upcoming & ongoing classes

Dances of Africa
​ ComMunity Dance Class
​with Live Drumming!

ALL ARE WELCOME in this inclusive weekly class led by Jenny Bloomfield, director of the Moringa Dancers. Shake, shimmy and groove to the soulful rhythms of Africa!
​Join any week!
Thursdays
6:30pm-8pm
Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre
​11 Hutchison Rd, Newtown

Dances of Africa
Beginners
Community Dance Class
​with live drumming!

 Weekly class led by Jenny Bloomfield, director of the Moringa Dancers. 
 Get back to basics, slow down, and delve into the juicy details!

​ALL ARE WELCOME!

MONDAYS 6:30PM-8PM
​​*no class 14 or 24 April for school holiday break*
*no class 2 or 5 June for
Kings Bday + Kids bday* 
Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, 11 Hutchison Rd, Newtown

Dun Dun Dance 

​​In this fun and funky dance form, you get to dance while you drum! 

Have heaps of fun challenging your ​musical and
physical fitness in one go!

Combining the healing powers of drumming and dancing into one epic combo!

​Bookings Essential 
Drums provided

Ongoing Tuesdays through
8 April 2025
8:35pm-9:30pm​

recent events
guest artist Camila Chicon
at Dances of Africa Class 13 March
lots of fun catching up
& dancing with this wonderful woman!

​Kadodo 2025!!!
A great Weekend!
​at the glorious MAkahika In a
lush river valley near Levin!
relax in nature,  fully catered, lodge bunks, pre-pitched tents (or your own tent/van)
​ a weekend of rhythm and dance immersion with Koffie, Simon & Jenny

We had a great time re-connecting with our teacher, mentor
​and good friend Koffie Fugah!!

Jean Marc AGbogba IN WELLIE SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER!

We were so lucky to have Jean Marc in Wellington for some workshops.
He is an amazing tutor who has unstoppable good energy that will invigorate you and make you leave with a smile on your face! Jean Marc is a master dancer and drummer from Côte d'Ivoire with an amazing mesmerising performance style! We are still buzzing!

Kadodo drum & Dance Camp 2024 
​We had so much fun  
​the glorious backdrop of MakaHika
drumming and dancing the weekend away!!!

Afro Dance Workshop w/
​Ani Gonzalez!

We recently met this amazing dancer from Chilé at drum & dance camp!
​This was so much fun dancing with Ani who is here in NZ spreading good vibes with her awesome skills!
We were delighted to be hosted by the lovely ladies Julie and Sue at Mt Bigg's School Hall in Feilding on 1 July! Lots of fun drumming and teaching dun dun dance!

Koffie Fugah
WEst African Drum & Dance Workshops
24 June, 2023

22 June 6:30pm
CoMMUNITY DANCES OF AFRICA CLASS
​w/ THE MAESTRO KOFFIE FUGAH!
6:30PM
Te WHAEA
​11 HUTCHISON RD NEWTOWN
DANCE STUDIO 4

Kadodo Drum and Dance School, Otaki
​24-26 February 2023!!!

  1. We had a great community weekend at the beautiful lush Riverslea Retreat in Otaki.  
  2. A drum, dance and singing immersion full of refreshing dips in the river, deep connections and funky jam sessions!
  3. with Koffie, Jenny and Simon

West African DRum & DANCE WORKSHOP
10 December, 2022
Agbeko Desouza! 

We squeezed in a last minute workshop with Agbé before the holidays, and had so much fun with him immersing into Ghana style music and dance.

West African Drum & Dance Workshop
2 July, 2022!
Koffie & AGBEKO
​ in Da House!

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A great time was had by all at this inspiring day full of rhythm & spice with 2 teachers from Ghana, Robert Koffie Fugah &
Agbeko De Souza.

Thanks to everyone who joined us from near and far! 

Your presence made it awesome!

Kadodo Music West African Songs, Drumming & Dance Workshop
22-23 January

 Kadodo West African Songs, Drumming and Dance workshop in Napier!  We enjoyed deepening into some serious singing, drumming and dance, learning from the source with amazing Ghanaian tutors Koffie Fugah & Agbeko Desouza (Kadodo Music), and Moringa Director Jenny Bloomfield, and connecting with the Napier crew! So much fun :). 

ZOOM African DAnce Workshop with Aku,
Live from Ghana!
Wednesday 3 November 2021

Koffie's in Da House!

