Workshops

You are invited to learn!

MASX 2026 invites you to immerse yourself in a vibrant cultural exchange, where rhythm is life, and life is rhythm. This week-long journey offers 12.5 hours of dance workshops, taster classes, drumming, singing, and unforgettable cultural experiences.

Workshops

Afro House (60 min)

Teachers |Osvaldo Passirivo
Day | Monday

Time | 18:00 – 19h00

Afro House is a vibrant and rhythm-driven subgenre of house music that blends deep house grooves with traditional African musical elements, such as tribal drums, vocal chants, and native instruments. It’s a global sound, but it draws heavily from African cultural roots, both musically and spiritually.

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Introduction to African and Mozambican Rhythms and Movements (1h30min)

Teachers | Eugénio Macuvel and Judith Novela
Day | Tuesday

Time |15:30 – 17:00

To warm up your body to these new rhythms this class will focus on connecting to the drums, ground yourself to the earth and shake lose all the tensions in your body to prepare yourself for a week full of dancing.

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Afro swing (1:30)

Teachers | Judith Novela and Alexandre Soquisso
Day | Tuesday

Time | 17:30 – 19:00

We will take you on a journey researching Afro Swing – the African roots of Authentic Jazz! With rhythm as our guide, we will better understand the African heritage of these “rhythm dances” we call within the swing genres and their shared traditions of expression. African American social dances have, first and foremost, been an expression of emotion or social allegory rather than something created for the stage. Using the feeling in our body from the previous class we will explore how we can not only see the visual African roots in Swing but also the rhythmical, emotional and spiritual traditions Swing has inherited from Africa.

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Traditional Mozambican Dance (1,5h)

Teachers | Judith Novela and Alexandre Soquisso
Day | Wednesday

Time | 09:30 – 11:00

Ngalanga is a powerful and expressive traditional dance from southern Mozambique, particularly associated with the Chopi people from Zavala, Inhambane province. Historically, it served as a celebration of warriors’ victories and a means of reinforcing social unity and loyalty to tribal leadership.

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Time | 9:30 – 10:30

Lindy Hop is an energetic, joyful, and improvisational partner dance that originated in Harlem, New York City, during the late 1920s and 1930s, at the height of the Swing Era. It evolved alongside swing jazz music, particularly in iconic venues like the Savoy Ballroom, and is considered the grandparent of many swing dances—including East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, and Jive.

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