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CollageAfriqueArts — African Dance, Literacy & Storytelling Programs

Where African Dance Becomes Your Voice, Your Healing, Your Power

A dancer mid-spin in vibrant kente-inspired textiles, surrounded by a burst of magenta, purple, and gold.
Move. Create. Grow.

A teaching-artist consultancy that brings African dance to schools, community groups, and adult and senior circles — building confidence, creative expression, well-being, and culturally rooted connection.

What We Offer

Services &
Signature Programs

Three pathways into the work — each grounded in arts integration, cultural heritage, and over two decades of experience.

Signature Program

Tell Your Story Through African Dance

An empowering journey — adapted for youth, adults, and seniors — where African dance becomes a participant's voice, healing, and power. Movement, storytelling, and (with youth groups) literacy woven into every session.

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Adults · Seniors · Youth

Community & Group Workshops

Tailored experiences for community groups, senior circles, wellness retreats, and youth programs — focused on well-being, creative expression, personal empowerment, and joy.

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K–12 & Educators

School Residencies & Teacher PD

Multi-week residencies that integrate dance and literacy across the curriculum, plus movement-based professional development that gives teachers actionable, culturally-affirming tools.

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LaQuetha Lutale, founder of Collage Afrique Arts.

Meet the Founder

LaQuetha
Lutale

After experiencing several traumatic life events, LaQuetha discovered dance as a healing outlet — a way to reach the joy that was still alive beneath all of the pain. Movement became expressive, restorative, hers.

As she immersed herself more deeply in African dance, she witnessed something larger than her own healing: the artform transforming the people around her. Members of her community grew in confidence. They found a creative language for their voices. Their overall well-being strengthened.

That is why she keeps sharing this work. She simply can't get enough of watching how this culture inspires people to move, create, and grow.

"Every movement has a meaning. Every story has power."