By Michael Dibie It was three days of dance classes, exhibitions and live performances as Dafa featured artists from various dance genres in Nigeria. The Abuja Dance and Arts festival organised by Dafa, it is a yearly event that promotes dance and other forms of Arts in Nigeria. The platform helps groom young creative minds by providing them with anopportunity to express themselves in various forms of Art.
According to the founder ,Esther Ikyanyon, Dafa creates an avenue forshowcasing creative arts in Nigeria by Nigerians and other participating countries thereby promoting exchange of cultural heritage. "Dafa inspires people and at this year's event we are hoping people will be inspired through the various performances, so we don't just come here to entertain but we work on our stories, lessons and themes," she added. “So the event is creating continental community that will bring value to the nation, so when it gets into the creative space, it should be harnessed to bring about its desired value, that is what Dafa is doing," said Francis Duru, Nollywood Actor.
The founder of Dafa said this year's event comes with its uniqueness of infusing fashion into dance style. "This year’s festival’s theme is “fashion and fusion” infusing fashion into a stage play in a play called threads of destiny featuring a Nollywood actor Francis Duru including other creative minds in the city of Abuja. So the idea is infusing fusion into performance, music and dance, that is the highligh.
