The Movement Academy - Salsa on2 (Mambo) Workshop

We present to you ‘The Movement Academy’ - Comprising international teachers, performers and choreographers - @Tarek Demerdash, @Angelique Sinclaire and @Andrea Stewart - are putting together an exclusive 4 hour on2 intensive and comprehensive Salsa workshop on the 9th of July in London.

Each of your teachers has a wealth of experience, originally training with some of the world’s most authoritative on2 teachers and all have taught, performed and represented their countries at a top international level. They have been asked to judge several competitions and have choreographed for professionally paid dance groups. Most importantly all are of the firm belief that development is forever ongoing and their passion for music, dance and sharing with others has been the inspiration for this event.

This workshop will be comprehensive focussing on warmup and body isolations, footwork, leadable partner work and styling. You will learn in great detail the intricacies involved in not just dancing on 2, but why dancing on2 is not unequivocally the same as dancing Mambo!

The workshop on the 9th of July is targeted to all levels, regardless of whether you are a beginner, improver, intermediate or advanced dancer as our core belief is that one can never learn all that there is to learn.

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When: Sunday 9th July 2017

What Time: Workshop 13.00 until 17:00, followed by buffet.

Where: Bar Salsa, 96 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H

Price:

£20.00 - if purchased during April (Early bird price if bought before May)

£25.00 – from the 1st May

£30.00 – from the 1st June

£35.00 – from the 1st July

• Price includes a buffet and social dancing afterwards!

Bookable online https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/immersion-program-the-movement-project-tickets-33479849130

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Do I have to bring a partner?:

No partner is necessary as we will be rotating partners throughout the partnerwork sessions.

Workshop Schedule:

**Please note that all classes are suitable for all levels of dancers and will be split into the appropriate levels**

12:30 – 13:00 – Doors open and registration

13:00-14:00 - Warm up & Body Isolation

• A full body warm up concentrating on isolations, body rolls and stretch techniques for dancers. A fun class that is suitable for ALL levels of dancers

14:00-15:00 – Salsa on2 Footwork Classes

1. Let’s start Moving

• A foundations class focussing on the core shines and footwork - Suitable for Beginners / Improvers / conversion from on1

1. Move with Style and Flavour

• A more advanced footwork routine involving syncopated shines and footwork together with body movement to add flavour – Suitable for intermediate / advanced dancers

15:00-16:00 – Partner work Classes

Connections – 3 levels of concurrent partner work classes.

We will teach these classes by showing how to correctly lead and follow in order to take you’re dancing to the next level.

This will include spinning technique and the correct counts of execution. All of the partnerwork taught, is designed to be socially leadable, both successfully and more importantly safely!

1. On2 Partnerwork fundamentals

1. Suitable for absolute beginners

1. On2 partnerwork class with more complex patterns

1. This class assumes you comfortably dance on1 or on2 at a social level – Suitable for Improvers / Intermediate and on1 converters

1. On2 Advanced

1. Complex partner work and styling

16:00-17:00 – Musicality with movement – Open level class suitable for all dancers.

We firmly believe that the way you dance should be dictated by the music you are listening to. We explore the different types of salsa music and the instruments that are typically presented. You will learn how to listen to and adapt you’re dancing to the changes in the music such as adapting your partner work, breaking apart from your partner and knowing when to reconnect.

What to wear?

Come dressed to sweat – You are going to workout! :-)

• Socks and trainers for warm up isolations

• Heels, flats, jazz shoes for partner work and footwork classes

• Change of T-Shirt if you tend to sweat a lot

• Deodorant!

Trainers are not recommended if you care about your knees!

Finally, watch out for exciting news on our new studio based courses with mirrors, beginning in September 2017.