KMM AfroCuban Dance Residency in Colorado with Dance Artist & Cultural Ethnologist, Kimberly Miguel Mullen, M.A. With Special Live Drumming Led by Daniel Lopez & Drummers!
Workshops in Denver & Boulder
Saturday & Sunday
September 13 & 14, 2025
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DENVER Featuring Congo Bantu Tradition
Saturday, September 13th
@ 3:30 PM TO 5:00 PM
This workshop explores the Congo Bantu roots of AfroCuban culture highlighting their influence in the religious & artistic expressions of Palo, a war stick fighting dance & Macuta, the celebratory partner dance of victory & courtship.
Denver Academy of Movement Arts
910 Santa Fe Dr.
Denver, CO 80204
+Street Parking Only
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BOULDER Featuring Arara Tradition
Sunday, September 14th
@ 11:00 AM TO 12:30 PM
This workshop delves into the Arara traditions from the Togo/Benin region, featuring the rare and powerful Orichas of Hebioso (Chango) & Afrekete (Yemaya).
*Dairy Arts Center
Studio 1
2590 Walnut Street
Boulder, CO 80302
*PARKING NOTE: Please enter through the rear, west side doors only located on the South end of the Parking Lot behind the building. JUST FYI - Front doors will be locked since the building is closed until Noon.
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COST:
Drop In Only: $30
Package $50
Cash or Venmo: @kimberly-mullen
A live drum tip is welcomed and appreciated!
All Levels Welcome in the spirit of having fun!
Bring full dancing skirts. A sarong / scarf will also suffice.
For information & inquiries, Contact: Amy Young @
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***SPECIAL THANKS: Amy Young, Vicki Bynum, Daniel Lopez, Snow Valin, Karina Vogt, etc!
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ABOUT THE RESIDENCY:
Spirited Dance Classes with Kimberly Miguel Mullen that Celebrate the Joy of Living!
Kimberly offers individual classes, workshops and extended dance residencies worldwide. She instructs various diverse and educational learning formats that are rooted in her professional dance training and extensive academic and cultural studies research in the Caribbean and Brazil.
Kimberly is skillful at making intellectual cultural dance forms accessible, relatable and beneficial to everybody by creating a context through which the execution of movement guides the exploration of the self and how we connect to others and the Universe at large. Kimberly provides a safe and non-competitive classroom environment in the spirit of learning for participants to not only explore the unique relationship between the various dance steps and drum rhythms but will also learn the cultural, political, historical, and social content of the dances.
ABOUT KIMBERLY:
Classically trained folkloric dance artist and cultural ethnologist Kimberly Miguel Mullen contributes to a legacy of performers from the Caribbean, Cuba and Brazil. Her dance practice is rooted in ritual dance expressions from AfroCaribbean/AfroBrazilian religious systems of deities called the Orichas/Orixas. Through ongoing innovative performances, in-depth workshops, dance residencies and trainings, Mullen expands the reach of African diasporic forms. Mullen is among a select few artists and scholars who combine knowledge and technical excellence in ritual dance forms, culture, and histories. As the bearer of dance traditions through apprenticeship and ethnographic research, Mullen combines the influences of her training in traditional AfroCuban and AfroBrazilian dance styles with Silvestre technique to which she has devoted herself for over twenty years. Since receiving her Master of Arts degree from UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures, in 2005, Mullen is a seasoned University dance professor.
In 2013, she completed an 8-year Professorship at Occidental College and has guest lectured at various academic institutions including: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Loyola Marymount University, California State University of Los Angeles, Portland State University, Wesleyan College, University of California Riverside, an d St. Mary’s College. Mullen makes her knowledge of the healing and regenerating dimensions of dance accessible to a global audience through her teachings and her award winning international popular dance and fitness DVDs.
She is also a leader in the field of dance ethnology for her development of culturally conscious art curricula and travel abroad immersion programs to Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago. The Los Angeles Times has described her dancing as “spectacularly supple” since she infuses her dances with a remarkable ability to embody, interpret, and transmit the character of the archetypes of AfroCuban and AfroBrazilian deities called Orichas or Orixas. Her choreographies, based on her practice of innovative improvisation, navigate her position as a performer of oricha dance in the interstice between Cuban and Brazilian dance communities.
www.kmmdancestudio.com
TESITMONIALS:
“Pure Joy. Mullen doesn’t stop smiling and encouraging the group with every step, making sure everyone is having a blast. We finished the class completely soaked but bursting with energy.” - Jaime Kiffel-Alcheh, Editor in Chief.
“Kimberly is a powerful dancer and beautiful teacher of African Diaspora dance ~ her residencies are deep, fun and juicy!” – Yarrow King, Tucson, Arizona
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