This week, I was luckly to work with Vado, teaching the youth of New York traditional Ivorian dance with a high dose of Djembe and Dunun power!


It was in class, while playing the Dunun drums, I felt a force of strength that sent me right over the moon! Our students felt it instantly and began screaming, "I am aliiiive! I am soooo alive!" With the passion as palpable as ever, I was overcome with joy that God has called me to dance, that the universe has laid the bounty of African dance at my feet! Now, as we embark on this journey, "Don't stop dancing!" Vado urges. For through dance, "You get older, but you look young!" Yes! --Malena