Learn to dance or improve your Contemporary TechniqueDancing is one of the best ways to relieve stress and bring happiness to your life. We offer Contemporary classes that are full of fun along with great technique.
What you will learnLearn Contemporary technique with Authentic Cuban twists and flavour. Moves from basic beginners moves, improvers, intermediate, all the way to advanced level. Focus is placed on teaching the correct Contemporary technique, including movement, gesture, as well as musicality and concept.
Why dance with us?Get it right from the beginning. We don't only teach moves. Classes are designed to help focus and work on your posture, technique, connection, musicality, dance concept, space awareness and eventually exciting moves to make your dance more versatile, fluid and enjoyable.....
Our teachers are passionate and knowledgeable in the material they teach. Plus we follow our own dance syllabus as well as level of class. Classes are done a a comfortable dance studio. |
No dance partner neededCome on your own or join us with a group of friends.
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All dance levels welcome |
Flexible payment optionsWhether you want to join us for a single class or pay for a few weeks with a discount.
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Start your Contemporary experience with one of these classes
Time & LocationThe Place Dance Studio
17 Duke's Rd London WC1H 9PY Thursday: 20:00 -21:30 Saturday: 18:00 -20:00 |
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What is CONTEMPORARY DANCE TECHNIQUE ?
Contemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet. Contemporary dancers strive to connect the mind and the body through fluid dancemovements.
What is contemporary technique ?
Dance techniques and movement philosophies employed in contemporary dance may include Contemporary ballet, Dance improvisation, Modern dance styles from United States such as Graham technique, Humphrey-Weidman technique and Hortontechnique, Modern dance of Europe Bartenieff Fundamentals and the dance technique of Isadora Duncan (also see Free dance).
Contemporary dancers train using contemporary dance techniques as well as non-dance related practices such as Pilates, Yoga, the acting practice of Corporeal mime - Étienne Decroux technique and somatic practices such as Alexander technique,[7]Feldenkrais Method, Sullivan Technique and Franklin-Methode, American contemporary techniques such as José Limón technique and Hawkins technique and Postmodern dance techniques such as Contact improvisation and Cunningham technique, and Release technique.
Some well-known choreographers and creators of contemporary dance created schools and techniques of their own. Paul Taylordeveloped a dance technique called Taylor technique, which is now taught at modern dance schools like The Ailey School in New York City.
From wikipedia
Contemporary dancers train using contemporary dance techniques as well as non-dance related practices such as Pilates, Yoga, the acting practice of Corporeal mime - Étienne Decroux technique and somatic practices such as Alexander technique,[7]Feldenkrais Method, Sullivan Technique and Franklin-Methode, American contemporary techniques such as José Limón technique and Hawkins technique and Postmodern dance techniques such as Contact improvisation and Cunningham technique, and Release technique.
Some well-known choreographers and creators of contemporary dance created schools and techniques of their own. Paul Taylordeveloped a dance technique called Taylor technique, which is now taught at modern dance schools like The Ailey School in New York City.
From wikipedia