Ivan Touko, also known as Amöûgįvan, is a multidisciplinary artist, movement facilitator, and Selectah DJ rooted in Afro x Latin diasporic traditions and Ubuntu philosophy. Bamiléké from Cameroun and based in Edmonton, he fuses together dance, music, mindfulness, and somatic practice into experiences that help people feel grounded, free, and connected. Through Groove Activations with Ivan, he leads workshops across Canada and internationally that blend Afro, Caribbean and Latin movement with embodied wellness.

Teen Afro Beat

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Guest Artist in Residency June 1st-June 15th 2026.

Afro Grooves for Teens

This one is for you specifically. We take the same traditions, Afrobeats, Afro-diasporic movement, rhythm and cultural roots, and bring them somewhere that makes sense for where you are right now. You will learn movements that come from somewhere real, not just choreography pulled from a trend. You will sweat. You will probably laugh. And you will leave knowing something about yourself and about where the music you already love actually comes from. All levels. All bodies. Come as you are.

Ivan Touko, also known as Amöûgįvan, is a multidisciplinary artist, movement facilitator, and Selectah DJ rooted in Afro x Latin diasporic traditions and Ubuntu philosophy. Bamiléké from Cameroun and based in Edmonton, he fuses together dance, music, mindfulness, and somatic practice into experiences that help people feel grounded, free, and connected. Through Groove Activations with Ivan, he leads workshops across Canada and internationally that blend Afro, Caribbean and Latin movement with embodied wellness.

Cost $65 + GST

Afro-Beat

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Guest Artist in Residency June 2nd-June 17th 2026.

Afrobeats Groove

Every class starts the same way: with the body. Before the steps, before the counts, before the choreography, there is the pulse. Afrobeats is a living conversation between West African tradition and contemporary dancefloors, from Coupé Décalé roots to the global sounds coming out of Lagos and Accra right now. In this class you learn to find that conversation in your own body. Rhythms that live in the hips, the chest, the feet. No experience needed. Just show up.

Ivan Touko, also known as Amöûgįvan, is a multidisciplinary artist, movement facilitator, and Selectah DJ rooted in Afro x Latin diasporic traditions and Ubuntu philosophy. Bamiléké from Cameroun and based in Edmonton, he fuses together dance, music, mindfulness, and somatic practice into experiences that help people feel grounded, free, and connected. Through Groove Activations with Ivan, he leads workshops across Canada and internationally that blend Afro, Caribbean and Latin movement with embodied wellness.

Spring Term: June 2nd – June 17th 2026

Cost $70 + GST

Afro House Open Level

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Guest Artist in Residency June 3rd-June 17th 2026.

Afro House: From Kuduro to Gqom

Afro House is not one thing. It never was. This class traces the arc of a diaspora in motion, from the raw, percussive footwork of Kuduro born in the streets of Luanda, through the spiritual, bass-heavy weight of Gqom out of Durban, and everything that lives between those two poles. Angolan rhythms, Amapiano textures, House sensibilities rooted in the African continent and its diaspora. Each class is a movement and music journey through one facet of this world. We go slow. We go deep. The music teaches as much as the steps do.

Ivan Touko, also known as Amöûgįvan, is a multidisciplinary artist, movement facilitator, and Selectah DJ rooted in Afro x Latin diasporic traditions and Ubuntu philosophy. Bamiléké from Cameroun and based in Edmonton, he fuses together dance, music, mindfulness, and somatic practice into experiences that help people feel grounded, free, and connected. Through Groove Activations with Ivan, he leads workshops across Canada and internationally that blend Afro, Caribbean and Latin movement with embodied wellness.

$70 + GST