MDF- The label

28/01/2026

If the previous post resonated with you,
This is how you turn it into action.

Scroll through to learn what Beyond The Moves actually is & how you can bring it to your space.

You can book BTM in two ways:

✨ INTRODUCTION WORKSHOP (3h)
An interactive lecture-workshop combining:
theory · embodied practice · collective reflection
Ideal as:
• a stand-alone event
• or a contextual add-on to dance events, festivals, and programs

✨ FULL PROGRAM (4 months)
A progressive journey spread over 8 sessions, mixing:
theory · collective reflection · embodied practice
Designed for studios, institutions, collectives, and cultural spaces that want to go deeper.

🌏 Where: available worldwide in English or French
📅 Available: possible from March 2026
📩 For bookings & info: [email protected] (open from now)

Promoters & organizers:
What kind of spaces are you ready to create this year?

26/01/2026

Offering dance content is not enough.
Context, history and responsibility matter 📣

For years,  MDF- The label has worked to support inclusive, antiracist and contextualised practices within Afro-Caribbean dance scenes in Europe, insisting on one thing:

Today, while MDF is in a phase of restructuring, we want to invite communities, promoters and cultural actors to make space in your agendas for the new program developed by our founder, Massinda Zinga:
BEYOND THE MOVES.

A research-based and embodied program designed to create space for what is often missing in Dancehall dance events:
historical grounding, cultural awareness, critical reflection and responsibility.

Beyond The Moves is not here to replace Jamaican knowledge. It exists to support more conscious ways of hosting, programming and approaching these cultures in Europe.

ℹ️If you are a promoter, festival, institution or collective, this is an invitation to ask yourself:

What kind of spaces are you creating?

BECAUSE DEPTH IS NOT A LUXURY.
IT’S A RESPONSIBILITY.

👉🏾 Learn more via
📥 Booking via [email protected]

12/12/2025

🇬🇧 EN
The new generation is taking over the conversation ✨

Because spaces where everyone feels they belong do not happen by chance: they require curiosity, listening, and shared responsibility. This drink & talk facilitate by will include the participation of who will share her experience and expertise drawn from her research, consultancy work, and field practice on these issues.

A moment to think together, challenge the status quo, and imagine more inclusive, conscious, and aligned black dance scenes.
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🇫🇷 FR
La nouvelle génération ouvre la discussion ✨

Parce que des scènes où tout le monde se sent à sa place ne se construisent pas par hasard : elles demandent de la curiosité, de l’écoute et une responsabilité partagée.

Cette rencontre prendra la forme d’un drink & talk par avec la participation de qui partagera son expérience et son expertise issues de son travail de recherche, de consultance et de terrain sur ces questions.

Un moment pour penser ensemble, sortir du statu quo et imaginer des scènes plus inclusives, conscientes et alignées avec des valeurs.

DETAILS 👇🏾

📅 December 20, 2025
🕡 6:30–8:30 PM
📍 Maison de Création ⚠️site gare
💬 Drink & Talk
💰 FREE
With the support of .brussels

07/04/2025

🔥 MDF-the label proudly supports the Dancehall Queen Bootcamp Jamaica 2025🔥

An by women for women event ✨

Because the heart of the culture beats in Jamaica, where generations of women have turned pain, marginalization, and resilience into powerful artistry: Dancehall Queen

This is not just a camp.  
It’s a space of reclamation and a celebration of Black womanhood in all its strength, creativity, and complexity.

👉🏾 As a platform committed to decolonizing Black dance spaces, we encourage anyone coming from any western country to join with respect, awareness, and humility.

This means:
- Staying reflective about your presence, your behavior, and how you embrace this part of the culture.  
- Understanding the power dynamics at play when Black cultures are consumed abroad.  
- Contributing to those most invisibilized in our global dance communities — the very women who shaped and carried this legacy.  
- Uplifting local voices and labor, rather than centering your own experience.  
- Choosing to learn before performing and give before taking.

✨ The Dancehall Queen Bootcamp is a powerful opportunity to connect with the roots, support the frontline women of the culture, and engage in true exchange — guided by care, accountability, and shared purpose.

If you’re ready to show up differently — not just to dance, but to stand for something — this is your moment.

👉🏾 Contact Massinda ( ) for your discount code and be part of this powerful journey.

All infos on . Check it out 🎉

07/10/2024

🎉 Open Call for Young Artists! 🎉

👉🏿Are you a young artist of African descent, under 30, with a passion for:

•Dance 💃🏾
•Poetry/Singing 🎤
•Black Cultures ✊🏾

👉🏿Join us for an incredible journey in Jamaica 🇯🇲✨!

You’ll:
👉🏿Collaborate with diasporic creatives 🌍
👉🏿Engage in introspection & artivism 🎨
👉🏿Be part of a final performance 🎭

🌟 The Process 🌟
1. DM us your interest 📩
2. Be available for a Zoom meeting on October 11th, 7:30PM CET 🗓️
3. Final answer due in the 1st week of November ✅
4. Available between January 4th & 15th, 2025

👉🏾 Apply Now by sending us a DM!

