GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Denison University Department of Dance is offering a class in Contemporary/African Fusional Dance. This 90 minute movement class, taught by Celia Weiss Bambara, a dance artist and scholar of African dance forms, will take place between 4:30 and 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, in the Doane Dance Upper Studio (231 W. College Street).

Bambara, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago, will focus on fusions or mixes of modern/contemporary dance and African-based dance. The class will include a contemporary and modern warm-up that will challenge students to work on leg extensions, the core and hip flexibility, as well as an African based section, which will focus on isolations drawn from a variety of movement practices. Also included will be across-the-floor combinations, jumps, improvisation and choreography.

All levels of experience welcome, and no experience is needed. This class is free and open to the public.

For more information, or to reserve a place, please e-mail Susan Kosling at koslings@denison.edu

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,050 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in research, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

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CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville — A class in Contemporary/African Fusional Dance will be offered from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, in the Doane Dance Upper Studio (231 W. College Street). The class is free and open to the public. E-mail koslings@denison.edu for more information.