African Traditional Dance Art Troupe: A Dance Training Program for Inheriting African Culture

On Kenyatta Day, students celebrate their holidays. Joseph Odinga, 15 years old, and his 7-year-old friend went to the Kariokor Community Center in Nairobi for a dance class. This paper will introduce the dance training program of African Traditional Dance Art Troupe to help readers better understand this program.

Inheriting African traditional culture

The dance training program of African Traditional Dance Art Troupe aims to help children preserve and inherit African traditional cultural heritage. In this way, children can better understand and feel the charm of African culture.

Professional training program

The African Traditional Dance Art Troupe has set up special training programs for children to teach the skills and essence of African traditional dance. At present, 18 children are learning this dance, ranging in age from 10 to 15.

Percussion dance

Odinga is a member of the African Indigenous Research Traditional African Dance Art Troupe, focusing on percussion dance. In the dance training center, he jumped from one corner of the room to another, and the teacher patiently guided and corrected every detail.

go to the world

Odinga also had the opportunity to perform in Norway and the Netherlands. He said: "Even if I go abroad, I will take my textbooks with me to ensure that my studies will not be affected.

Maintain teamwork.

The dance training program of African Traditional Dance Art Troupe not only teaches dance skills, but also focuses on cultivating children's team spirit. In the dance training center, teachers patiently guide and correct every detail, so that children can learn from each other and grow as a team.