Step Afrika!: Dance Company in New York

About Step Afrika!

Step Afrika! is a nonprofit dance company centered on the African American practice of stepping, shaped by touring, residencies, and workshop-based education. Their work blends the percussive vocabulary of stepping with elements drawn from South African gumboot dance, using the body as an instrument. In New York City they appear at The Joyce Theater, including “Step Afrika!: The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence,” created in dialogue with Lawrence’s visual narratives. The performances tend to favor rhythmic precision and structure over spectacle.