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News & Events
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IVORY COAST (LA COTE D' IVOIRE)
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Saturday , january 2 ND, 2010 No Class
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Dances and Tribes
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Merry Christmas (no class saturday 26)
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Class Locations: Bel Air City 443-616-5685
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Welcome to Zebra Kids Online |
ABOUT VINCENT "ZAIPO" OULA
 Vincent R. Oula (aka Zaipo Oula) was born
in Cote D'Ivoire in West Africa. Zaipo studied and toured with Les Guirivoires Dance
de Rose Marie Guiraud which led to his touring the United States with Chuck Davis
and the Brooklyn Academic Music Group in 1988.
Zaipo taught music and dance at Spellman College,
GA. in 1989 as well as at San Jose university, San Jose City college until 1994
than joined Garth Fagan Dance in Rochester, NY in 1995. Zaipo is a lead dancer and
former founder of Savage Jazz Dance Company, CA. In 1999 he moved to Maryland where
he is raising his family while teaching in schools in the inner city. When teaching
African culture, Zaipo focuses on teaching children and adults from different cultural
backgrounds to learn Authentic African Rhythm and Dance, weaving African cultural
and historical meanings of African rhythm, dance and craft, into the teachings.
Students are taught the ancient ways of communicating and socializing through movement,
clapping, chants, footsteps and storytelling of Africa. Zaipo is trained in Ballet,
Modern and Jazz Dance and brings his own West African tribal dances to the United
States. In 2002, he founded Zebra Kids INC. to promote cultural awareness and he
developed a program to reach out to all community members. Zaipo is current V.P.
of the Baltimore International Rhythm and Drum Societies (BIRDS).
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