Foundational Jazz Workshop

Foundational Jazz Workshop with Ofelia
Monday August 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st / 7-8pm

The timeless popularity of Jazz emanates from its elegance and understated sensuality. Male Jazz dancers will take your breath away (West Side Story comes to mind!). Female jazz dancers seduce and they entice and they do it without trying. Jazz is so beautiful, it has been fused with just about every dance form. There’s Old School Jazz, Pop Jazz, Commercial Jazz, Jazz Funk, Latin Jazz, Hip hop Jazz, Burlesque, Tap, Musical Theater, Bollywood, Contemporary and Lyrical jazz…. And why is that? Jazz celebrates the beauty of the human form with its graceful lines and powerful hitting moves, its athleticism, its effortless turns and high leg kicks, seductive body rolls and dramatic, playful gestures. Mikhail Baryshnikov famously said: Dancers are not born, they are made. Jazz dancers train to move the way they do. And from that training, an elevated level of self confidence emerges.

Is it a worthwhile journey for you to “be made” into a jazz dancer? If you want that for yourself, this workshop is where to start. Or if you’re already a seasoned jazz dancer and want to return to the basics, you can dial it back in this workshop. We can’t cram years of training into 4, 60 minute workshop classes, but we can give you the foundation to set you on this journey with every advantage possible.

And the really great news is that this workshop converts to a weekly class upon its completion – so you can continue where you left off!

Taught by Ofelia de La Valette, who is a living testiment to what is possible to achieve when you start dancing as an adult late in life.

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