Dance Workshop with Saffatt [Dance Workshops & Conversation Series]

Date: Thursday, March 4th
Time: 5pm PT / 8pm ET
Duration: 1.5 hrs
Location on the Festival Map: ‘Pavilion’
Instructor: Saffatt Al-Mansoor
In partnership with MELA Arts Connect

This Session
In this dance workshop, we will be exploring via movement the influence of hip-hop on south asian culture in terms of dance and music. We will be learning choreography but with the intention of keeping the culture/ people who made the movement used in the choreography in perspective. Just bring yourself and a positive vibe. Open to all levels.

About Mela Arts Connect
MELA Arts Connect is a cultural consultancy and production company for South Asian performing arts. MELA's mission to amplify South Asian performing arts and culture, particularly within the mainstream performing arts sector and build cultural equity within the sector. Founded and led by Heena Patel, MELA Arts Connect has facilitated the commissioning and/or presentation of numerous South Asian productions and artists such as Kathakaar, Bollywood Boulevard, desi:NOW, Raghu Dixit, Indian Ocean, Mystic India, Shilo Shiv Suleman, and more at venues such as Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, NJPAC, Wolf Trap, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, and The MET.

About Product of Culture
Product of Culture is a WOC founded and funded collective that amplifies brown brands and creatives with strategy, content, and experiences rooted in culture. We build opportunities for brown brands and creatives to connect and collaborate with each other and elevate their work through culture-forward spaces, stages, and stories. Our brands include The Founder’s Summit, the South Asian Film Festival of America and Product of Culture Shop.