UPCOMING WORkSHOPS!!!
Join us for an epic weekend with Epizo Bangoura, griot and master drummer/dancer/musician from Guinea!
We can't wait to welcome him to Wellington!
We can't wait to welcome him to Wellington!
More with EPIZO IN WELLY:
Thursday 14 May, Epizo will be a guest artist at our
Dances of Africa class 7-8pm at Te Whaea
Dances of Africa class 7-8pm at Te Whaea
Friday 15 May, Djembe NZ will be hosting Epizo for private lessons in drumming, dance, dun dun dance, balafon or kora.
To enquire about private lessons, please email Simon. [email protected]
To enquire about private lessons, please email Simon. [email protected]
West African inspired Dance Wellington
The Moringa Dancers are a high energy, high tempo dance group influenced by West African music and culture in Wellington, New Zealand. We provide weekly community dance classes, and host workshops with international and NZ guest artists. We offer fun, uplifting workshops and performances for your festival, school, organization, community event or party. We perform and facilitate in collaboration with our partner African percussion band, Kubatana, and our friends at Djembe NZ
to create a powerful synergy of movement and music
bringing life, energy and joy to every occasion.
to create a powerful synergy of movement and music
bringing life, energy and joy to every occasion.
weekly Community Classes
Image above by Daniela Fuenzalida Photography www.instagram.com/danif.photo/
Newtown Festival Community Stage March 2024
Newtown Festival Community Stage March 2024
Dances of Africa
Shake, shimmy and groove to the soulful rhythms of Africa!
Release tension from your week, and share in some epic joy.
UPCOMING & ONGOING CLASS BLOCKS
TERM 2 CLASSES NOW OPEN FOR ENROLMENT:
~MONDAY 6:30PM-8PM BEGINNERS
4 MAY - 25 MAY 2026
*no class on Kings Bday 1 June
8 JUNE - 29 JUNE
~THURSDAY 7PM - 8PM COMMUNITY MIXED LEVEL W/LIVE DRUMMING
(all welcome, prior dance experience helpful but not req'd)
23 APR - 28 MAY 2026
4 JUNE - 2 JULY 2026
You can join in Monday & Thursday classes casually any week, both are at
Te Whaea National Dance & Drama Centre in Newtown!
You get a discount if you sign up for a block. Also you can join for koha if finances are challenging, contact Jenny for details
Release tension from your week, and share in some epic joy.
UPCOMING & ONGOING CLASS BLOCKS
TERM 2 CLASSES NOW OPEN FOR ENROLMENT:
~MONDAY 6:30PM-8PM BEGINNERS
4 MAY - 25 MAY 2026
*no class on Kings Bday 1 June
8 JUNE - 29 JUNE
~THURSDAY 7PM - 8PM COMMUNITY MIXED LEVEL W/LIVE DRUMMING
(all welcome, prior dance experience helpful but not req'd)
23 APR - 28 MAY 2026
4 JUNE - 2 JULY 2026
You can join in Monday & Thursday classes casually any week, both are at
Te Whaea National Dance & Drama Centre in Newtown!
You get a discount if you sign up for a block. Also you can join for koha if finances are challenging, contact Jenny for details
"Dancing with you each week is a ray of sunshine, a breath of fresh invigorating air
which refills my energy level and clears clouds off my mind." ~ Clémentine Fessy
which refills my energy level and clears clouds off my mind." ~ Clémentine Fessy
Tutor - Moringa Director
Jenny Bloomfield Class venue for Monday & Thursday Classes: Te Whaea National Dance & Drama Centre 11 Hutchison Rd, Newtown Class venue for Tuesday Dun Dun Dance: Cook Islands Society Hall, 220 Hanson St, Newtown Class venue for Saturday Tītahi Bay Sessions: School Hall, 11 Kura St Tītahi Bay |
Community Dance Class
with Live Drumming All are welcome in this inclusive, mixed level community class. Prior dance experience helpful but not required. Thursdays join any week! 7pm-8pm Live drumming w/ Kubatana, led by Simon Elwell. Beginners Dance Class Start something new, or get back to basics and delve into the juicy details. No experience necessary. Mondays 6:30pm-8pm We may have drumming accompaniment occasionally -TBC. Tītahi Bay Workshops w/ live Drumming All are welcome in this inclusive, mixed level community class. No experience necessary. Live drumming with a rotating cast of drummers. Sometimes we may continue for a swim and a beer! Saturdays 2pm - 3:30pm NEXT BLOCK TBC Dun Dun Dance Class Have heaps of fun drumming and dancing - challenging your musical and physical fitness - all are welcome to join, no experience necessary! Tuesdays 8:35pm-9:30pm DUN DUN DANCE SESSIONS NEXT BLOCK TBC We are gathering a keen group of wild rhythm junkies with a healthy sense of humour willing to jump in and have the best fun ever. IS THIS YOU???? ENQUIRE HERE |
Project Connect
International Dun Dun DAnce Collaboration!
It was an honour to be invited by Melbourne Djembe to participate in Project Connect, uniting dun dun dance practitioners worldwide in a video project during a time when many people have been locked down, lonely, and unable to perform publicly. We had a glorious sunny morning on Mount Victoria filming our submission and celebrating our beautiful community here in Wellington, New Zealand. Choreography by Mitzi McRae.
If drumming while dancing and generally having an epic time like this excites you contact [email protected]
We will run another Moringa Dun Dun Dance series on demand - all we need is you!
We will run another Moringa Dun Dun Dance series on demand - all we need is you!
