Dance
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MOZAMBIQUE MOVES The National Song & Dance Company of Mozambique presents an evening of traditional folk dances. The program includes Makway, a dance of joy usually performed by men at wedding ceremonies; Ngoma, used to prepare for battle, and Niquetxe, which expresses the frustration of laborers in tea plantations owned by foreign companies. Prophecy Dance Company also performs at the event, which is part of the New York Family Arts Festival. Friday, 7 p.m., Theatre of the Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave., between 120th and 122nd streets, 212-870-6784, free. Please go to www.theriversidechurchny.org for a full schedule.
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