer, and teacher whose style is influenced by African, Caribbean, and contemporary American dance, and by ceremonial and ritual practices of indigenous peoples. She has worked with diverse populations, spanning all ages and abilities and bringing the joy of movement to all.

For adults; all levels of experience are welcome. When you register, we invite you to share how we can make this class as accessible to you as possible and any other information that will help us best support your experience.

Registration begins Apr 4

Mon, May 26, 2025 at 12pm
Mark Morris Dance Center
Duffy Studio
(3 Lafayette Avenue)
Tickets: $12

Co-presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Center

This immersive, high-energy class, taught by a member of the National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique, introduces participants to Mozambican rhythmic traditions and movement styles.

For intermediate to advanced dancers.

Registration begins Apr 4