Meet Our Teaching Artists
Kofi Dennis
Kofi Dennis started as a middle school teacher in his native country of Ghana, West Africa in 1981 after graduating from Komenda College. Then, after studying Creative Dramatics at the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, his focus shifted to Early Childhood Arts Integration. He has been a Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist since 1998 and continues to train Teaching Artists and teachers, conducting several residencies and workshops both locally and nationally. As the director of Playing for Concepts and a member of the duo Anansegromma, he has performed professionally in schools, libraries, museums, and fairs nationwide. He holds African Djembe Drumming classes for adults and children, and frequently facilitates many workshops and seminars at conferences. Some of his popular workshops are “Finger Plays Are Not Enough: Let’s Get Physical!”, Bringing Books to Life Through Storytelling, Drama, Music, and Dance)”, “The Beat Goes On: Young Children Learning Mathematics through Beat, Rhythm, and Melody”, and “Call and Response: It’s More You Think”. Kofi lives in Burke, Virginia with his family.