Afro-Latin Cultural Exchange Society

KizOwna
2023-05-19 08:00 - 2023-05-22 17:00 UTC | The Kore Dance Project, 100 - 2340 Hwy 97 North, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1X 4H8, Canada
Come join us in celebrating the first KizOwna dance conference.🚨
3 days of fun filled Kizomba workshops with and socials in the beautiful, sunny Kelowna, BC.
<<<<<<< Confirmed Instructors >>>>>>
Makedaalya Kizzy (Paris, FR)
Kristiann McCool (Kelowna, CA)
Lena Deschner (Vancouver, CA)
Jo’Seize (Goussainville, FR)
<<<<<<<< Confirmed DJs >>>>>>>>>
DJ Markus Prime (Edmonton, AB)
Dj T’SH (Vancouver, BC)
<<<<<<<<<<< Location >>>>>>>>>>
Kore Dance Studio:
2340 Hwy 97 N #100,
Kelowna, BC V1X 4H8
<<<<<<<<<<< Tickets >>>>>>>>>>>
Believers Pass: SOLD OUT
Early Bird Pass: $120+Fees (Ends Jan 15th)
Regular Pass: $135+Fees
<<<<<<<<<<< Schedule >>>>>>>>>>
TBA
<<<<<<<<<< Host Contact :?>>>>>>>>
Host: Sheida AKA Shades Dash
Contact: sheida.dash@gmail.com

Victoria International Kizomba Festival 4th Edition
2023-04-06 - 2023-04-10 | Victoria Convention Centre, 720 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3M7, Canada
Welcome to the Victoria International Kizomba Festival, APOCALYPSE EDITION!!
What to expect?? Locally and Internationally renowned instructors, teaching Semba, Kizomba, Urban Kiz, Tarraxinha, Tarraxo, Douceur, Afro Beat, Afro House, Kuduro and More!
ALL IN ONE:
Over 27.000 square feet of space
3 ROOMS: Kizomba room, Urban Kiz room, Social room
After Party Room: dancing goes to 7am with Douceur, Tarraxinha, and Sweet Kiz
VIKF 4th Edition is offering you:
*4 days of workshops
*3 day-time socials
*4 nights of dancing
*3 afterparties until 7am
*15 hours + of workshops
*40 hours + of dancing
* 2 educational sessions of Cultural Aspect of African dances
* 1 Gala Night of celebration of Multiculturalism, Diversity, the Arts including performances and fashion shows by African Designers
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This 4-day festival has some free components offered to the general public as well as some activities with a minimal cost (to be announced at a later date)
ARTISTS CONFIRMED TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
15+ Taxi dancers
20+ International Special Guests
HOTEL DEALS: WE HAVE 4 PREMIUMS HOTELS TO HOST YOU.
Follow us on Facebook for up-to-date announcements!
IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you are no longer able to join, you can transfer your pass to another participant without any fee, transfer your pass to the next edition, or ask for a refund within 15 days after the event.
You must be 18+ to attend this event.
Click the “Going” tab on Facebook to receive notifications about line-up updates and any useful information regarding this event.
By purchasing the pass, you grant the photographer, videographer, the Organization and its partners/sponsors the permission to use your image in any and all forms of media for commercial purposes, advertising, and promotion.
COVID-19 Clause: This event may be postponed or cancelled by the Organizer due to the Covid19 pandemic or any other resulting event related to the instructions of the federal government of Canada and the BC provincial government. In such case, the buyer can ask for a full refund.

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
2023-03-21 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Online Event
The International Day for the Elimination of Racism and Discrimination (IDERD) (March 21) is an opportunity to reflect on the progress made to address racial discrimination to date, it is also a time to re-commit ourselves to the continued efforts to eliminate discrimination, injustice and racism. The goal remains to ensure that we live in a world where everyone is respected and has equal access and opportunity to safety and to the tools they need to succeed.
#DiversityIsOurStrength #LaDiversiteEstNotreForce #FightRacism #NonAuRacisme
Details to come.
This event is sponsored by the Government of Canada.

