Master Jazz Class with Audrey Baran

Saturday April 18

@10am

Mufuka Works 

presents

MASTER JAZZ CLASS

Instructed by 

Audrey Baran

COME OUT & JOIN THE FUN ---OPEN TO CHARLOTTE DANCE LOVERS

Call & RSVP @ 843-441-8803

Audrey Baran is the founder and Artistic Director of Baran Dance, a contemporary dance company which seeks to make dance more accessible and inspiring in Charlotte, NC. She graduated Magna cum Laude from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a BA in Dance in 2003, and has since danced with Martha Connerton/Kinetic Works, Queen City Jazz Company, Kim Robards Dance, project incite, EE Motion, and currently Moving Poets Charlotte. Audrey teaches at Open Door Studios and Charlotte Ballet Academy and has served as an Adjunct Lecturer in Dance at her alma mater. She has performed in the North Carolina Dance Festival, Piccolo Spoleto, Martha Graham's "Panorama", re-staged by Kim Jones, and with the CDF Repertoire Ensemble under the direction of Jennifer Archibald. Her dance film, “Arms” received an Honorable Mention at the Movies by Movers Festival in 2014, and she has won both Choreography and Ensemble awards at the Charlotte Dance Festival’s Emerging Dance Awards. Ms. Baran was chosen to choreograph the finale for the CMS Honors Dance Program in 2014, as choreographer for Celebrate the Arts, a high school festival in Columbus County , NC in 2015, and she is the resident musical choreographer at Piedmont IB Middle School. She is thrilled and honored to be beginning the MFA program in Dance at Hollins University in 2015. Audrey is also a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher, and continues to share her love of movement and mindfulness throughout the Queen City.

Got Dance News? January 2015

Happy New Year!!

Mufuka Works is looking forward to an exciting 2015 with many dancing adventures across the Charlotte Region.   We invite dance enthusiast of all ages to come out and join one of our fun filled classes.   

For more information about our Winter/Spring Dance class schedule please visit our website 

DANCEMUFUKAWORKS.COM

Summer Dance Fun in Charlotte

 This summer Mufuka Works will be offering dance education  sessions to the campers of  Charlotte Elite Enrichment and Recreation Camp.   Dance education classes will be offered to children attending the camp at the Albermarle Road Recreation Center.  The children attending this summer camp will be engaged in many activities that enhance critical thinking skills and build self-esteem.  Mufuka Works director Elsie Mufuka has adynamic and fun filled dance education cirriculum planned for the Charlotte Elite Campers during Summer 2014.

For more information about how to register for Camp visit the Charlotte Elite webpage.

Mufuka Works Square Root Youth Dancers Win Big at Dancers Spotlight

On Sunday, March 9th members of  the Mufuka Works Square Root Youth Performance Company participated in the Dancer Spotlight Competition and Workshops.  This full day of dance was held at the East Charlotte Simmons YMCA.  

The  Square Root dancers gave beautiful performances as they shared  the art of dance as a vehicle to tell human life stories.  Bitter Earth, Friends for a Season, Holiday, and Time were all award winning performances at this competition.

These dancers worked together to earn high honors with platnum and gold awards from the judges.  

Congratulations to 

Amatullah, Sumayyah, Leah, Tylar and Jamilah !!!   

If you would like to learn more about the Mufuka Works Dance Class Schedule

 please visit our website at DanceMufukaWorks.com