To attend the AfroFunk Hip Hop dance class, please come right at 7 p.m. and experience Akim Funk Buddha's holistic approach to hip hop as he incorporates elements of Body Popping & waving to tradition Zulu dance sensibilities. The class will be taught using Afro beat, Funk and Hip Hop classics. This class is open to everyone of all ages and skill levels

Akim Funk Buddha creates borderless performance art, fusing sounds and movements. An avid world traveler and self-described old-school B-boy MC, he is known for his holistic approach to hip-hop, drawing from a full spectrum of cultural traditions and artistic disciplines. The Flying Boom Box is a story about a young hip-hop artist who by chance discovers that by manipulating the electric-magnetic field of sound waves from his tape deck, he can navigate himself to various countries and time periods. The program features 10 musicians and styles of dance ranging from South African gum boot, Japanese and Balinese traditional to the urban styles of break dancing, body popping, vogue and the hottest new re-emerging dance called “Waaking” (think the ’70s as seen on Soul Train).

Organic Magnetics is a theater arts laboratory that binds creativity and sustainability, inspiring collaboration across cultures and art forms. Director Maija Garcia fuses a contemporary style inspired by Afro-Latin rhythms, with yoga, martial arts and theater dynamics. The company integrates movement, sound, visual art and design to produce site-specific performances, installations and workshops. Organic Magnetics transforms the creative process into urban folklore for the future. The company will perform YaYa Dreams, A Future, a kaleidoscopic experience of the modern world as viewed through the eyes of a child who dares to imagine his future. Through a series of visions and soundscapes, with live music composed and performed by Monk and Hamilton, YaYa forges a way into alternate realms by interacting with the people, places and possibilities that come to life in his dreams.