African Connections: Semba Workshop
2023-02-11 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | German Hall, 71 Caledonia Avenue, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Taught by Edson Monteiro

Location: German Cultural Centre, 71 Caledonia, Nanaimo

February 11th, 2023, 3:00PM

Ticket: $35

Edson Monteiro (aka Eddy) will offer Semba class and movement as it is done in Angola, Kizomba’s birthplace! Semba is tradition, it is Angolan people and their culture. This dance is much older than Kizomba and actually, Kizomba comes from Semba but was transformed and influenced by other rhythms such as Zouk from the Antilles.

That is why one can not talk about Kizomba without the Semba and because of that here we have the mother of all, the Semba as people do in Angola. One can not waste this opportunity to feel in the body all that fluidity and musicality.

Victoria Kizomba Social: Winter Series
2023-01-28 20:30 - 2023-01-29 00:30 UTC | Ukranian Cultural Centre, 3277 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8Z 3K9, Canada
Another Season, another series of kizomba events coming up. Join the island vibe this Saturday. Great music, great energy, great atmosphere.
Urban Kiz class starts at 8:30pm, followed by the night social.
Cover: $10, cash only.
“Dance with your hearth. your feet will follow”

Victoria Kizomba Social: Winter Series 2
2023-01-13 20:30 - 2023-01-14 00:30 UTC | Ukranian Cultural Centre, 3277 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8Z 3K9, Canada
Another Season, another series of kizomba events coming up.
Join the island vibe this Friday. Great music, great energy, great atmosphere.
Urban Kiz class starts at 8:30pm, followed by the night social.
Cover: $10, cash only.
“Dance with your hearth. your feet will follow”

Improvers Workshop: Adaptive Dancing
2022-12-03 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | Method Studio, 841 Fisgard Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 1R9, Canada
𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁? Kizomba is a partner dance, and although there is a lot of technique and personality each person can bring, the magic happens through connection. Fostering connection is communication through movement and energy, and if each person doesn’t speak the same dialect it can be difficult.
Many classes and workshops teach style specific rules, patterns, and lead driven partner work. This vocabulary is important, but when it’s taught, it often assumes the participants have the fundamental skills needed to know how and when to use the material. This class is aimed at helping both leads and follows understand and apply Kizomba fundamentals universal to all styles of Kizomba, fundamentals that are specific to only certain styles, and how to consider the rest as options rather than rules.
Adaptive skills are often viewed as follow skills, some consider it the follows ‘responsibility’ to match the lead. BUT a good dance happens when both parties understand and work with each other to create the dance. A well rounded lead, the one all the follows want to dance with, has these skills.
𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀: This workshop is aimed at kizombeiros that have:

social dancing experience
taken workshops or classes beyond the – introductory beginner level
an understanding of the differences between styles of Kizomba

*All of the activities planned for the workshop are not lead or follow specific, there will be partner work, but we will be switching roles, so that everyone can understand each side.
* Limited spots for individual focus

Kizomba Practica Thursdays
2022-12-01 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Vancouver) | Ukranian Cultural Centre, 3277 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8Z 3K9, Canada
Join us every Thursday for Kizomba/Urbankiz classes.
Intermediate 7:30PM-8:15pm Beginner 8:15pm-9:00pm Practica until 10:30pm
Class only: $10
Class & Practica: $15 or $10 for university students w/ID
Practice only $10
Classes will be provided by your local Instructor (David Lamine) and assistants (Robyn, Becky) and occasionally by some out of town and International Instructors.
Please help to spread the word and let’s continue to build this beautiful community ✨💗✨

