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Ritual Arts Practitioner • Choreographer • Dance Educator • Dancing Spirit • Artistic Director • Culture Guardian • Curator of Sacred Spaces• AYITI🇭🇹
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Weekend plans loading! 🔋⚡🔋⚡🔋 Saturday Casino Courses are back on for those registered (closed to new students), AND a very special session of @katihernandez_cubandance’s “Juntos & Merging” for the first time at Oricha Dance Therapy: “Benin meets Haiti meets Cuba” with @orphee_georgah, @ashade411 and our maestra Kati! ⚠️ PLEASE NOTE classes will NOT be at Nate Holden this weekend! Saturday classes will be at All Styles Tribe and Sunday workshop will be at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles - check the addresses in our post! OPEN CLASSES: 🗓️ Sunday 5/31 🔸 “Juntos & Merging, Where do we Merge?” at Oricha Dance Therapy “Benin meets Haiti meets Cuba” with Orphee Georgah, Portsha Jefferson and Kati Hernandez All-Levels, with Live Percussion! ⏰ 12:00 - 3:00 PM PT 📍 First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, 540 S. Commonwealth Ave, L.A. 🚗 FREE & Easy Parking Lot Onsite! ALL CLASSES IN-PERSON & ONLINE! 💃🏾💻🕺🏽 SIGN-UP TODAY 👉🏽 link in bio!
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🌍 A Milestone for the Arts! We're proud to invest $493,500 in 20 organizations dedicated to cultural dance across California. Through the Cultural Dance Catalyst Fund, we aim to strengthen programming and community engagement, honoring traditions while embracing the future. Read the full announcement on our website, link in bio #WAWCDCFund #ArtsFunding #DanceGrant
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August 9th in Oakland
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🍠Celebrate #Rasanble2026 Haitian Arts & Cultural #Harvest Festival. Alaso!#nzocalifancestry🌿
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🥥 3rd Qtr Season cooling into a Harvest of kinship & prosperity.
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“Rasanble” The Haitian Arts & Cultural Festival is open to all. #rasanble #haitianartandculture #haitianartandculture #haitianartandculturefestival
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KONBIT FOR KOUZEN Haitian First Saturdays with Portsha Jefferson Saturday, May 2, 1:30-3pm May is the feast month for Kouzen Zaka (Azaka, Azaka Mede, Minis), Haiti’s patron spirit of farmers, work, and agriculture. For this annual celebration, we come together as a community, in the spirit of a Konbit. Konbit is a lively communal work gathering that includes harvesting, planting, cultivating the earth, and building the community in solidarity. Join us as we sing and learn Zaka’s dances: Djouba, Konbit, and Chawo Pye!#l @ashade411
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See folks tomorrow, Saturday at 1:30pm for a special KONBIT for KOUZEN celebration. Haitian first Saturdays is ON with @ashade411 ! May is the feast month for Kouzen Zaka (Azaka, Azaka Mede, Minis), Haiti’s patron spirit of farmers, work, and agriculture. For this annual celebration, we come together as a community, in the spirit of a Konbit. Konbit is a lively communal work gathering that includes harvesting, planting, cultivating the earth, and building the community in solidarity. Join us as we sing and learn Zaka’s dances: Djouba, Konbit, and Chawo Pye!
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Happiest birthday @ashade411 enjoy this amazing special birthday and bless all that has came your way and nourished your mind, body and soul P you are the best and me and your nieces love you dearly enjoy your season fellow ♈️ and love all the love that is coming your way . Man you make your age look fabulous 😊😊😍😍🔥🔥♈️♈️
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🚨 REGISTRATION CLOSES IN 3 DAYS 🚨 The DANCING SPIRITS: Folkloric Dance + Wellness Day Retreat returns for a Spring Edition on May 3rd ✨ UNTAMED FEMININE: A Day of Fire, Wind & Unapologetic Warrior Spirit Rooted in the rich folkloric traditions of Cuba, Haiti, and Brazil, this women-centered gathering calls in the fierce energies of Oya, Ezili Dantò, and Oya Yansa 🔥🌪️ We are calling forth: empowerment • courage • resilience • unapologetic self-expression 📍 Berkeley, CA 🗓 May 3, 2026 ⏰ 12PM – 7PM What to expect: • 3 Folkloric Dance Workshops • Spiritual Bath Making Workshop (with an Initiated Haitian Vodou Priestess) • Sound Bath Activation • Community + Connection • Gift Bags • And more magic… Facilitators + Kinship Partners: - Portsha Jefferson | Rara Tou Limen | Lakou Ashade - Asatu Hall | Sacred Grove Traditions - Karma Smart - Shantice | Reiki by Shan ✨ This is your invitation to embody the fierce, protective, and untamed feminine through movement, ritual, and deep restoration. Registration closes in 3 days. Don’t wait on this one. 🔗 Link in bio + story or visit: www.raratoulimen.com (click Dancing Spirits Retreat) Come get this medicine. Bring your people. Let’s move.
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Excitement building up mi gente! Have you signed up yet? Hurry up! Discounted price expires tonight! 🚨 “Juntos & Merging, Where do we Merge?” 🥳🔥 For the first time at Oricha Dance Therapy: “Benín to Haiti to Cuba” 🚨 Thrilled for this collaboration! Yes we artists culture gatekeepers and educators. @orphee_georgah LA, 🇧🇯 @ashade411 Bay Area, 🇭🇹 @katihernandez_cubandance LA, 🇨🇺 Transcending boundaries and uniting cultures. We will guide you through the intertwining of folkloric dances and heritage tracing the cultural threads from Benin to Haiti to Cuba! With LIVE MUSIC ACCOMPANIMENT 🎶 Secure your spot and tell a friend ! 🗓️ SUNDAY 5/31: ⏰ 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT All levels welcome! 🪘 All Classes Accompanied by Live Percussion! 📍 First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, 540 S Commonwealth Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020 🚗 Parking: FREE onsite underground parking lot with plenty of spaces! 💵 $70 Prepaid by 5/29 // $85 After 👉🏽 VENMO @ Kati-Hernandez, or go to our link in bio! #cuba #haiti #benin #afrocuban #danceworkshop
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Familia, are you ready for the incredible line-up of maestra Kati’s “Juntos & Merging - Benin to Haiti to Cuba” tomorrow?! SWIPE to meet your outstanding lineup of artists, cultural gatekeepers and educators! Orphee Georgah - LA, 🇧🇯 @orphee_georgah Portsha Jefferson - Bay Area, 🇭🇹 @ashade411 Kati Hernandez - LA, 🇨🇺 @katihernandez_cubandance You are not going to want to miss out on this incredible 3 hour workshop transcending boundaries and uniting cultures! These master instructors will guide you through the intertwining of folkloric dances and heritage tracing the cultural threads from Benin to Haiti to Cuba! With LIVE MUSIC ACCOMPANIMENT 🎶 Secure your spot and tell a friend! All levels welcome! 🗓️ SUNDAY 5/31: ⏰ 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT 🪘 Accompanied by Live Percussion! 📍 First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, 540 S Commonwealth Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020 🚗 Parking: FREE onsite underground parking lot with plenty of spaces! 💵 Cost: $85 👉🏽 VENMO @ Kati-Hernandez, or go to the link in bio!
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