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Step Afrika! performs high-energy dance with sounds and spoken words.
Born of African Traditions
URBAN ARTS DANCE COMPANY
PRESENTS...
Stepping dancers coming to WSU Vancouver
The professional performance
group Step A frika! brings their act
to Washington State University,
Vancouver, at 6 p.m. on Wednes
day, A pril 16, in the Firstenburg
Student Commons.
The event is free and open to the
public, but tickets are limited and
must be reserved by calling the
WSU Vancouver Office o f Student
Involvement at 360-546-9527.
Step Afrika! celebrates stepping,
an art form bom at African Am eri
can fraternities and based in A fri
can traditions.
As the first professional com
pany dedicated Io stepping. Step
Afrikal's intricate kicks, stomps and
rhythms mixed with spoken word
pound the fltxir and fill the air. Step
ping is a unique dance tradition
created by African-American col
lege students.
In stepping, the body is used as
an instrument to create intricate
rhythms and sounds through a
combination o f footsteps, claps and
spoken word. The tradition grew
out o f the song and dance rituals
practiced by historically African-
American fraternities and sorori group.
ties in the early 1900s. Stepping
WSU Vancouver is located at
comes from a long and rich tradition 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave.,
in African-based communities that east o f the 134th Street exit from
use movement, words and sounds either 1-5 or 1-205, or via C-Tran
to communicate allegiance to a bus service.
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and jazz will
live forever...
So will the
Delta and the
Big Easy”
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