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Hip
Hop
Hip-hop dancing is essentially street moves evolving from Hip Hop
culture in the United States. Consisting of but not limited to "breakin"
(breakdance) moves such as "popping" and "locking",
hip hop dance incorporates Funk, Jazz, Mime, and traditional moves
from all over the world. This fusion continues to form many styles
such as House, Reggae and Krump. Unlike most other forms of dance,
which are often at least moderately structured, hip hop dance has
few (if any) limitations on positions or steps. This class is suitable
for beginners, intermediate and open class level. If you want to
learn how to pop,lock and incorporate jazz and other styles in a
funky fusion, this is the class. Just expect to work hard, be challanged
and have alot of fun. Fees
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Jazz
(Modern Jazz)
Jazz dance originated from the African American vernacular dances
of late 1800s to the mid-1900s. In the 1910s the dance was danced
in a loose-limbed style close to the ground, with eccentric steps.
Until mid 1950s, the term "jazz dance" often referred
to tap dance, because tap dancing (set to jazz music) was the main
performance dance of the era. During the later jazz age, popular
forms of jazz dance were the Cakewalk, Black Bottom, Charleston,
Jitterbug, Boogie Woogie, swing dancing and the related Lindy Hop.
After the 1950s, pioneers such as Katherine Dunham took the essence
of Caribbean traditional dance and made it into a performing art.
With the growing domination of other forms of entertainment music,
jazz dance evolved on Broadway into a new, smooth style taught today
and known as Modern Jazz, while tap dance continued to evolve on
its own. The performance style was popularized by Bob Fosse’s
work, such as Chicago, Cabaret, Damn Yankees, and The Pajama Game.
Today, jazz dance is present in many different forms. Jazz dance
thrives in dance schools, where it is the most popular dance for
amateur dancers. Jazz dance remains an essential part of musical
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American
Tribal Style Bellydance is a contemporary
bellydance style which began in the US aroud 30 years ago and is
a fusion of traditional Egyptian bellydance with flamenco, Indian
bhangra and other dances of north Africa. In it's most contemporary
form, it has also included some hip hop. There are over a hundred
movements that make up the dance. Tribal has been known to be earthy,
elegant and there is a kinship that develops between dancers which
is truly unique. It's the perfect fusion of the old world and the
contemporary Fees
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Cook
Islands
The art of dance is taken very seriously in the Cook Islands. Each
island has its own special dance and these are practiced assiduously
from early childhood. The highly rhythmic drumming on the paté
and the wild and sensuous movements of both men and women virtually
guarantee that Cook Islands teams win all the major Pacific dance
festivals. The Hawaiian hula and the Tahitian tamuré are probably
better known because those islands have had wider publicity for the
last 100 years but the Cook Islands hura is far more sensual and fierce.
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Classical
Ballet
is a specific academic dance form and technique which is taught to
specific methods. Ballet is best known for its unique features and
techniques, such as pointe work, turn-out of the legs, and high extensions;
its graceful, flowing, precise movements; and its ethereal qualities.
Ballet, especially classical ballet, puts great emphasis on the method
and execution of movement. A distinctive feature of ballet is the
outward rotation of the thighs from the hip. The foundation of the
dance consists of five basic positions, all performed with the turnout.
Students are required to learn the names, meanings, and precise technique
of each movement they learn. Emphasis is put on building strength
mostly in the lower body, particularly the legs, and the core (also
called the center or the abdominals) as a strong core is necessary
for many movements in ballet, especially turns, and on developing
flexibility and strong feet for dancing en pointe. Fees
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Contemporary
Dance is the name given to a group of 20th century concert
dance forms. It is a collection of systems and methods developed from
Modern and Postmodern dance. Thus contemporary dance is not a specific
dance technique. European, Canadian and American contemporary dance
differ from each other in a number of ways. Given its post-modern
lineage Contemporary dance takes on many forms including dance fusion,
emergent dance and revisionism. Drawing on modern dance techniques
(developed in the first 60 years of the 20th century) and an array
of still developing philosophies of movement based on study of the
human body and body/mind interrelationships,including: Cunningham
technique*Graham technique*Hawkins technique*Laban Movement Analysis
and Lester Horton Technique. Fees
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Contemporary/Torres
Strait Island is the fusion of both Contemporary and Traditional
Dance is a unique style of modern dance within Australia. Traditional
Torres Strait Island cultural Dance and Songs tell many stories of
history, life and meaning.
