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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
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So will the
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Big Easy”
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