I’m almost 70 years old and I have lost 8 stone 5 pounds and at my goal for almost 3 years I have osteoarthritis and osteoporosis and I was in a wheelchair and now I walk miles and workout every day. This dance class is my favourite I love it it’s absolutely brilliant thank you so much Rujeko
Hey! I'm 30 and have osteonecrosis in my hips and knees and probably more joints. I was wondering how this affects (if it does) your knees? I see there's a slight bend in the knee and occasional squats here. I was wondering if you're able to take that strain? I'm on a wheelchair too, but I hope to start this when i recover, whenever that may be (or if lol hopefully)
I'm nearly 70 and haven't been dancing in about 10 years, though I did African dances from West Africa in my 30s. I started this and can only do 5 minutes before I'm breathing heavily. But I'll be doing it until I can do the whole routine. Love this, love your teaching methodology, and if I were still dancing, I'd dance over to the drummer and touch the ground in tribute. Ashe. Thank you for this. Perfection.
I am 63 yrs old and I am going to start💃dancing African.. I love it... you and the talented young man playing the congas..I am Spanish so I still have some hip actions..thank you for helping and sharing your Beautiful culture with us. To be continued..God bless you all..PS...THE TWO YOUNG GUYS WERE PRETTY GREAT..YOU HAVE A GREAT TEACHER..❤🎶🎵🥁
She is so cute and has the most beautiful giggle 😃 I will definitely include this routine into my exercise... and the drum guy is so happy to see her dancing African style! ❤
You are a true teacher because you break down the steps slowly and then speed them up. I just went on a Salsa dance site that said it was beginner, but the instructor just assumed you knew how to do all the steps and then sped them up. Not good! So thank you! Fun dance...looking forward to more.
Thank you very much beautiful Lady 🌹 The energy of the sun and nature comes from you! I really love African culture and God willing, I will learn to perform the dances of the peoples of Great Africa🌹With love from Moscow🇷🇺🌹🤗
I am a teacher and this video is by far my favorite for teaching kids simple African Dance movements. The clock analogy is priceless with helping them keep the beat, remembering the clock and telling time but most importantly....having fun learning African Dance.
Thank you. Excellent. i got to experience african dance as an 18 year old and have returned as a 62 year old. Have been unsure what areas of dance I learned. This is close...I remember many flat footed, flat hand pushing type movements
Oh my goodness, this was so much fun! I can't believe I am sweating within five minutes! Love, love, love this segments, thank you so very much for posting them. I am a HUGE fan, and you have a great personality which makes these lessons fun! Please keep them coming!
I love this dance I am from India. I think this is my best dance I am going to do exercise in your dance. I think this young lady has done a great job for us. Thank you my dear for giving us an idea of this African dance.may God bless you.❤️❤️❤️
The clock is a brilliant idea to make the moves and dance easier. I can use the clock for teaching time to my students and also having fun. You are such an amazing teacher. Would love to be your student for learning any dance. Thank you!
At uni a white former classical ballerina got into African/Cuban type dance and gathered a troup of dancers who loved all these African inspired rhythms and just watching them enjoy dancing and all these unusual rhythms got me hooked too, and when invited to join in, I jumped at the opportunity. I had never experienced anything like this before. It felt like a nature force owns and commands your body, not you or your mind and the rhythm tells it what move to do next. It is very liberating, emotionally and, of course, keeps you very fit. I would have done it forever but, sadly, that troupe wandered around a lot and soon moved on. And there was nowhere to do this sort of dancing. With dance, I thought no you really do need to feel inspired and motivated by the music. Some dance music is just so boring and uninspiring. It needs a good rhythm, some sort of grace or excitement etc, whether it be fast or slow, traditional or modern. African music has very good rhythms and actually is the basis for our western rock style music, with its distinctive driving beat. I think it hot in via the earlier negro blues musicians descended from Africa, which then gave us jazz which eventually gave us the basis for earlier rock music styles. And, listening to some African music, I was surprised and how it sometimes sounded like our western jazz and rock styles,even though it was traditional African folkloric style music. It sounded strangely and pleasantly modern, though the songs and dances were very old ones passed down through tr ibal generations.
Awesome African sauce!!!! LOL This was so much fun. I love the light hearted attitude of the instructor when she misses a step, she moves on without missing a beat on teaching.