The tip of Far North Queensland lays 4 regions of Islands. Central,
Top Western, Western, Eastern.
The dance consists of arm shapes and lines. Stomping on the ground,
Body slaps on the body, long low movements across the floor, fast
rhythm stomps and slaps. Marching with continuous steps, flexed feet
is a signature and the torso will be bent over at the hips frequently.
The musical instruments are of hollowed Bamboo and Wood which creates
the bass and tempo.
This is a culturally rich class, suitable for beginners and advanced
dancers, that love contemporary dance and indigenous styles. Fees
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Samba
Axé is a solo dance that started in 1992 during the
Brazilian Carnival season in Bahia when the Axé rhythm replaced
the Lambada. For years it became the major type of dance for the North
east of Brazil during the holiday months. The dance is completely
choreographed and the movements tend to mimic the lyrics. It's a very
energetic kind of dance that mixes elements of Samba no pé
and aerobics and because of the lyrics, which are made for entertainment,
the dance generally has some sort ludic element. Samba Axé
is an ever-changing kind of dance with no commitment to maintaining
any formal set of steps or routines (there's actually no such a thing
as a basic step in Samba Axé.) Fees
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African
Dance
The term African dance refers mainly to the dances of subsaharan,
west and central Africa. African dance has to be viewed in close connection
with African Music. A central trait of African dance is that it is
polycentric. This means that - unlike many other regions of the world
- the body is not treated as a "stiff" unit but is segmented
into several centers of movement (shoulders, chest, pelvis, arms,
legs etc.) that may be moved according to different rhythmical components
of the music or even add rhythmical components of their own. This
may result in very complex movements "inside" the body,
as opposed to the movement through space of the whole body that plays
the most important role in many European choreographies. Fees
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Krump
(Crump)
Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise (K.R.U.M.P) is a dance style
with African roots. It is also referred to as getting buck or amped,
and is a highly volatile, expressive and versatile totally different
from Clowning. It is constantly evolving and krumping is now a structured
form of dance; with a variety of styles. It began as a positive release
of aggression and anger and a nonviolent alternative to the street
violence that is widespread in many of the areas where it is performed.
Photo courtesy of the motion picture RIZE. Fees
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Reggaeton
is the style of music. It blends Jamaican music influences
of Reggae and Dancehall with those of Latin America, such as Bomba
and Plena, as well as that of African and Hip Hop styles such as Krump.Reggaeton
the dance has no commitment to maintaining any formal set of steps
or routines (there's actually no such a thing as a basic step in Reggaeton.)The
dance form is simply “Grinding” a mix of styles integrating
dance movements to Reggaeton music- the result is a style injected
with sensual movements made for the nightclubs. A very sassy style
to be danced with or without a partner. Fees
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Street
Funk
Funk dance or funk styles refer to dance styles that are primarily
danced to funk music. Originating from street dance styles in California
in the 1970s, mainly popping and locking, funk incorporates jazz moves
and street styles Music Video style is the dance used primarily in
popular artists, music videos. Short sharp jazz moves with street
funk elements. Street Funk is a combination of hip hop and jazz, with
more emphasis on the hip hop elements of dance such as popping and
locking. Fees Timetable |
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Bollywood
Dance is the dancing in Bollywood films, especially older
ones, is primarily modelled on Indian dance: classical dance styles,
dances of historic northern Indian courtesans (tawaif), or folk dances.
In modern films, Indian dance elements often blend with Western dance
styles (as seen on MTV or in Broadway musicals), though it is not
unusual to see Western pop and pure classical dance numbers side by
side in the same film. The hero or heroine will often perform with
a troupe of supporting dancers. Fees Timetable |
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Soca/Calypso
like Dancehall, Reggae and Reggaeton are all sensual dances, with
an abundance of hip movements and alluring expressions. A mixture
of dance styles basically of African origin but influenced by the
Spanish conquest of the West Indies and later by French and English
dance styles of the colonial era. It shows the merging of African
body movements with formal European set dances. The music combines
the melodic lilting sound of calypso with an insistent percussion.
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