This is the sign-up form for the Bank of America Arts Showcase performance of Five Days with Step Afrika. Once your registration is received, you will receive a confirmation email. You will then be contacted by the PPAC education team with information regarding your registration.

***(Please note this is a 5-day experience and the artists have created with the intent of the videos being accessed in numerical order.)

Five Days with Step Afrika: Viewing dates for this performance are February 1 – 12, 2021. This is a 5-day experience.

Step Afrika! is the world’s first professional company dedicated to the tradition of stepping—a polyrhythmic, percussive dance form that uses the body as an instrument.  Based on Step Afrika’s award-winning arts education programs and more than twenty-five years of performing and teaching students, the Company has created Five Days with Step Afrika! to support the academic environment as well as the challenges of virtual learning.  

Videos include:
1. Day One: “What is Stepping?” introductory video and educational guide highlighting the history of stepping. (Video is11:30 in length)
2. Day Two: “The Performance, Act 1” condensed first half of standard Step Afrika! performance for viewing in classroom setting. (19:29)
3. Day Three: “The Performance, Act 2” condensed second half of standard Step Afrika! performance for viewing in classroom setting. (17:19)
4. Day Four: “Stepping with Step Afrika!” stepping tutorial (12:39) #StepAfrika – The company would love to see your students dancing!
5. Day Five: “Meet the Artists of Step Afrika!” for students. This pre-recorded session will feature the artists answering pre-selected questions that allow students to learn more about their lives as college graduates and artists who travel across the globe. (8:54)

Suggested for Grades 3 – 8

Curriculum Connections: Fine Arts, World Geography/Culture, Music, Dance, Social and Emotional Developmen