The Ecole des Sables, International Centre for Traditional and Contemporary African Dance, located on the heights of the village of Toubab Dialaw, Senegal, facing the Ocean, a lagoon and the savanna, is, since 2004, a place for meeting, training, research, creations and exchanges, dedicated to African dance.
Created by the dancer-choreographer Germaine Acogny and her German husband Helmut Vogt, the Ecole des Sables organizes professional workshops for dancers from all over Africa. Since 2007, it openes its doors also to the dancers from all over the World. The Centre contributes by its trainings to the development of the Contemporary African Dance and to its recognition in the World.