25/09/2024

💥 Did you know that cultural resistance in Afro-Caribbean dance has roots in fighting colonial oppression? ⁠✊🏿

What looks like a celebration today was once an act of defiance against colonial powers.

🎶Dance and music became crucial tools for oppressed communities to reclaim their identity and resist domination. ⁠

➡️Curious to explore more about how colonialism shaped the cultural spaces we inhabit today❓
This is just one of the hidden stories we unpack in the Whiteness Program. ⁠

❓❓Have you ever thought about dance as a form of resistance? Let us know in the comments!⁠👇

🗓️ Final chance to join us!
➡️Sign-up by October 6th. Link in bio to register.

With the support of .brussels

23/09/2024

🧠 Pause and reflect 🧠… Have you ever considered how whiteness affects the spaces you move in❓These are critical questions, and the answers may surprise you.

➡️We’ve all been shaped by systems that privilege whiteness, but many of us haven’t thought deeply about the impact it has on our everyday lives—especially in cultural spaces that aren’t our own. ⁠

💡 Our Whiteness Program is designed to help white and white-passing people dive into these questions and uncover the hidden ways colonialism and systemic power dynamics shape the world around us.

👇 Comment below with your thoughts on these questions, or tap the link in our bio to register.

‼️Only two more weeks to go until registrations close for the Whiteness Program 2024‼️Sign-up by October 6th and join us, 6 sessions in total, for an in-depth journey into these topics.

🔗Link in bio🔗
➡️Limited spots left⬅️

With the support of .brussels

01/09/2024

07/08/2024

🌟 Continuing the Journey of Unlearning 🌟
➡️Why Join the Me & Whiteness Program⬅️

Our program offers a unique opportunity to deconstruct whiteness in a mental, embodied, and active way. We tackle critical issues like the colonial past and its current imprint on social relations, especially within afro-caribbean dance and cultural spaces.

✨ Be part of the change ✨
➡️Together, we can create a more inclusive and equitable world.

📅 Bimonthly Sessions
➡️Saturdays from 10 AM to 1 PM CET
✍🏽Sign up now, spaces are filling up!
➡️INFO & REGISTRATION ↪️🔗Link in Bio

🙌 Help us grow! Like, share, and tag friends who would benefit from this transformative experience. And remember to tag us too! 🤎

💛Your engagement helps us reach more people dedicated to deconstructing whiteness and fostering equity 💛

🙏🏽 Your support makes a difference and we appreciate you!

28/07/2024

🌟 Join Us for Season 4 of the Me & Whiteness Program! 🌟

🗓 Starting September 2024 🗓

Deconstructing Whiteness in Black Cultures🌍🕺🏽

❓Are you ready to challenge systemic inequalities?
➡️Our 3-month online program via Zoom invites white and white-passing individuals to embark on a journey of reflection, learning, and action.
Let’s create meaningful change together!

📅 Bimonthly Sessions
➡️Saturdays from 10 AM to 1 PM CET

✍🏽Sign up now!
➡️INFO & REGISTRATION
🔗Link in Bio

🎯 Who Should Join?
- First-timers in anti-racist/decolonial programs
- Returning participants eager to deepen their understanding

‼️Your support can make a difference!
Like, share, and tag friends who would benefit from this transformative experience. Your engagement helps us reach more people dedicated to deconstructing whiteness and fostering equity.‼️

🤎Let’s strive to deconstruct whiteness in a mental, embodied, and active way together.💪✨

17/06/2024

💁🏽‍♀️Female empowerment, Empower ALL women?✨

Join us for another enlightening 🎙️Talkshop this time on Female Empowerment 💁🏽‍♀️
➡️ Sunday June 23rd, from 6PM to 8.30PM via Zoom ⬅️
Encounter critical perspectives and engage in deep discussions about feminist movement tendencies in the dance scene that reproduce patriarchal prejudices. Explore who is included in womanhood values, who is represented, and who is erased in this movement.

This session will delve into the responsibilities of white women in historical contexts, the ongoing consequences in today’s dance communities, and the importance of intersectional feminism. 

 Key Topics Include:
➡️ History of relation between cis black and white women
➡️ Cultural fetishization
➡️ Interacial relationships 
➡️ Intersection feminism
➡️ Interactive talkshop

Let’s come together to foster a more inclusive and just community. Open to all and conducted in English. 

🔗 Register now through the link in bio!

Don’t miss out on this transformative event. Invite your friends, mentors, and anyone passionate about social justice and empowerment.

11/06/2024

Discover the Impact of Dance Tourism! 🌍✨
Join us for an eye-opening Talkshop on June 16th, 6:30-8 PM (online via Zoom).
Discover the deep impacts of dance tourism on culture and communities. Dive into the history and present-day challenges of this growing industry.
Invite your friends, dance teachers and enthusiasts. Let’s envision a fairer future for our dance communities together.

Open to all and conducted in English. Don’t miss out—register now, link in bio!