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About Us
We drum. We dance. We frolic at garden retreats.
YOU CAN TOO!!
Gary, Duke, Debbie, Chris, Michael, and Afia
at the beautiful Mana Lea Gardens on the island of
Maui, Hawaii. One of the many beautiful places that we
lead drum and dance workshops with kindred spirits,
groove enthusiasts, and aficionados of dance.
Debbie Nargi-Brown, MA
Program coordinator, dancer, choreographer,
vocalist, teacher, facilitator
Debbie Nargi-Brown is an alluring and gifted dance teacher who has been
teaching African Inspired Dance Classes for over 15 years in Santa Cruz, in
surrounding areas, and at exotic retreats. She regularly produces and facilitates
drum and dance events in California, Hawaii, Canada, and Europe. With her
broad background in several dance forms, she is acclaimed for her abilities in
the dance forms of West Africa, Brazil, the Congo, Cuba, Trinidad, and Haiti
to name a few. Students can experience traditional dances that she has learned
from touring master dancers in California as well as from her travels in Africa.
They can also groove to her lyrical, funky, or interpretive styles of dance with
scintillating African, Caribbean, and Brazilian influences and all to the driving
rhythms of her talented drummers and co-facilitators.
As a unique specialist in movement, rhythm, and teaching, Debbie relies heavily
upon dancing, singing, and the creation of a safe place to ignite joy, passion,
and a profound sense of community in all of her workshops and classes. There is
always an abiding respect for the cultures from which many of the dances and songs
originate. She embraces and embodies the healing and sacredness of the songs,
dances, and the people who have been her teachers.
Debbie's nurturing approach to dance allows her students to feel comfortable at
their own level of dance, to be smoothly in their bodies, and to feel the satisfaction
of dancing with others. She encourages expression from within while drawing upon
a connection to levels and powers greater than ourselves. This has resulted of
an incredible network of dancers, drummers, and a tightly knit community that
continues to grow and flourish beyond the bounds of Santa Cruz and with people of wide
and diverse life experiences.
We invite you to come to the
Thursday Night Dance Class
or to a
Drum & Dance Retreat
and see for yourself!!
Drum'N'dancE
You will probably be fundamentally changed with the
exhilaration of drumming and dancing!
You will definitely come back!!!