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The
New Alternative in Fitness! The word is spreading...
Mademoiselle
“Drums. Fun. Hot beat. Bare Feet. The newest fitness trend
is straight out of Africa... African dance is the celebration of
the self and the community.. .Before you know it, you’ll be
jumping for joy... nothing compares to African dance when it comes
to reducing stress and fostering self-expression.”
New York Times (feature, The Living Section)
“Students enter...then leave an hour and a halfl ater re-energized
by the rhythms of African-inspired dancing. The adult classes include
live percussionist.. .There are more than 60 adult classes a week.
The model Roshumba is a regular. . .”
New York Post
“Who needs Freud when you have Jerome Robbins? Or Djoniba
Mouflet? Be it Haitian, African, Cuban, ballet, hip-hop, salsa or
even belly dancing, Moufl et and his 40 part-time instructors will
teach those with twp left feet to shake a suave booty. (Live) Drums
are what make the difference.”
Heart & Soul
“Ethnic-dance craze provides a great workout. At...Djoniba
Dance & Drum Centre, experience ethnic dance to the beat of
live drum while getting a great workout”
Caribbean Life
“There is nothing like when the joy is realized in the doing
of the steps and the students smile in the doing- that is the break-through,
the thinking process is breaking down and the joy of the celebratory
dance becomes no longer rote but real.”
Dance Pages
“He (Djoniba Moufl et) devotes a huge amount of energy to
an under privileged children’s programs which he developed.
40 students were offered full scholarships to study dance and music,
andhope to raise that number to 200 very soon.”
Administraton/Teachers
“High school students can suffer from short attention spans:
your program carefully varied the music and dance to keep their
attention. As teenagers, their experience (and comfort) with different
cultures is limited: you carefully, quickly, and under-standably
explained the link.. .your touch with today’s multi-cultural
teenagers is right on target. -M. Robinson, educator, Curtis High
School, NY “I thank you for what you accomplished for our
students and how you furthered the goals of our
multicultural curriculum.” -RW. Graham, educator, John Jay
High School, NY
TV Appearances:
“Do Something” WNBC TV
“America’s Talking”- WNBC-TV
WABC-TV
Good Day New York- FOX 5 |
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