She added that the project fuses dance with entrepreneurship and cultural exchange to provide a well-rounded educational experience for professional dancers in Africa as well as establish the need for structure and discipline required to pursue a career in the performing arts and the entertainment industry. Speaking to newsmen at the media parley, Kaffy explained that the Dance Workshop and conference (which in the last two years has become a catalyst in the entertainment industry as it was geared to make a huge impact on the dance community in Nigeria and Africa as a whole) is to inspire, train and mentor dancers in the art and business of dance, and on how to establish a profitable career within the entertainment industry. Kaffy released details of the anticipated event at a media parley held within the premises of her newly opened world class dance and fitness studio which also serves as her corporate office. Īward winning Dancer, Kafayat Shafau-Ameh ‘Kaffy’ has unveiled the 2019 edition of her international dance workshop and conference (TDWC2019) hosted for the first time in Lagos. She did a tour of the building were she has her different businesses Imagneto Dance Company, yanga online, Ijoda fitness & Kaffy Foundation, all under Kaffy Inc.Īfter the tour, she sat with members of the press to discuss her forthcoming projects and she shared her thoughts concerning issues we are facing as a country and how we need to change the narrative and have a re-orientation which is what she wants to achieve with The Dance Workshop and Conference. I thank God for another year. I thank God for another opportunity to look at the world ahead of me stoop,project,focus,aim and conquer!! I thank God for sustaining my life ,giving me more opportunities to make other lives appreciate HIS presence, HIS power and Essence. My life is a testimony of Gods grace as every step of my existence has HIS imprint. Here I am everyone I celebrate with you the day God gave me as a gift to humanity and thats what we all are We are precious in His Sight. #HappyBday to me and all born in this great month of June.Yesterday Tuesday 14th 2019, Kaffy had a media parley with all top media agencies at her newly commissioned Kaffy Inc at 20a Badore Road, Ajah. To celebrate her day Kaffy took to Instagram and graced us with this flawless photo. Kaffy has earned that honour with her impeccable influence in the entertainment industry with regards to dance. She is credited as one of the people that commercialised contemporary dance in Nigeria as dance was just becoming known and seen as a valuable commodity for the music scene. – Not to mention her fitness instruction for 9ja Dance Burnout and Ijoda 9ja Dance Burnout respectively the dance artist has also featured in award-winning musical videos for artistes such as Seyi Shay, D’banj, P-Square Lexy Doo, Ruggedman, Ayuba and some other international top acts to mention but a few. All three as Judges in the time and Faculty Instructors for the talent hunt show. – Dance with Peter reality TV show – featured dance queen Kaffy, Peter Okoye from PSquare and the man of moves, Donflexx. – Kaffy was also a faculty member for MTN’s Project Fame West Africa] – She was one of the judges for ‘ Malta Guinness Street Dance Africa, a reality TV dance show. – In 2006 she broke a Guinness World Records for the longest dance party ever at the Nokia Silverbird danceathon. The talented dancer led her team on a dance show that lasted 55 hours, 40 minutes on stage. Let’s reminisce on a few of her achievements over the years ![]() This is further proof that the dance coach is not resting on her oars in influencing young people to become talent owners in the entertainment line as she has become. Kaffy is proudly the founder and owner of Imagneto Dance Company, an institution that has helped groomed young talents within and outside Nigeria. For years, she has earned her respect for acrobatic dancing with a great level of stamina to it as she goes about her business on stage. The happily married mother of two is an influential dance instructor as well as a fitness coach. ![]() She has been widely credited as Nigeria’s foremost dancer and choreographer for music videos and all. This singular act of dancing has led her to be a very influential figure among the youth in the country such that when one thinks about the rise of contemporary and hip hop dance in Nigeria in the past decade, the name ‘Kaffy’ comes to mind. Kafayat Oluwatoyin Shafau, aka ‘Kaffy’, who hails from the mega city of Lagos and has a great passion for setting a goal and seeing it through. We celebrate a passionate dancer to reckon wit, as she turns a year older today!
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