Thank you SO much! I have a learning difficulty & everything about your dance video is a great help: the visual clock, your vocal direction of 'left to 6 ...etc'. & the two camera view are amazing! Best wishes to you.
Think my phone can read my mind. I saw this video about 2 or more years ago and wanted to recreate it, for a long time for the children. Low and behold, here it is. I can't believe it. Guess what, I'm saving it this time. Thank you very much. 😍
Thank you so much for making this. My husband and I just did this and it was a great way to start with the basics with your wonderful energy and clear guidance. Great fun - we’re off!,, 🙏🦋
Hace algún tiempo en un video sobre un baile afroperuano llamado "Festejo" un señor comentó diciendo que siendo él africano consideraba nuestro baile muy tradicional, ahora viendo este tutorial veo que en efecto hemos podido conservar la esencia de sus ritmos con casi los mismos pasos, la alegría (y el cansancio porque es muy bueno para hacer ejercicios😝); me alegra mucho que a pesar de la distancia, siglos e historia podamos compartir esta herencia cultural tan bonita. Saludos desde Perú🤗
I just discovered you...You are just wonderful, congratulations! I love not only your wonderful system with the clock, which allows to follow you easier but your charming smile and clear way to explain the steps! Congratulations to your companions and to the percussionist! Thank your for sharing!
It is awesome ma'am.. I am from India working as a teacher. I wanted to introduce African dance to my students. This video is really helpful for me. I promise in next annual day, I will present the same. Thanks a lot..
Thank you! I had sooo much fun! I love your clock method. Simplifies it so there is more time spent on learning in fun than any pre-thoughts of not being able to dance African dance, but we all know the clock. Even the dancer in your background in the white shirt could keep up with your clock method. You remind me of Viola Davis, Strong, Dark, and Lovely~
That was amazing. Thank you so much for sharing that was beautiful. I love your energy and thank you so much for making it so easy and understandable and I just absolutely love the culture and the respect behind it is absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing your love and your light! Nothing but love! God bless you!
I'm generally not into dancing, it feels uncomfortable. However, this was great and fun. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, Rujeko. Hearts to you. :)
I LOVE the sound of this drum!! Especially the deep base! I had to keep look to see if it was really coming for it cuz it’s not too big but apparently that doesn’t matter. Anyway excellent video! Very easy to follow!
Hey Lisa, I'm so glad this dance makes you happy. Girrrl, I tell all the ladies in my family, "shake what your mama gave ya," so you go ahead and do your thing baby... Be safe.. Peace
Loved this video. I could do all of the moves w/o instruction just by watching, however its nice to see it broken down with a clock as an metaphoric example.
What a great exercise routine!!! I'm old enough that I would make it more than 2 minutes into the dance before I collapsed, but what fun! I love it! Thank you!!
I LOVE IT!!!!!! One of my extracurriculars was AFRICAN DANCE and this is exactly how I trained a long time ago back in my academic school days at St. Augustine's. BRAVO GIRL Thumbs Up!!!!
I’m almost 70 years old and I have lost 8 stone 5 pounds and at my goal for almost 3 years I have osteoarthritis and osteoporosis and I was in a wheelchair and now I walk miles and workout every day. This dance class is my favourite I love it it’s absolutely brilliant thank you so much Rujeko
Amazing!! I wanna try!
Wow! Inspirational.🙏🏻
Tell us your story, diagnosis, how you started.
That’s fantastic Thomas! 🎉🎖️
Hey! I'm 30 and have osteonecrosis in my hips and knees and probably more joints. I was wondering how this affects (if it does) your knees? I see there's a slight bend in the knee and occasional squats here. I was wondering if you're able to take that strain? I'm on a wheelchair too, but I hope to start this when i recover, whenever that may be (or if lol hopefully)
Her personality is so fun and bubbly you can’t help but have fun when you follow along! She’s a great teacher and I wish we could be friends!
I love how she uses an imaginary clock to keep everyone in step. Fantastic tutorial!💯🙏🏼👑🌺💎👠💕
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Yes, very helpful
She's a good teacher.
I have a lot of fun with she so kute
That clock drawing really helps trainees learn easy. good job, good instructor.
She is lovely and great! Her enthusiasm is contagious and inspiring
I'm nearly 70 and haven't been dancing in about 10 years, though I did African dances from West Africa in my 30s. I started this and can only do 5 minutes before I'm breathing heavily. But I'll be doing it until I can do the whole routine. Love this, love your teaching methodology, and if I were still dancing, I'd dance over to the drummer and touch the ground in tribute. Ashe. Thank you for this. Perfection.
