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The Company launches Five Days With Step Afrika!, a virtual arts education program

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Five Days With Step Afrika! is a highly interactive and engaging virtual arts education program, based on the Company’s award-winning arts education programs and more than twenty-five years of performing and teaching students across the world. Five Days with Step Afrika! was created to support the academic environment as well as the challenges of virtual learning. Since the 2020 launch of this unique program, Five Days With Step Afrika! has connected with over a dozen presenters, hundreds of educators and parents, and over 50,000 students (and counting!).

 

“The performers are exceptional on every level. Their smiles and positivity, along with their messages of higher education and hard work were wonderful reminders for our students of what is possible with dedication and perseverance.”

– School in North Haven, CT

 

Five Days With Step Afrika!

Five Days With Step Afrika! consists of five (5) videos. The series is divided into the following sections:

  • Day One: “What is Stepping?” introductory video and educational guide highlighting the history of stepping.
  • Day Two: “The Performance, Act 1” condensed first half of standard Step Afrika! performance for viewing in a classroom setting.
  • Day Three: “The Performance, Act 2” condensed second half of standard Step Afrika! performance for viewing in a classroom setting.
  • Day Four: “Stepping with Step Afrika!” stepping tutorial.
  • Day Five: “Meet the Artists of Step Afrika!” for students. This pre-recorded session will feature the artists answering pre-selected questions that allow students to learn more about their lives as college graduates and artists who travel across the globe.

 

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Be A Part of Our History

Founded in 1994 by C. Brian Williams, Step Afrika! is the first professional company dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Under Mr. Williams’ leadership, stepping has evolved into one of America’s cultural exports, touring more than 60 countries across the globe. To share your Step Afrika! story, visit stepafrika.org/about/. Step Afrika!'s 30th Anniversary Timeline is made possible by the generous funding of Bloomberg Philanthropies, with additional support from the Mellon Foundation and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

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