Caribbean Dance Workshop with Maila Sylla

Adult Group Class / Dance Program

Join us for Women's Month with vibrant Afro-Caribbean dance! Experience West Indies, soca, afro fusion, and African folk styles. Emphasizing grace, feminine energy, coordination, and body awareness. Paying tribute to Josephine Baker, Angel Kaba, Pearl Primus, Katherine Dunham. Featuring live drumming!

For over 20 years, Mama Maila has been building and uplifting communities through dance, music, and tradition. A performer, educator, and choreographer, she continues the powerful legacy of her parents, Aissatou Bey and Raymond Sylla, pioneers of African drumming and dance in America. Her journey has taken her from Chicago to Dakar, Senegal, where she trained with the Joe Kololi Ballet, deepening her connection to the art form.

Mama Maila has been a beloved faculty member at Old Town School teaching extensively through the Community Ventures Program.

Grouped with: African / Global Traditions / Latin