I just would like to appreciate that man who is beautifully beating the drum for us
For real!!!
Appreciate means...? No need to explain.
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Looks like so much fun!
SOOO TRUEEE
I am 63 yrs old and I am going to start💃dancing African.. I love it... you and the talented young man playing the congas..I am Spanish so I still have some hip actions..thank you for helping and sharing your Beautiful culture with us. To be continued..God bless you all..PS...THE TWO YOUNG GUYS WERE PRETTY GREAT..YOU HAVE A GREAT TEACHER..❤🎶🎵🥁
Great teacher, great attitude, great method👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾. I really enjoyed watching you all!
I am 13 years old.I have been watching you doing the African dance but I tried to keep up.Finally I got it and I say thanks for your help.
The student in black is enjoying it and the other student is still learning. Rujeko is a great teacher.
She is so cute and has the most beautiful giggle 😃 I will definitely include this routine into my exercise... and the drum guy is so happy to see her dancing African style! ❤
You are fabulous, Rujeko! Your personality radiates joy. And this rhythm is simply intoxicating.
You are a true teacher because you break down the steps slowly and then speed them up. I just went on a Salsa dance site that said it was beginner, but the instructor just assumed you knew how to do all the steps and then sped them up. Not good! So thank you! Fun dance...looking forward to more.
i knew i always appreciated the african culture.. the clock format is genius.
I need the, "clock format", myself.. lol..
Peace
How do I find you? I try looking on Facebook for you I want to know you ♥️🌹
Yea, I like that, too!
This is not African this is Zimbabwe dance. Africa is a big place.
@@ixtyl619xur2 its not even Zimbabwean.... but its West African.... she didn't even do moves from Zimbabwe, like Shona dances, ndebele, kalanga...
I just came across this video, 11 years after it was posted! It made me smile and feel joyful just watching. Can't wait to give it a go!!!
I LOVE this video! African dance is NOT easy to do, you need to be fit to do this. It's beautiful. Love from Amanda in Australia ❤️
Girl, you we’re having big fun. I had to sit and watch, smiling the entire time.
Now, I will rewind and participate
Magnificent! Too late to start now but tomorrow for sure. Love that clock system. So original and so chic.
Great lesson and lovely people.
I really enjoyed the teaching on the African clock. Thanks for teaching me something new that I could do. It was fun.
Rujeko I enjoyed so much . Please keep teaching us in this simple way. God bless u. 😊🙏
Thank you very much beautiful Lady 🌹 The energy of the sun and nature comes from you!
I really love African culture and God willing, I will learn to perform the dances of the peoples of Great Africa🌹With love from Moscow🇷🇺🌹🤗
I am a teacher and this video is by far my favorite for teaching kids simple African Dance movements. The clock analogy is priceless with helping them keep the beat, remembering the clock and telling time but most importantly....having fun learning African Dance.
She’s adorable 😍. Full of energy and very charismatic. Great fitness for the body and soul. Thank you, Mercy Beaucop, Gracias ☺️ 🙏🏻 😊
Wow... You make it easy girl. Excellent drummer and the best students...
this is so much fun to watch. And the teacher is so full of energy and happyness. Great job!
This is THE easiest way of teaching I have ever seen...Hats of to you maam..
Rujeko you are a marvelous teacher!! This is the first time I am seeing this video. WONDERFUL!!! Thank you so very much for sharing. Be Blessed.
Thank you. Excellent. i got to experience african dance as an 18 year old and have returned as a 62 year old. Have been unsure what areas of dance I learned. This is close...I remember many flat footed, flat hand pushing type movements
I never would be the person to get up and start damcing along but i did, great video, great energy and great way of teaching too
I like how she uses the clock for direction and placement. Great job!
I like the way she speaks and especially her laughter :D
I have so much fun with these classes. Thank you from USA
OMG.. you are so full of laughter, joy and positivity..
I love you.. stay blessed 🙏❤️
Beautiful and talented lady. Thank you for being such a good teacher! I truly enjoyed this.
The guy in the black is really doing good. He's totally on the beat and got the moves😘😘😘
The best way to learn this dance🎉Thank you so much🙏
Back up guy on with the bare feet in black was really on the beat the whole time. Impressive
that wasso much fun! The clock idea makes everything so much easier. RUJEKO YOU ARE A GREAT INSTRUCTOR, THANK YOU!
