đź—“Â Tuesdays from July 14 - Aug 25
🕰️ 7-9pm
🗺 Merlin’s Place: 248 McKibbin St 1G, Brooklyn
đź’°Â Sliding scale of $200-$500 (ask your employer if you have a continuing education budget for classes)
đź“‹Â Application form (deadline June 30)
Street dance cultures emerged from people gathering together: at clubs, parties, battles, parks, and sessions, using movement as a way to connect, express, communicate, and transform everyday life into something more alive. Yet for many adults, dance can feel inaccessible. Either highly performative, technically intimidating, or disconnected from the simple joy of moving to music with other people.
In this beginner focused course, you’ll learn the building blocks of street dance through styles like Hip Hop, House, Waacking and Vogue. Taught from scratch, you’ll develop rhythm, coordination, and confidence so you can feel at ease in your body and on the dance floor.
You’ll explore how each style/music genre can bring out a different version of yourself (eg, House can promote feeling free, Vogue promotes presence, Waacking promotes emotional storytelling, etc), so you develop a greater sense of freedom, responsiveness, and play, whether in social spaces, other dance classes, or in everyday life.
For participants who feel especially drawn to a particular style, the course can also serve as a gateway into New York’s larger dance ecosystem. Throughout the series, you’ll be pointed toward classes, sessions, social dances, battles, and communities where you can continue developing your practice and build deeper connections within the city’s rich street dance cultures.
Some classes will include guest teachers from the street dance community.