Ready to refresh or dig deep in to all that amazing material that will boost your dancing to the next level. Technique, styles, some body work, you will get it all!
Your Instructor, Brenda Russell
Brenda comes from a family of social dancers and musicians. As dance became her profession, she began specialising in African American cultural jazz, blues, and latin dances. For the last 24 years, Brenda has travelled the world teaching movement and dance, including balboa, blues, swing, tango, west coast swing and fusion.
Brenda is known as a technician, historian, and sometimes drill sergeant. She is most known as a dancer and teacher for her feel, and that of her students. Brenda promotes the philosophies of proprioceptive partnering, neutral frame, spinal alignment and pulse-based dancing, helping her students experience an organic connection often found in native social dancers.
When describing her vision, she states:Movement | Sensuality | Community
Brenda is a movement and dance educator by nature and by training. She holds many certifications in movement education modalities, and she continues to deepen her understanding of body movement, along with integration of mind, body and spirit.
Brenda believes that the best way to learn a dance is the same way the original dancers did: by listening to the music, moving in response, picking up movements from family and friends, through observation and then by joining in the dance.
Brenda believes that when a dancer connects fully with their own body and with the music, and can understand, observe, and embody dance movement in general, then they can dance their own authentic dance, within any form they choose, including the Blues and Jazz Dance.
Schedule
Saturday March 7th
4h classes: 11.00-16.00
Practice time: 16-17
Description
Advanced Body Mechanics, Partnering, and Rhythms – Participants should be familiar with Afro-Blues aesthetic and different styles of Blues and Jazz Blues dances.
If you are not sure if your experienced enough, don’t hesitate to reach out to us and we can check together. You don’t have to be a pro, but you shouldn’t be a complete beginner, either.
Prices
One day Blüesli (incl. Practice): 120 CHF regular / 100 reduced
Venue
TBA (Zurich)