13th Annual Back to School Bash!

Tonya Pennie and Brandon Grant represented Lannaya as one of 154 community organizations and district departments students got a chance to visit. Families received valuable resources and information to prepare their students for a safe, successful school year, and participated in many fun activities. 5,032 backpacks were distributed to Austin ISD students at Bash, Family Resource Centers, the International Welcome Center and the Refugee Family Support […]

Rhythm & Movement of West Africa!

Invited by Texas Tech University's Office of International Affairs’ K-12 Global Education Outreach (GEO) unit to provide cultural programming to Lubbock and its surrounding communities. First stop: Slaton, TX! We presented captivating traditional dance to live drumming for 250 junior high students, and their teachers!

Rhythm and Movement of West Africa

The conclusion of our West Texas tour! Brief but so impactful. Invited by Texas Tech University's Office of International Affairs’ K-12 Global Education Outreach (GEO) unit to provide cultural programming to Lubbock and its surrounding communities. Final leg: Levelland, TX and the best barbacoa ever! We brought the house down to an enthusiastic audience of 680 cheering middle school students, […]

Cultural Fest

Athena Montessori 1503 Morgan Lane, Austin, TX, United States

Join us at Cultural Fest! A family community event. Saturday, October 20, 2018 3:30 - 5:30 pm (****Lannaya will present a brief  interactive dance workshop at 4:30 pm). On the Athena Lawn  

Dance/drum collaboration with Dance Africa Fest, for SxSW panel. “High Impact in Public Space: Art, Spectacle, Tech”

JW Marriott 110 E. 2nd Street, Austin, TX, United States

Panel description: "Our public spaces are often simply places to pass through, teeming with humans moving through time, intent on their destination, we blur out and speed past the visual noise of advertising and impact of mechanical noise on our sensory systems, blocking out sound with headphones, and eliminating most human contact. What happens when we disrupt that pattern with […]

Arts for Rural Texas

Presented by the Arts for Rural Texas. Intricate dance moves performed to thunderous beats of live West African drumming! Lannaya's interactive school show, The Rhythm & Movement of West Africa!, performed for, and with, young scholars in grades K-5 in rural Texas. Round Top/Carmine Elementary - 608 North Washington, Round Top, TX 78954. Schulenburg Elementary - 300 Bucek Street Schulenburg, […]

First Friday Art Trail

First Friday Art Trail Friday, February 7, 2020 6:00 PM 9:00 PM LHUCA (Louis Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts ) Join us for First Friday Art Trail, a program of LHUCA! FFAT is a free, self-guided art tour held in the Lubbock Cultural District held in partnership with a variety of art centers, museums, galleries, and businesses. Come out […]

The Rhythm & Movement of West Africa!

Del Valle Elementary 5400 Ross Rd, Del Valle, TX, United States

School show and finale performance for Del Valle Elementary School's FIRST ever Black History month program! Engaging, interactive traditional dance to live West African drumming. Presented to, and with, 480 young scholars, educators and campus staff in Del Valle, TX!

The Rhythm & Movement of West Africa!

Svante Palm Elementary School 7601 Dixie Drive, Austin, TX, United States

School show celebrating Black History month at Svante Palm Elementary School! Engaging, interactive school show of traditional dance to live West African drumming. Presented to, and with, 480 young scholars, educators and campus staff in Austin's City Council District 2!

Youth dance workshop

New Braunels Christian Academy 995 Mission Hills Drive, New Braunfels, TX, United States

Celebrating Black History Month at New Braunfels Christian Academy, Lannaya members Tonya Pennie and Owen Towles introduce first graders to energetic dance moves and cultural history from Guinea (West Africa), with live drumming!