Dancing to Connect 2022

Dancing To Connect

Tikro Concept - In this exploratory dance workshop, students will discover how to build community and bridge different cultures through games, self-expression and creativity.

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Clement Mensah is a native of Ghana, graduated from CIOS and from The Amsterdam School of the Arts. He received a fellowship from The Ailey School in NY, to later earn his MA in Dance Performance at Trinity Laban School in London. Mr. Mensah has danced with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, Elisa Monte Dance Company, Francesca Harper, and Limón Dance. He is currently working with Battery Dance as well with Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group. He has traveled extensively performing, teaching and conducting community projects throughout The Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia as a cultural ambassador with Battery Dance’s signature teaching program Dancing to Connect.

STAGE THE CHANGE
This project is made possible with funds from The Arts Reach Fund at Long Island Community Foundation and the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Huntington Arts Council. HEARTS (Helping Enrich the Arts of Port Washington)- Fiscal Sponsor.

Stage the Change is co-sponsored by Hauppauge Public Schools and the Tiles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post

This project is made possible with funds from the Arts Reach Fund at Long Island Community Foundation the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.