My Courses
Live Sessions & Masterclasses
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Deep Dive
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Deep Dive
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Live Session
Kick Ball Change & Its Variations
Focus of the session was swinging 8th rhythm in different movements, specifically ball changes and kick ball changes. Class starts with warm up based on west - African movement. Then straight to swinging 8th rhythm from its basics tov variations & steps. We culminate with dance combo based around kick ball changes.
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Arms, Turns & Swinging 8th
Advanced class with focus on expression in arms, swinging 8th note and rotations. Class starts with warm up based on west - African movement. Part 1: work on 3 ideas for arms. Part 2: practice of kick ball changes. Part 3: rotation on the rocks. Part 4: combination.
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Rocks & Steps
Focus of the class is to dance with simple groovy jazz ideas that are easy to remember and apply. In the first section we work on elements: arms, head, groove, levels. Second part is all about rocks & rotations, steps & breaks and, finally, swinging 8th rhythm & variations.
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Rotations & Rhythm Steps
Focus of the class is rotations and concept “one rhythm, many ways”. We warm up upper body and arms based on west - African movement. Work on rotations in all directions that come from rock step in Charleston and Cross step. Practice specific swinging 8th rhythm in turns & fall of the log.
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Live Session
Solo Jazz 101
Focus of the class is solo jazz vocabulary. In the first section we warm up, dance with just bounce focusing on body movement, levels, the quality of steps. Last but not least we play with arms. Second section is dedicated to footwork. You will learn a jazz combo.
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Live Session
Explosive Movements & Contrasts
We start with smooth warm up of spine and breath. Moving on to flow with work of arms. Third section is working on contrasts: small vs big and on the spot vs moving around. In the final part we work on a combo dedicated to explosive movement.
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Live Session
Introduction to Solo Jazz
We start with warm up and isolations, moving on to explore swing bounce / pulse, walking with a groove. Footwork focus is on box step, turn around, lock turn (injection turn) and charleston basic. You can use this combo and those moves to dance to other styles of music, for instance funk or soul!
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Live Session
Footwork Variations, Arms & Turns
We start with immediate warm - up with attention to isolation. After work on arms and pulse. In the class combo we focus on turns & variations of box step, kick ball change steps. We work on details of expression & body movement in simple vocabulary footwork like box step, stomps, lock turn.
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Live Session
Tools On How To Dance To A Full Song
In this 2h class we approach jazz dance from the rhythm & movement shape perspective. There are 4 time ingredients: walking bass, half time feel, back beat & syncopation. All the footwork in jazz dance is a specific shape that represents one or few of time ingredients. Knowing this will help you improvise and dance freely!
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Live Session
Improvisation Games
The focus of this 2h session is “Improvisation Games”. My approach to working with improvisation is targeting or limitation. Target one idea or element, limit yourself to only practicing that. We tried the following: “Vocabulary” game, “Deconstruction”, “Walking Bass” (steps with no name), “Swinging the note”.
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