Oh my goodness, this was so much fun! I can't believe I am sweating within five minutes! Love, love, love this segments, thank you so very much for posting them. I am a HUGE fan, and you have a great personality which makes these lessons fun! Please keep them coming!
The guys doing the hip moves at the end was so adorable! Great tutorial!
This is going to be my dance workout for today 👍😀
Amazing teacher with amazing energy !
Cheers to you , fellow backup dancers and the Guy playing the instrument ❤️
Omg I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THAT!! You are gorgeous and the drummer, sublime! Thanks students ❤ from Australia
I am so glad I came across this. Good, fun exercise. Rujeko, I love your energy.
I was smiling throughout......
That lady is oozing positively.
Music too.... Excellent
Both the guys were a good support
Great work 🙂👍
Fabulous! I love the real moves and her step-wise, understandable way of teaching them. More, please!
Omggg...I lived this vid. I smiled throughout the vid. I love her energy! ❤️❤️
I love this dance
I am from India. I think this is my best dance I am going to do exercise in your dance. I think this young lady has done a great job for us. Thank you my dear for giving us an idea of this African dance.may God bless you.❤️❤️❤️
That was the cutest thing I've ever seen. I love her personality!
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The clock is a brilliant idea to make the moves and dance easier. I can use the clock for teaching time to my students and also having fun. You are such an amazing teacher. Would love to be your student for learning any dance. Thank you!
At uni a white former classical ballerina got into African/Cuban type dance and gathered a troup of dancers who loved all these African inspired rhythms and just watching them enjoy dancing and all these unusual rhythms got me hooked too, and when invited to join in, I jumped at the opportunity. I had never experienced anything like this before. It felt like a nature force owns and commands your body, not you or your mind and the rhythm tells it what move to do next. It is very liberating, emotionally and, of course, keeps you very fit. I would have done it forever but, sadly, that troupe wandered around a lot and soon moved on. And there was nowhere to do this sort of dancing. With dance, I thought no you really do need to feel inspired and motivated by the music. Some dance music is just so boring and uninspiring. It needs a good rhythm, some sort of grace or excitement etc, whether it be fast or slow, traditional or modern. African music has very good rhythms and actually is the basis for our western rock style music, with its distinctive driving beat. I think it hot in via the earlier negro blues musicians descended from Africa, which then gave us jazz which eventually gave us the basis for earlier rock music styles. And, listening to some African music, I was surprised and how it sometimes sounded like our western jazz and rock styles,even though it was traditional African folkloric style music. It sounded strangely and pleasantly modern, though the songs and dances were very old ones passed down through tr ibal generations.
Awesome African sauce!!!! LOL This was so much fun. I love the light hearted attitude of the instructor when she misses a step, she moves on without missing a beat on teaching.
Thank you so much! Great teacher. I was able to learn it because you go slow and repeat often. Really enjoyed it!
My granddaughter found this channel and I loved it. Just wish it was longer. Have to find more!
Thank you SO much!
I have a learning difficulty & everything about your dance video is a great help: the visual clock, your vocal direction of 'left to 6 ...etc'. & the two camera view are amazing!
Best wishes to you.
I love your energy! I was smiling throughout the video
Look these people were born dancing. They have shake, rhythm, beat and everything.
Sign me up, this looks like so much fun! I love the instructor’s energy 💖💖
I love african music so much. The beat is awesome
Think my phone can read my mind. I saw this video about 2 or more years ago and wanted to recreate it, for a long time for the children. Low and behold, here it is. I can't believe it.
Guess what, I'm saving it this time.
Thank you very much. 😍
Thank you so much for making this. My husband and I just did this and it was a great way to start with the basics with your wonderful energy and clear guidance. Great fun - we’re off!,, 🙏🦋
Loved the use of the clock. Made it so much easier then left and right. :)
Hace algún tiempo en un video sobre un baile afroperuano llamado "Festejo" un señor comentó diciendo que siendo él africano consideraba nuestro baile muy tradicional, ahora viendo este tutorial veo que en efecto hemos podido conservar la esencia de sus ritmos con casi los mismos pasos, la alegría (y el cansancio porque es muy bueno para hacer ejercicios😝); me alegra mucho que a pesar de la distancia, siglos e historia podamos compartir esta herencia cultural tan bonita. Saludos desde Perú🤗
My boyfriend likes watching me dance. I love it! Its so fun, thank you
love dancing because it makes you feel like this woman - spirited...uplifted...happy :)
Nice. And wonderful teaching
I just discovered you...You are just wonderful, congratulations! I love not only your wonderful system with the clock, which allows to follow you easier but your charming smile and clear way to explain the steps! Congratulations to your companions and to the percussionist! Thank your for sharing!
