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Dates of Series: Mondays 2/17, 2/24, 3/3, and 3/10 from 8-9pm.
Pricing: $100 for the complete series. Please note that this series is not offered on a drop-in basis, registration is required for the entire series as class and materials build week-to-week.
Cancellation Policy: If you wish to cancel your reservation for this series, cancellation must occur by 2/10/25 in order to receive a refund. Cancellations made after 2/10/25 will not be entitled to a refund or credit toward other classes. Missed classes within the series are not entitled to a refund or credit toward another class.
Class Description: Open to dancers 18+. Join us for a 4-week progressive series for dancers who are new to dancing, new to dancing in heels, or who want to revisit the basics! No dance experience is required. We hope to help prepare you to feel more confident dancing in heels and taking drop-in Advanced Beginner Heels classes.
Weeks 1, 2 & 3 - Introduction to Heels Technique & Choreography: These classes will each have a technique-focused portion as well as a choreography portion. During the technique portion we will focus on balance, stability, strengthening, and getting acclimated to moving in a heel. We will discuss proper footwear, injury prevention and learn ankle strengthening exercises. We will also do across-the-floor work, where there will be an emphasis on walking, shifting our weight, and finding the proper engagement needed throughout the leg to support ourselves in a heel. We will cover the importance of lines and bevels with some drilling exercises to get everyone used to the correct lines and shapes you’re supposed to create.
During the choreography portion of each of these classes, we will learn a dance combination that we will build on from week-to-week.
Week 4 - Finish Choreography & Introduce Floorwork & Freestyle: We will begin class with an introduction to floorwork (including transitions to and from the floor & creating proper lines while dancing on the floor), and freestyle, and we will finish class with the complete piece of choreography that we learned weeks 1 through 3.
Level: This is a Pure Beginner level series. Zero dance experience is expected and welcomed for this level. If you have never danced or you feel like you have two left feet, this level is for you! In this level, you will learn the basic and foundational steps of the style. Class will be taught at a slow enough pace to allow dancers an opportunity to grasp movements and concepts. There will be a clear breakdown and instruction of movement. Learning fundamentals will be the focus of class, as opposed to learning choreography. However, some choreography may be taught at this level. If so, it will be with minimal complexity and slower tempos. We typically only offer this level of class within a multi-week series, as opposed to in a drop-in, single class format.