"Join the MufukaWorks Dance Company for an African dance workshop that celebrates Women's History Month! About this Event Vakadzi, meaning ""women"" in Shona, is a Zimbabwean dance style the honors the strength and beauty of women. This hour-long virtual experience will get the entire family up, moving, and inspired by the richness of ballet, African and contemporary dance. Participants will learn about the African dance Vakadzi and its influence on today's popular dance culture. After learning a Vakadzi dance routine, participants will have the option to provide a group performance at the end of the workshop. Although Vakadzi means women, this dance workshop is open to all genders, ages, and experience levels. It will be an experience the entire family can enjoy. Please be sure to wear comfortable clothes, be in open space to dance, and have water nearby for hydration if needed. ABOUT MUFUKAWORKS DANCE COMPANYMufukaWorks Dance Company was developed by Elsie Mufuka in 2010 with the inspiration of providing dance education and performances for the community. This inspiration grounded in Mufuka’s Zimbabwean lineage; professional experience; and, international travels has afforded her the opportunity to offer dance education programs and performances within a diverse community. Since the opening of the company, MufukaWorks has started dance education programs. Some of these programs include dance education at the Burton Wells Recreation Center in Beaufort, SC, Albemarle Road Recreation Center located in Charlotte, NC as well as Dance Education Workshops at Whale Branch Elementary, Beaufort, SC, Bluffton School of Dance, Bluffton, SC, and former Chair of the Board for Charlotte Dance Festival, Charlotte, NC. Additionally, Mufuka has brought dance performances to the International House in Charlotte, NC, Lexington International Festival in Lexington, NC, Gullah Festival, Piccolo Spoleto, Links Inc. Dance Performance School Series, Levine Children’s Hospital, Charlotte Emerging Young Artist Dance Festival, Blumnethal Performing Arts, and Juneteenth Festival just to mention a few. Mufuka has received Charlotte Ballet presents 2019 Dance Educator of the Year, Outstanding Young Alumni Award from Coker College, Teacher of the Year from Dance Machine, full scholarship winner to Dance USA from Knight Foundation, Teacher of the Year of Benton Heights Elementary, Top 20 Teacher of the Year of Union County Public Schools. MufukaWorks Dance Company has been selected as AMERICA'S GOT TALENT reality filming for promotional video 2018. The Company repertory is Return to Sender, One Blood, Our World: the stories of our community, Invisible, “I AM”, Vadazi-Women Experience, and Circle of Unity. ABOUT FAMILY FIRST Presented by Novant Health and held on the first Saturday of each month, Family First provides beginner through master level instruction in the arts – visual, performing and literary – for children and their caregivers. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-first-the-vakadzi-dance-experience-tickets-142270556063?aff=cc"