Love, love… this short workout. So much joy!
It is awesome ma'am.. I am from India working as a teacher. I wanted to introduce African dance to my students. This video is really helpful for me. I promise in next annual day, I will present the same. Thanks a lot..
Thank you! I had sooo much fun! I love your clock method. Simplifies it so there is more time spent on learning in fun than any pre-thoughts of not being able to dance African dance, but we all know the clock. Even the dancer in your background in the white shirt could keep up with your clock method. You remind me of Viola Davis, Strong, Dark, and Lovely~
I love africans dance and culture. Thank you for your classes. SPAIN.
PLEASE CONTINUE WITH THE DANCING CLASSES ON AFRO DANCE!!! PLEASE YOU ARE THE BEST
Bego P said: "What a positive, happy energy and that sound of the drum !!"
LOVEEEEEE this!! Instructor is FANTASTIC!! Drummer is KILLIN' IT!!
I’m really enjoying it. Brings out the joy while I sweat it out to the beat. Great lesson!
Love it...love your presence and energy.... awesome garments too.
Oh my god, love the teacher's attitude ! Also the man with glasses ! I really enjoyed watching this video. Keep going !!
OKKKKKKKKK PERIOD. Awesome INSTRUCTURE X Stellar Drummer!!!!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤎🤎🤎💖💖💯
She's so joyful and radiant! I loved this! Very creative way of teaching African movements!
That was amazing. Thank you so much for sharing that was beautiful. I love your energy and thank you so much for making it so easy and understandable and I just absolutely love the culture and the respect behind it is absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing your love and your light! Nothing but love! God bless you!
I'm generally not into dancing, it feels uncomfortable. However, this was great and fun. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, Rujeko. Hearts to you. :)
Grassroots tutoring. Authentic in her presentation. A teacher indeed.
I really enjoyed that. As another commentator mentioned, the "clock" concept is awesome. Will commit to learning it.
Life was good when this video was released.
This is great. I just did it this morning...I'm eager to find more from her. Thank you.
I LOVE the sound of this drum!! Especially the deep base! I had to keep look to see if it was really coming for it cuz it’s not too big but apparently that doesn’t matter. Anyway excellent video! Very easy to follow!
Love Rujeko and Farai! So beautiful. More lessons please :)
That’s was so fun, I had a huge smile on my face the whole time. She is an amazing teacher!❤
You are awesome! Thank you, Since I am disabled I cannot do too much, but this dance was easy for me, I don't jump but I keep moving. God bless you!
Hey Lisa,
I'm so glad this dance makes you happy. Girrrl, I tell all the ladies in my family, "shake what your mama gave ya," so you go ahead and do your thing baby... Be safe..
Peace
Me too, Lisa. Can't jump with MS but love the bum rythm.
I keep on coming back it's wonderful to do with others as well, love it!!!
Loved this video. I could do all of the moves w/o instruction just by watching, however its nice to see it broken down with a clock as an metaphoric example.
Got me exercising for the first time ever. Thank you. Wish there was more by her and the drummer. They’re great!🧚🏾♀️
Très bien mené
What a great exercise routine!!! I'm old enough that I would make it more than 2 minutes into the dance before I collapsed, but what fun! I love it! Thank you!!
Hi Tari!!!! I miss your dance class!!! 😍😍 You are amazing!!!
I LOVE IT!!!!!! One of my extracurriculars was AFRICAN DANCE and this is exactly how I trained a long time ago back in my academic school days at St. Augustine's. BRAVO GIRL Thumbs Up!!!!
I love this class! Thanks for your energy and love.
Всегда поражалась тому, как умеют танцевать афроамериканцы! Это просто чудесно!
А они здесь танцуют?
This just made my day, and I was having a bad one as it is. Much love from Cameroon♥️
Loved it! The guy in the back on the left was my favorite!!!! What a nice video!
uh there were two guys in the back
they didn't even host the dance
Awesome video and teaching. Thank you! I am from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. Love the clock illustration.🙂