My name is Sarah Anindo Marshall. I go by Anindo Marshall and I'm a lecturer here at the Kaufman School of Dance USC. Currently I teach an African Dance class and I cover all parts of Africa. I cover West Africa, Central, um I'm gonna try and do even South Africa and East Africa and then I do percussion so it's basically traditional African dancing and along with it comes different drum rhythms. Along with it come different drums, different language, different songs and different meaning because in African dance we have the form of it and the function of it. There's always a reason why a dance is being done. When you come in, you don't have to be a dancer. As long as you know your right foot from your left foot, that's really what you should know. The rest comes in.
It's just like walking because some people come in there and they're really you know because sometimes dancing can make people that haven't done it quite shy. I want to remove that shyness and they said this is a safe place. No one's looking at you. Just do it. If you're going to fall flat on your face, do it here because you know we don't judge each other so this is where you learn and that's how it's learned in the village. It's handed down to generations just by you know teaching you how to walk and I'm going to teach you how to run and then I'm going to teach you how to jump and I take it from my mentor. One of my mentors is Katherine Dunham. She taught me that it's very important to have intercultural communications and also through the arts and that's how we understand each other and I feel the arts is going to make your academics better because my father always says arts and sciences go hand in hand so to be able to balance you out and get you, it releases your stress even close to finals students I find students get so stressed out.
Go to a dance class, release the stress, and you'll find it's not that much of a big deal. You're going to pass that exam..
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