Workshop, Nelson BC
Afro x Samba Grooves Workshop
West African movement meets Brazilian Samba energy. A somatic groove workshop for all levels. Come curious, leave connected.
June 20, 2026
3:00 – 4:15 PM PDT
DanceFusion Studio, 601 Vernon St, Nelson, BC
Groove Culture in Action
Music. Movement. Mindfulness. Community. Groove is not a genre. It is how people remember they belong to each other.
Groove Culture is the creative culture studio of Ivan Touko, also known as AMOUGIVAN. Cameroonian-Canadian movement facilitator, TEDx speaker, DJ, and culture builder based in Edmonton, Alberta and Victoria, BC. He has taught in Sweden, Mexico, and all over Canada.
From workshops to nightlife to corporate wellness, every experience is built to help people feel more present and connected. More alive.
Why people come
Corporate teams looking for trust and real cohesion
Community groups craving joyful connection
Schools and residencies rooted in culture
Festivals, retreats, and creative gatherings
Core belief
Groove creates cohesion.
The studio
A culture studio, not just a dance brand.
Groove Culture holds many doors open at once. Wellness that lives in the body. Nightlife with soul. Community gatherings that go deeper than small talk. Cultural programming and systems consulting for people who build things.
The thread through all of it is simple. Bodies that move together stop being strangers.
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Somatic Groove Workshops
Afro x Caribbean x Latin movement experiences built on The 3 Ms: Music, Movement, and Mindfulness.
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Live Events + Production
Nightlife, DJ bookings, MC work, cultural activations, and event production with real atmosphere.
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Corporate + Consulting
Wellness programs that land in the body, plus process systems that help organizations move with more clarity.
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Autour du Baobab
Ubuntu-inspired gatherings around food, music, and the conversations about belonging we actually need to have.
The method
The GROOVE Methodology
GROOVE: Generative Rhythms of Organic Vital Ecosystems. It's a nature-based somatic practice rooted in African, Caribbean, and Latin diaspora movement traditions.
It treats the body like an ecosystem: interconnected, rhythmic, and designed the way a murmuration of birds is designed: no conductor, just shared rhythm.
Music
Nervous system technology. Rhythms that regulate, energize, and open you up.
Movement
Medicine that lives in the body. Somatic grooves drawn from diaspora traditions.
Mindfulness
The doorway in. Breathwork that brings you into your body before the first beat drops.
About Ivan
Cameroonian-Canadian. Based in Edmonton, AB & Victoria, BC. Teaching worldwide.
Ivan Touko is a movement facilitator, TEDx speaker, DJ, and culture builder. He's guided 450+ students through school residencies and served 20+ corporate clients across Western Canada. His work has reached Sweden, Mexico, and beyond.
His practice blends Afro-fusion, Capoeira, breathwork, flow psychology, and a systems mindset shaped by environmental science and Ubuntu.
Built for many audiences
Someone looking for a night out finds it here. So does a school looking for a residency, or a company that wants healthier team culture. Same with a small business owner who needs better client systems.
Groove Culture meets all of them with warmth, rhythm, and structure.
