University of Guelph-Humber

Celebrate the final day of Black History Month with music and dance! Join us for a lunctime dance workshop featuring various styles from the African Diaspora, including soca, dancehall, and afro styles. This event will be led by Guelph-based dance instructors Kween from The Kween Company and Binty from Afro-Tribal Dance.

This event will be held virtually.

Who can attend?

This event is open to all students, staff, and faculty in the U of G and UofGH Community.

Cost to participant: FREE

Who can I register?

Participants are welcome to RSVP by February 28th at 9:00am. The meeting link will be emailed to you prior to the start of the event.

Note: you must register with your @uoguelph.ca or @guelphhumber.ca email address to gain access to the event. If you do not yet have a Zoom account connected to this email address, you can create one for free at zoom.us.

What should I bring?

Please bring a water bottle and wear comfortable clothing.

This event is part of the University of Guelph’s Black History Month 2022 Programming hosted by the Cultural Diversity Office and Guelph Black Students’ Association. If you have questions about this or any of our other programs for the month, please contact us at cultural.diversity@uoguelph.ca.

About the Facilitators

Kween

Thadinadonnih (Guelph) born and raised, University of Guelph Alumni, Valedictorian from the Randolph Academy for Performing Arts, Kween is a Black settler living out her passions. She is a dancer, teacher, actor, choreographer, director, producer, advocate, curator, marketing/social media guru, TedX International Speaker and co-contributing Author to 100 Women of Inspiration and The Stage Light Flickers. 

Kween is the CEO and owner of The Kween Company and Co-owns The Heels Academy. Kween is the leader of Solidarity March in Support of BLM in 2020 and the Executive Director and Social Justice Initiatives Coordinator for Guelph Black Heritage Society. Kween is also host and community producer on Rogers Channel 20 with “Diverse and Converse”, a BIPOC panel discussion. 

Kween held a Residency with Guelph Dance in 2020/2021, currently holds the title Woman of the Year 2020, nominee for RBC Women of Influence 2021, and Women of Inspiration 2021 Finalist.

You can learn more about Kween at www.thekweencompany.com.

Socials: Instagram/Facebook - @thekweencompany/@theheelsacademy/@kween.of.kweenz/@guelphblackheritage

Binty

Hello my name is Binty Koroma and I'm a mother of 3 beautiful children. I am the co-founder of Afro-Tribal dance where I teach African dancing to the public. Afro-Tribal Dance is a not-for-profit organization. Our purpose is to help families in Africa. Through humanitarian assistance and our African dance classes, we hope to help these families by collecting non-perishable food items, clothes, school supplies, hygiene products, and baby supplies. I plan to make the world a better place!

Socials: Instagram - @afrotribal/@bintykoroma, Facebook - @afrotribaldance