House Dance Master, Marjory Smarth, & World Dance Fusion Master Teacher, Katy Alaniz (Barnhill), Tonight On The Kiner Hour
Tonight on the Kiner Hour – Let’s Talk Dance with Ashani Mfuko internet radio and Ustream.tv show, Special Guests, House Dance Master, Marjory Smarth, and World Dance Fusion Master Teacher/Choreographer, Katy Alaniz (Barnhill).
Marjory Smarth was born in November of 1969 on the island of Haiti. She moved to the upper west side of New York City by 1974. Though she was already familiar with the native dances of her culture, in the States she was exposed to the many styles of dance. By the time she reached her pre-teen years, she was steadily victorious in many competitions. Hip-hop being one of her favorite rhythms to express herself, she attended many street jams and engaged in battles. Marjory, like most of the early hip-hop dancers, took her skills from the streets and continued to develop in the club scene. In the late 1980s, she started dancing professionally with various music artists, including Diana Ross, Heavy D and CeCe Peniston, among others. As her career developed, she started to choreograph more frequently, which led to her teaching. After many dance tours, four documentaries and teaching internationally, she is considered a major figure in the dance community as well as an historian. Today her focus is helping people find their own freedom of expression.
Katy Alaniz Rous (Barnhill), Artistic Director/ Choreographer, is a San Francisco native who, over the last quarter century, has studied over 30 forms of cultural dance in addition to ballet, and hip-hop. She trained on scholarship at San Francisco Ballet for 10 yrs. She attended high schools of the arts in San Francisco and Los Angeles and expanded her study of cultural dance with Pdt. Chitresh Das (Kathak), Michelle Martin (Afro-Haitian), Vladimir Riasantsev (Russian Character), El Farruquito (Flamenco), and the late Malonga Casquelourd (Congolese). World Dance Fusion (Katy’s style) was created in 1996 as a result of her upbringing in the rich multi-cultural S.F. dance community. She has danced with Deli Ritmo Flamenco Company, Neva Russian Dance Ensemble, Ballet Afsaneh (Central Asian), Ballet Casquelourd (Congolese), Nai-Ni Chen (Chinese), Mara Reggae (Samba), Grupo Experimental Nago (Cuban- Haitian) among others. Katy travels the globe enriching her practice of cultural dance and teaching choreography that integrates her years of study. In 2000 she received her BA from UCLA World Arts and Cultures. In 2001 Katy’s dance company, also called World Dance Fusion, premiered Too Late for Hip-Hop as the first dance work to be shown at the Canvas art gallery in San Francisco. Since then, her work has been shown at Kaufman Hall, UCLA, the El Rey Theater (L.A), Asociación Cultural Antigua de Sevilla, Arthur Ashe Stadium at the US Open, Dance Mission Theater, Cowell Theater, Z-Gallery, Theater Artaud, Palace of Fine Arts, Santa Clara Convention Center, Dance Mission Theater, Counterpulse, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Malonga center, Kanbar Hall (JCCSF), the National Gallery of Art, Bombay and Alhamra Cultural Complex in Lahore, Pakistan, among others. In 2007 Katy was invited by the US government to be an ambassador for dance.
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Ashani C Mfuko
Ashani Mfuko is a Social Media Strategist, Digital Marketing Specialist, Award-Winning Blogger, and Professional Dancer. Ashani works with small businesses, corporations, & non-profit organizations as a Social Media Strategist and Digital Marketing Specialist. She creates results-driven, innovative social media strategies that are proven to increase your revenue and catapult your brand to expert status in your niche! She has an extensive track record of creating and implementing successful social media strategies for her clients. She is also the Host and Executive Producer of the “Inside New York City Dance” television show on MNN, and is a proud wife and new mom. Ashani has been featured in Dance Magazine, as a “Media Maven”, as well as in Dance Mogul magazine, Inside Woman magazine, & Dance Studio Life magazine, in addition to various dance blogs online. She is the author and creator of the, “Finance Your Dance: How To Turn Your Passion Into Profit“ e-book and workshop, and her dance blog won the Reader’s Choice, “Top Dance Business Blog” of the year award, two years in a row. She is a leader in the field of social media and digital marketing, and is highly sought after as a dance performer and dance teacher in the New York City dance community. Ashani is on staff at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City, and teaches Advanced Jazz classes for their Jazz & Contemporary program & Ballet program.
