Umfundalai

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Local Motion Project

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Teaching Artist: Miriah Auth

Umfundalai is a contemporary African dance technique that comprises its movement vocabulary from dance traditions throughout the Diaspora. The literal word, Umfundalai, means “essential” in Kiswahili. Umfundalai seeks to articulate an essence of African-oriented movement that Umfundalai’s progenitor, Kariamu Welsh, D. Arts, describes as “an approach to movement that is wholistic, body centric and organic.”