In-Person | Donation $45+
Join us for Cumbe’s final 10th anniversary celebration, Fet Iajwa!

Fet Iajwa, Haitian Creole for Feast of Joy, represents the joy we've been so happy to share with our community during our ten years.  Happening Sunday, December 4th at the Billie Holiday Theatre, Cumbe Dance for Joy students will kick off the celebration with performances that will take you on an exhilarating dance and rhythm tour of Africa and its diaspora with stops in the Ivory Coast, Haiti, Brazil and the U.S.!

Following our student performance showcase we invite you to stay for the after party where you’ll have a chance to hit the dance floor with a Compas class led by Julio Jean and music by DJ Sabine Blaizin.  Get your ticket today and come feel the joy with us at Fet Iajwa!

Fet Iajwa Details:

Date: Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022

Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm  Student Showcase | 6:00pm - 8:30pm Dance Party

Location: Billie Holiday Theatre | 1368 Fulton Street 

Tickets: $45, $110, $200, $375, $625, $1000

Our Student Showcase will feature Students from the following Dance for Joy Workshops:

Dunham Jazz (Candice Franklin)

Haitian (Julio Jean)

West African (Ivory Coast) Dance (Vado Diomande)

Afro-Fusion (Tamara Jones)

Samba + Brazilian (Quenia Ribeiro)

West African Drumming (Vado Diomande)

Chicago Style Steppin' (New York Chicago Style Steppers)

Batalá Brazilian Drumming (Batalá NY)

Stick around for Cumbe’s Dance Party featuring:

DJ Sabine Blaizin

Compas Class: Julio Jean

Enjoy food, drinks, swag, and lots of dancing!

DJ Sabine Blaizin:

Dj Sabine Blaizin's work focuses on the exposure and pleasures of African diasporic music. Over the years, Dj Sabine's mainstay and cultivation has been the monthly event Brooklyn Mecca which has been coined the home of "Grassroots Dance Culture". Sabine worked for Ocha Records label as a Brand Marketing Director/Producer and Bembe NYC Party resident DJ. She was also the resident DJ for Subrosa's signature monthly party Cumbancha featuring African inspired rhythms of House, Soul, Latin music and more. In 2018 Sabine was a resident DJ for Fania Records' Fania Collective. Today, she curates a party at Le Bain NYC called Rekolte: A Night of Haitian Roots & House. She is also a resident DJ for House of Yes NYC and Onda Mundial Mexico. Oyasound Ep is currently in the works. Dj Sabine spins Global Soul: House, Afrotech, Afrobeat, Haitian Roots and other diasporic tunes.

IG: @oyasound