Friday Morning Jazz: Erinn This (and Next) Week

Erinn Liebhard is back at it teaching Friday Morning Jazz class through Zenon Dance School this Friday, May 7 and Friday, May 14! These classes will explore connections between Jazz and House dance. Erinn’s approach to jazz emphasizes groove, interaction and improvisation, is inspired by both social and concert dance movement (particularly that with African diasporic roots), and is driven by jazz music.

Join us for this Zoom-based class that skews intermediate-advanced and welcomes all comers, including drop-ins and first-time attendees! Register at least ten minutes in advance of class at zenondance.org. If you need help navigating how to join or to see if there are discounts available, connect with erika@zenondance.org.

Come groove with us!

Cassandra School Online Classes

Join our online learning community of all ages, sizes, and levels of experience to participate in the creative expression and health and fitness benefits of Middle Eastern dance. The beauty of this dance form is that it makes you feel wonderful in your own unique body!

Go to cassandraschool.com to choose your classes and learn from home. Each class is held through Zoom, is 75 minutes, in US Central Time, and $15 each. Purchase four or more classes and receive a $2 discount per class – that’s $13 each!

Be sure to choose, register, and PAY for your class ahead of time as class registrations close at 8:00pm CT the night before class. We take payments through our PayPal or using your credit card as a guest through our PayPal.

AMP is Back with Weekly Movement Practices

Wednesday, 10:00-11:15am CDT
$5-$15
Zoom

May 5
May 12

Each week: Move BIG from home with Alternative Motion Project! Move and sweat in a weekly online contemporary movement practice. Explore mobility, length, momentum, and 3-D expansion, while pushing the boundaries and physicality of a smaller space in a curious and enlivening environment, often to fun, retro pop hits. Come as you are in the space that you have! Suitable for pre-professional/professional movers in any size space.

Register at least 30 minutes prior to class time.

The Zoom link will be sent to your email address within 24 hours of the class time. You will need a Zoom account to access the practice.

This practice is offered on a sliding scale, $5-15. Payments will directly support instructors. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Please email financial concerns and any questions to alternativemotionproject@gmail.com.

We’ll virtually see you soon!

REGISTER: https://www.alternativemotionproject.org/weekly-virtual-movement-practice.html

Photo Credit: V. Paul Virtucio

Drop-in GYROKINESIS® Method Classes

The GYROKINESIS® Method was developed by Romanian émigré and professional ballet dancer Juliu Horvath in the late 1970s and early 80s. Movement patterns are rhythmic, with a coordinated breath. The GYROKINESIS® Method will connect you to your center and build functional strength in parallel and rotation.

Level 1:
Friday, 10:30am – https://zoom.us/j/556949877
Monday, 10:00am – https://zoom.us/j/597696618

Foundations:
Tuesday, 6:00pm – http://zoom.us/j/85360225028 – No class May 11
Thursday, 12:00pm – https://zoom.us/j/86006978332
Sunday, 10:30am – https://zoom.us/j/637871744

All classes are 60 minutes. Drop-ins welcome any time.
Class fee is a sliding scale, $5-20 payable at http://paypal.me/nonedwards or by check. No one is turned away for non-payment.

Want to explore on your own schedule? Private sessions available, also on a sliding scale.

GYROKINESIS® is a registered trademark of GYROTONIC Sales Corp and is used with their permission.

BCL – Adult Drop-In Ballet

A light-skinned dancer in a red leotard reaches arms out in first arabesque

Join us for our Adult/Teen Drop-in classes! 

Dance is for everyone! Get your body moving and enjoy a variety of dance and conditioning classes, including Pilates. 

You can join us in-person, or virtually via Zoom. Class size is limited to ten dancers for in-studio. All attending dancers must sign-in on MindBody. Class sign-in will close ten minutes before the class begins.

Learn more or sign up for a class here: https://bit.ly/AdultTeenBCL

 

Erin Thompson Teaches Advanced Contemporary/Modern Classes At Zenon

Erin, a light skinned dancer in her 60s, tosses both arms and one leg to the left as she leans to the right

Erin’s advanced level contemporary/modern Zoom class through Zenon Dance School includes floor work, standing warm-ups, and phrase work, all designed to enhance the healthy use of joints and muscle groups as dancers release their weight fully into the support of the ground. Experiential awareness, body mapping, improvisation, and creative work are included as dancers channel their own expressive artistry within the movement. The delightful Dean Magraw will accompany on guitar.

Thursday mornings, 9:30-11:00am

Registration is open through Zenon’s MindBody portal and closes ten minutes before class.
See you (virtually) soon!

Zenon on Zoom

Zenon – Spring Classes Online and In Person

Zenon Dance School is excited to offer a wide variety of adult and youth dance classes this spring. Drop-in students are always welcome!

MONDAY
5:30pm: Cardio Dance Jam with Ariel Linnerson

TUESDAY
9:30am: gaga/people with Berit Ahlgren
5:30pm: Beginning/Intermediate Ballet with Anne Lentz
7:00pm: Beginning Jazz with Allison Rubin-Forester

WEDNESDAY
9:30am: Composition/Improvisation with HIJACK
5:30pm: Intermediate Contemporary/Modern with Ruby Josephine Smith – HYBRID
5:30pm: Beginning Ballet with Lisa Erickson

THURSDAY
9:30am: Advanced Contemporary/Modern with Erin Thompson
5:30pm: Afro Modern with Roxane Wallace
7:00pm: Intermediate Modern with Dustin Haug – HYBRID

FRIDAY
10:00am: All Levels Jazz with Erinn Liebhard and Karla Grotting
12:00pm: Intermediate Ballet with Penny Freeh

SATURDAY
9:00am: Yoga with Ariel Linnerson
10:00am: Tap with Dorian Brooke
10:15am: Youth Hip Hop, Ages 6-9 with Erin Sheppard
11:00am: Youth Ballet I, Ages 5-7 with Sarah Bartlett
11:15am: Youth Ballet II, Ages 8-10 with Kendall Kramer
12:00pm: Beginning 2 Ballet with Benjamin Johnson

Register online today!

Keane Sense of Rhythm Tap Dance Classes

Photo of the bottom of a tap shoe as a light-skinned dancer tying its laces

Summer classes start in June – in person and virtual!

YOUTH
Beginning – Thursday, 4:45-5:15pm
Intermediate – Monday, 4:15-7:15pm
Advanced/Pre-Professional – Monday and/or Thursday, 7:15-9:15pm
Musical Theater and Tap – Thursdays, 5:15-6:15pm

ADULTS
Tappy Hour 1
Monday

Tappy Hour 2
Wednesday, 10:30-11:30am
Wednesday, 7:30-8:30pm

Friday Morning Jazz: Karla This Week

Karla Grotting is back at it teaching Friday Morning Jazz class through Zenon Dance School this Friday, April 30! These classes will explore the current currents of R&B and hip hop stylings in contemporary jazz music.

Join us for this Zoom-based class that skews intermediate-advanced and welcomes all comers, including drop-ins and first-time attendees! Register at least ten minutes in advance of class at zenondance.org. If you need help navigating how to join or to see if there are discounts available, connect with erika@zenondance.org.

Come groove with us!