Watkanda Dance
BEGINNER
The Afro Latin Dance Tour is a beginners friendly class that exposes inexperienced dancers to Afro Latin dance such as Afrobeats, Konpa, Salsa, Bachata and Merengue. Inexperienced dancers will learn beginner friendly steps that they can use at any Afro Latin event or party. Come to class with an open mind and an open heart for an amazing dance journey.
INTERMEDIATE
The Afronamic Groove Lab is an intermediate class that aids intermediate Afro Latin dancers in connecting moves with style and flavor.
ADVANCED
Afro Sync is an advanced class that allows advanced Afro Latin dancers to unleash the beat within. Dancers will place attitude in motion through choreography with more style and more flavor.
HOW IT WORKS
STYLES
MASTER THE MOVES & SKILLS OF YOUR FAVORITE STYLE
THE GOUYADVILLE EXPERIENCE
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
LEROI
Get ready to move your body with Watkanda Dance. Meet LeRoi, a first-generation Nigerian American from Washington D.C. and founder of Watkanda Dance Fitness & Entertainment LLC. He is an international afro latin dancer, instructor and event organizer. LeRoi is a very charismatic, passionate and energetic instructor with 25 plus years of experience in the performing arts. He holds a diverse repertoire that includes hip-hop, BBoy, pop-locking, Afrodance, Konpa, Bachata, Dancehall, Merengue, Salsa and Ballroom dance.
LeRoi is renowned for his magnetic ability to ignite any dance floor and get people moving and grooving. With afrocentric movements, LeRoi is able to urge dancers to embrace the spirit of African culture through the art of dance.
LeRoi has traveled all over to cultivate his craft and he has taught people of all backgrounds afro dance genres including other instructions whom you may love and recognize.
He believes the dance floor to be his happy place and views dance as a pure form of physical and mental health therapy.