Vancouver Island Afro Latin Dance Experience
2022-09-30 12:00 - 2022-10-02 18:00 UTC | Centennial Square, 1 Centennial Square, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 1P5, Canada
Victoria’s biggest Afro-Latin event is back. From September 30th to October 2nd, 2022, get ready for the Vancouver Island Afro-Latin Dance Experience like never experienced before.
This mini festival offers an outdoor event with free activities dedicated to the Afro and Latin dance communities in Victoria, BC. It is open to the general public and to all ages.
The first portion of the event will be held at Centennial Square, Victoria City Hall on Saturday, October 1st from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Programming:
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm: set up/meet artists/live concert
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm: live concert (B Kenyan and group) 1st part
1:45 pm to 2:30 pm: speaker presentation (speakers will be on site to take questions)
2:30 pm to 3:00 pm: Zambia House Performance
3:00 pm to 3:30 pm: Ghozt Walka Performance
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm: Live Concert (B Kenyan) 2nd part
4:00 pm to 4:30 pm: Exhibition Class
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm: DJ Sets (DJ Gaz & DJ Aquarius)
Performances:
Live concert from B Kenyan (from Vancouver)
Performance from the Zambia House band (from Vancouver)
Performance from Ghozt Walka (from Victoria)
Exhibitions Classes provided by:
Freezy Bruce (from Victoria)
Elvis Amisi (from Ottawa)
DJ Sets from:
DJ Gaz (from Vancouver)
DJ Aquarius (from Ottawa)
Guest speakers will present on cultural aspects and origins of Afro-Caribbean dances, and migration of Kizomba across the globe. They will also provide workshops on systemic racism, multiculturalism, cultural exchange, community building, and the impact of Covid-19 on our communities.
Guests speakers are:
Chris Kizomba (from Los Angeles, USA)
Pr Moustapha Fall (Professor at UVIC)
The indoor portion of the Vancouver Island Afro Latin Dance Experience will be held at the Method Studio, 841 Fisgard St, Victoria, BC V8W 1R9
Activities are structured as follows:
Friday, September 30th:
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Educational Workshops
9:00 pm – 2:00 am: Party
Saturday, October 1st:
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Educational Workshops
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: BREAK
9:00 pm – 2:00 am: Party
Sunday, October 2nd:
1:00 pm-3:30 pm: Workshops
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Day Social
Artists Confirmed:
TIN MAN (Urban Kiz, New York, USA)
ELVIS (Kizomba, Ottawa, Canada)
DAVID LAMINE (Fusion, Victoria – Canada)
DJ Aquarius Jones (Ottawa, Canada)
DJ Gaz (Vancouver, Canada)
AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED

Fall Kizomba Social
2022-09-24 20:30 - 2022-09-25 00:30 UTC | Ukranian Cultural Centre, 3277 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8Z 3K9, Canada
Join us for fall Kizomba events in Victoria!
Join the Island vibe. Great music, great energy, great atmosphere.
We offer workshops before the night social to increase cultural awareness, address anti-racism and anti-discrimination, and to promote diversity, multiculturalism, and social inclusion.

Upendo 3: The Final Chapter
2022-09-02 19:30 - 2022-09-04 19:30 UTC | BCDance, 877 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Zambia House Presents…
Upendo 3: The Final Chapter
We could have sworn the sequel was the last one but the vibes were so strong and I think things come better in 3’s. So here it is, the trilogy, the final chapter.
If you know, you know, if you don’t know come find out.
“A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.” ⁠— Chinua Achebe
Let’s get together and learn, eat, and dance together! The instruction for this edition will come from Julz (Montréal), Jurcic (Quebec), and Freezy (Victoria).
We will have 8+ hours of instruction and 10+ hours of social dancing with music from;
DJ JC Stripes (Quebec), DJ Wu Li (Vancouver), and DJ Gaz TKB (Lusaka).
Friday social is downtown at BC Dance. Everything else is in the Fraser Valley at a venue to be given to workshop attendees.
Upendo Lite Pass : $40

2 Hour Workshl>op
Friday Social Vancouver
Saturday Social (Langley)

Full Pass: $150

8+ Hours of Workshops
All 3 Socials
Sunday BBQ
Q & A

NB: Both are bundles, there is not an option for just 1 activity.
For tickets and accommodation options if you’re not local please get in touch with Jitebe.

Summer Kizomba Social
2022-07-30 20:30 - 2022-07-31 00:30 UTC | Ukranian Cultural Centre, 3277 Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8Z 3K9, Canada
Summer kizomba events are on!
Join the Island vibe. Great music, great energy, great atmosphere.
We offer workshops before the night social to increase cultural awareness, address anti-racism and anti-discrimination, and to promote diversity, multiculturalism, and social inclusion.