Friday, 12 March 6:30pm - 8pm
Newtown Community and Cultural Centre,
corner of Rintoul & Colombo St, Newtown
Shake, shimmy and groove to the soulful rhythms of Africa, led by the one and only Koffie Fugah from Ghana/NZ. He will get everyone rocking and you will be sure to leave with a smile on your face! Accompanied with live drumming by Simon Elwell & the drummers of Kubatana and Djembe NZ..

Kadodo Drum & Dance School Otaki!!!
26-28 February, 2021

We had a relaxing/fun/exhilarating weekend amongst the lush surrounds of Otaki, near the beautiful Otaki River, for a weekend camp full of drumming, dance, yoga, delicious food and enlivening community spirit.
KOFFIE FUGAH
​BREAKER BAY WORKSHOPS 
A great send off for the holidays!
We had a wonderful day dancing & drumming,
​and the drummers brought a jam session to the Wellington waterfront!

Vogelmorn Community Festival

Thanks to Friends of Vogelmorn for inviting us to join in and teach a workshop in this new and wonderful festival! It was a lovely day in a great community space.

Dances of Africa 
special Session:
​Lala Simpson!
​Thursday
​4 JulY
2020
​

Enjoy a special dance session led by Moringa member Lala Simpson (Ooh La La Music), she is a phenomenal dancer and singer from Madagascar who will inspire you and get you rocking! 

Kadodo Drum & Dance SChool OTaki
28 feb - 1 march, 2020

We had an awesome weekend of drum, dance, yoga, singing and community
with Robert Koffie Fugah, ​Jenny Bloomfield & Simon Elwell, in the gorgeous surrounds of Otaki at Riverslea Retreat, unwinding and enjoying deepening into the rhythm! 

West African Dance And Drumming Workshops
​with Koffie Fugah
30 January & 1 February 2020

Dances of Africa
Thursday 30 JAnuary, 7pm - 8pm
Newtown Community & cultural Centre
corner of Rintoul & Colombo Streets

West African Drumming & Dance
​Saturday, 1 February, 10am - 12:45pm
Drumming 10am-11:15
Dance 11:30AM-12:45pm
Aro Valley Community Centre
​48 Aro St

Koffie Fugah 
West African Drum & Dance Weekend
8-1o November 2019

Nothing like an inspiring and fun couple of days with the one and only Koffie Fugah! 

Friday Night Dance

We learned a new version of Yole, many lovely dancers attended, and TV 3's "The Project" came by!

Saturday Dance

Super high energy fun rhythms to dance to, and some juicy new choreography, accompanied by the Kadodo drummers! 

Saturday DRumming

We had some new people trying out drumming and it was great to meet them and to get into some funky grooves! 

Melbourne Djembe's Visit!
27-28 September, 2019

A great time was had by all as we drummed and danced our hearts out with Mitzi McRae & Simon Lewis!
photo credit: Inspire Photography

West African Dance 

So much fun and joyous funky graceful moves! A perfect way to spend Friday night!

Drumming

The magician was at work challenging us with some new approaches and technical grooves.

Dundun Dance

Loved every minute of this workshop! Thanks to all the gorgeous dancers and drummers for coming out!

Kadodo Drum & Dance SChool, Otaki 2019

We had such a wonderful time at the Glorious Waihoanga River Lodge & Retreat Centre, deepening into the rhythms and dances with Robert Koffie Fugah (Kadodo),  Jenny Bloomfield (Moringa Dancers) and Simon Elwell (African Beats NZ).
​A great time was had by all!! 

Dun Dun Dance Free Community Workshop at Bloom!

7 February 2019
6pm - 7pm 
​Bloom Collective
​2 Colombo St, Newtown

AFrican Drum & Dance Workshop
​Whanganui

Maputo will be making a special trip north to teach the drummers and dancers in Whanganui! Get amongst it!

Rhythm & Spice African Drum
and Dance camp
with
Maputo Mensah & Robert Koffie Fugah

24-27 May, 2018
Immerse yourself in Ghanaian dance, singing and drumming with 2 inspiring talented teachers/performers and cultural ambassadors, Maputo and Koffie, at Tapu Te Ranga Marae in Island Bay, Wellington!

African DAnce with Maputo  

May 15 & 22, 2018
We were delighted to welcome an extraordinary dancer and teacher, Maputo Mensah, originally hailing from Ghana, and currently based at the University of Boulder, Colorado.
​8-9:30pm Tuesdays
22 Webb St, Mt Cook, Wellington