Classes
Thursday: Afrobeats
Minimum age: 16
- Level: Beginner/ All Levels
- Time : 19:00-20:00
- Fee: £14
Verona Patterson
Afrobeats
Biography
Verona is the Founder, Co-Director of Ignition Dance Company. IDC was set up in 2012 with a mission to use dance as a medium to help shift consciousness in space whilst helping individuals feel empowered and become the best version of themselves.
Verona is experienced in street, Contemporary, Afro- Caribbean, and Afro- Latin dance styles, however primarily focus on African and Caribbean dance styles, specifically Afrobeats ( modern social street dances from Nigeria and Ghana) and Jamaican Female Dancehall.
Having worked steadily as a Teacher, a performer since 2007, Verona’s recent credit highlights include;
Choreographer -black Sci-fi directed by Elliot Barnes for Film 4 2020
Lecturer – UEL 2019-2020
Battling for Life- Ignition Dance Company and Uk Dancehall Collective -2019
Dancer for Afrobeat Artist: Ejyki Song: ‘Onu’- 2019
Dancer for Afrobeat Artist; Sweetcorn song: -2019
Dancer for Afrobeats Artists: Eegun, song: Rain-2019
Dance Fyah Jamaica: Teaching Afrobeats in Kingston Jamaica: 2019
Urban Strides Dance Company: Teaching Afrobeats
Kingston University: Afrobeats Workshop:2018
Southampton University: Afrobeats workshop: 2018
Ricards Lodge School: Afrobeats workshop:2018
Class Description
Join Verona in her exciting, high-energy, empowering Afrobeats dance class which focuses on Modern African social dances from Nigeria, Ghana, and more!
You will learn the latest moves, grooves, and contextualized choreography encompassing feel-good African rhythms in a social dance setting.
