Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation has been teaching West African dance and drumming in Bed-Stuy for 25 years, and its Art Is Alive Festival is now in its 10th — a free, all-ages week of classes at the School of the Arts on Macdonough Street, ending with a block party. The theme this year is “Rooted 10 Years Deep,” and everything happens at one address: 506 Macdonough St., between Patchen Ave. and Malcolm X Blvd.

The class lineup is the draw — one session each night, taught by people who perform and teach this work at the top of the field:

  • Sun Sept 13, 4 p.m. — Dyane Harvey-Salaam, Pilates (dancer, choreographer, assistant director of Forces of Nature Dance Theatre)
  • Mon Sept 14, 7 p.m. — Jeffrey Page, Mali (Emmy-nominated director and choreographer)
  • Tues Sept 15, 7 p.m. — Yao Ababio, Djembe / West African / Asase Yaa style (the organization’s founder and artistic director)
  • Wed Sept 16, 7 p.m. — Nadia Dieudonné, Haitian folk dance (veteran teacher for the NYC Department of Education)
  • Thur Sept 17, 7 p.m. — Mouminatou Camara, West Africa (former principal dancer, Les Ballet Africains)
  • Fri Sept 18, 7 p.m. — Babacar M’baye, Senegalese Sabar (choreographer and academic)

Then the Block Party on Saturday, Sept 19, noon–7 p.m., emceed by journalist and producer Sharon Gordon. On the bill: the Bessie Award-winning Asase Yaa African American Dance Theater (also marking 25 years), Brooklyn United Marching Band, Farafina Kan, drummer Kofi Hunter, Afro-Panamanian singer Mai-Elka Prado Gil, Something Positive, and an interactive salsa class with Cory “Nova” Villegas. African and diaspora food and drink vendors, local artisans, and community awards round it out.

The whole festival is free; donations are appreciated but not required. Classes are capped, so preregistration is the honest allocation mechanism — sign up through the registration link on the event page. Questions: (646) 468-0710.

What makes this worth a trip rather than a listing: it’s a 25-year-old neighborhood institution running its own anniversary on its own block, with no ticketing, no gate, and no institution between you and the instructors. If you’ve ever wanted to try Sabar, Haitian folk dance, or a djembe class without committing to a semester and a fee, this is the week to do it.