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We drum. We dance. We frolic at garden retreats.
YOU CAN TOO!!
Gary, Duke, Debbie, Chris, Michael, and Afia
at the beautiful Mana Lea Gardens on the island of
Maui, Hawaii. One of the many beautiful places that we
lead drum and dance workshops with kindred spirits,
groove enthusiasts, and aficionados of dance.
Debbie Nargi-Brown, MA
Program coordinator, dancer, choreographer,
vocalist, teacher, facilitator
Debbie Nargi-Brown is a gifted dance teacher who has been
teaching African Inspired Dance Classes for over 22 years. She produces and facilitates
drum and dance events in California, Hawaii, Canada, and Europe and is recognized for
her abilities in the dance forms of West Africa, Brazil, the Congo, Cuba, Trinidad, and Haiti
just to name a few. Students can experience traditional dances that she has learned
from master dancers as well as from her travels in Africa. They can also groove to her lyrical,
funky, or interpretive styles of dance with African, Caribbean, and Brazilian influences and
all to the driving rhythms of her talented drummers and co-facilitators.
As a specialist in movement, rhythm, and teaching, Debbie relies upon dancing, singing,
and the creation of a safe place to ignite joy, passion, and a sense of community in her workshops
and classes. There is always an abiding respect for the cultures from which many of the dances and
songs originate. She embraces and embodies the healing and sacredness of the songs, dances,
and the people who have been her teachers.
Debbie's nurturing approach to dance allows her students to feel comfortable at their own level
of dance, to be smoothly in their bodies, and to feel the satisfaction of dancing with others. She encourages
expression from within while drawing upon a connection to levels and powers greater than ourselves.
This has resulted in an network of dancers, drummers, and a tightly knit community that continues
to grow and flourish beyond the bounds of Santa Cruz and with people of wide and diverse life experiences.
We invite you to come to the
Thursday Night Dance Class
or to a
Drum & Dance Retreat
and see for yourself!!
You will be fundamentally changed and vitalized by
the exhilaration of drumming and dancing!
And you will definitely come back!!!