Afro Swing Class with Live Music

Experience Afro Swing in a dance class with Maputo Afro Swing, accompanied by live drumming and music. It is made for Hong Kong time and other Asian time zones! THE CLASS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED FROM: 1. MAPUTO AFRO SWING's FB PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/MaputoAfroSwing and 2. HONG KONG SWINGS INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/hongkongswings The very talented choreographers and dancers Eugenio Macuvel and Judith Novela will be teaching, joined by Elias and Augusto Manhica playing live music. WHAT IS AFRO SWING? https://masx.org/what-is-afro-swing/ IT IS DONATION BASED so please support the artists by donating here: (suggested donation: Euro 15/US$15/ HK$115, and more if you can) https://www.gofundme.com/f/hodi-mapto-afro-swing-covid19?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet Eugênio has been a choreographer since the age of 14 and the Artistic Director of Hodi Maputo Afro Swing since the start of the company in 2014. Dancing and singing was a natural part of Eugenio's childhood. He started “Crianças da Paz” (Children of Peace) together with the Manhiça twins at the age of 12 and became the young choreographer of Wuchene at the age of 14. During his time as choreographer he has trained many of the members of Hodi Maputo Afro Swing when they were part of “Wuchene Junior”, the group he initiated to create future dancers. He has through the years put together choreographies with up to 50 dancers on stage, produced many artistic pieces on major stages and has performed and choreographed in different parts of the world such as South Africa, Sweden, China, Macau, Germany, Netherlands, France and Brazil. Judite started dancing traditional Mozambican dances in 2007 with the dance group Manemba and has since then always been on the front foot to learn new dances such as contemporary, house, swing or hip hop. She has been a dance teacher for many years and started together with Eugênio Macuvel the project Lentes Ntsutsu. Having been one of the main dancers of Hodi Maputo Afro Swing, she has performed at international stages in South Africa, Sweden, Brazil and Germany. She has also participated at Herräng Dance Camp in Sweden, worked with contemporary dance with the international choreographer Horácio Macuacua and with other international artists. In Maputo she been running Marrabenta classes for both local and international dancers and inspires everyone in the room to enjoy their hips when moving. The brothers Elias and Augusto Manhica, known as the “Gemeos Manhica” (Manhica Twins), started their first music, song and dance cultural group in 2003 called “Criancas da Paz”. They then joined the dance group “Wuchene” and later created Hodi Maputo Maputo Afro Swing Cultural Association, of which Elias is the president and organizer of the annual Maputo Afro Swing Exchange, and Augusto is the musical director and drumming instructor. They are band leaders of the music band “Banda Hodi” known and growing in popularity in Mozambique. In 2014 Elias he travelled to perform in New York at the dance festival “Frankie 100”. In 2018 the brothers traveled around the world teaching Mozambican traditional dances, Afro Swing and performing in Germany, Belgium, China, Denmark and Sweden. As well as high energy African dance and Afro Swing workshops, they will also share their mission of creating awareness of the African roots of lindy hop and its challenges, and their work in bringing Africans into the lindy hop world as teachers and social dancers, creating opportunities for professional African dancers to share their culture and expertise, and bringing lindy hop to African young people and children.