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214 West Clay Street, Mebane, NC 27302Monday to Thursday: 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. · Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. · Friday and Sunday: ClosedMonday to Thursday: 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.Fall registration opens in August(919) 555-0119
Sabar Dance and DrumMebane, North Carolina
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Teens and adults

Dance with live drums

Sabar dance, taught in pieces and then danced to a drummer who answers you.

Sabar is the drum tradition of the Wolof people of Senegal, played with one hand and one stick, and its dances are made to answer it. We teach the steps slowly, then dance them to live drumming, so you learn how a dancer and a drummer talk to each other. Some beginner classes are danced to recorded music, and the schedule says which.

At a glance

  • Teens and adults

  • One hour to 75 minutes

  • Classes of up to 20

  • Main studio

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Teens in printed wrap skirts dancing in a studio as a drummer plays a hand drum at the edge of the floor

What a class is like

  1. 01

    Step 1: Warm-up

    Slow movement and stretching, with every option offered at two levels.

  2. 02

    Step 2: The basic steps

    Bounce, knee bend and arm shapes, taught in pieces and repeated until they feel easy.

  3. 03

    Step 3: A phrase to the drum

    The drummer plays the rhythm and the class links the steps into a phrase.

  4. 04

    Step 4: The circle

    The class forms a circle and each dancer may enter, dance a few counts and leave.

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Book a visit on our registration page. Come on your own; no partner is needed.

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