▁purs ue ▁this ▁as ▁a ▁career , ▁moving ▁to ▁France ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁to ▁study ▁modern ▁dance ▁and ▁bal let . ▁ ▁Dance ▁career ▁Upon ▁her ▁return ▁to ▁Sen eg al , ▁she ▁began ▁to ▁teach ▁dance ▁locally , ▁both ▁priv ately ▁and ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁secondary ▁education ▁system . ▁During ▁this ▁period ▁she ▁developed ▁a ▁new ▁style , ▁which ▁she ▁would ▁later ▁call ▁the ▁" A fr ican ▁dance ". ▁After ▁ch ore ograph ing ▁dance ▁to ▁the ▁poem ▁Fem me ▁No ir , ▁Fem me ▁Nu , ▁she ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁the ▁author ▁- ▁President ▁Lé op old ▁S éd ar ▁S eng hor ▁of ▁Sen eg al . ▁After ▁real ising ▁they ▁had ▁similar ▁asp ir ations ▁for ▁African ▁identity ▁and ▁culture , ▁he ▁sent ▁her ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁ch ore ograph er ▁Maurice ▁Bé j art ▁in ▁Br uss els , ▁Belg ium . ▁With ▁the ▁assistance ▁of ▁S eng hor ▁and ▁Bé j art , ▁she ▁founded ▁M ud ra ▁A frique , ▁a ▁school ▁of ▁dance ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁ ▁While ▁Bé j art ▁initially ▁set ▁the ▁curr icul um , ▁which ▁included ▁Ac og ny ' s ▁modern ▁dance ▁techniques . ▁He ▁eventually ▁rec ru ited ▁more ▁dance ▁teachers ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁attempted ▁to ▁take ▁over ▁Ac og ny ' s ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁curr icul um ; ▁she ▁confront ed ▁him ▁and ▁demanded ▁she ▁was ▁made ▁the ▁sole ▁director ▁of