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Step Afrika: School Performance
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-6280
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Celebrate the body as an instrument with Step Afrika!, the Guinness World Records™ title holder for the Largest Stepping Dance and the world’s leading authority on the art form of stepping. The company’s newest work, The Fruits of Our Labor, blends the power of body percussion and contemporary dance with the vibrant energy of isipantsula (a rhythmic dance originating in South African townships) and the South African gumboot dance. Long-time Step Afrika! collaborator Jakari Sherman and South African choreographer Vusi Mdoyi lead an ensemble of virtuosic dancers whose bodies become instruments—clapping, striking, and stepping in mesmerizing unison, merging rhythm and ritual, history and storytelling.
This performance is part of the Krannert Center Youth Series, weekday performances for public schools, private schools, and home school groups. Recommended for grades 3 and up.