Ready to shake things up? In this workshop, we’ll explore how to layer, control, and let loose with a variety of shimmies, then we’ll slide into silky-smooth figure 8s that feel as good as they look. No matter your experience level, this class is all about having fun!
Vintage Vibes
with Jesse
Let’s take a journey through time and space… late 90s/early 2000s! Old school movements, music and sets! We’ll drill some movements and do some set exercises that were a fixture at the SF South Van Ness studio.
Dueling Duets
with Virginia
Dueling Duets are an exciting quartet formation that adds variety to your FCBD® performances but can be hard to master! In this workshop, we will break down dueling duets, learn how to set them up and come out of them, options for fast and slow performances, and the exciting Rush Hour!
Practice 'Til You Make It!
with Virginia
Power up your performance in this intermediate to advanced workshop as we practice a series of FCBD® movement combinations. We will practice challenging drills and break down the technique and transitions. You will learn what it takes to create a dynamic sequence of steps that will keep you and your team on their toes and your audience mesmerized! Get ready for a challenge!
Dance Your Chakras and Dance Mixer
with Krisztina
Start off your weekend of dance with a review of the foundation steps while setting your intention for the weekend, grounding, and balancing your chakras. Followed by dancing in formations, changing groups often, so that everyone has an opportunity to dance with as many different people as possible. We will end the workshop in a large chorus while groups take turns in the feature position.
Work that Skirt Beyond Basics
with Krisztina
This workshop will focus on the Work that Skirt Dialect as created by Krisztina. We will work with a group of fast and slow steps in formations focusing on transitions and variations for duets, trios and quartets.
Knowledge of Level 1 Work that Skirt Style is recommended.
Zill it like you mean it!
with Clara
Playing zills is a mental skill as much as a physical one, and it’s easy to feel unassertive or inaccurate in our finger cymbals when our focus has to split into the many moving pieces of FCBD® style.
To engage our zilling auto-pilot and gain the confidence of playing them as second nature, we’ll explore musical concepts like tempo, measures, and counts, and use fun and challenging drills to strengthen that bridge between brain and fingers; this will increase our dexterity and speed with this musical instrument, so we can keep a nice flow of sounds without interrupting our flow of movements.
We will also understand the components that form known patterns like Longa and Military, and have a first taste of the new “Sagat Soul" Dialect, in which you'll add another layer of complexity to your dance by using changing zill patterns and adornments with the existing FCBD® vocabulary, without cues or choreography. This will allow you to dance to your own percussion or enrich the music you choose, while adding a fun challenge to your performance and overall showcasing your badassery!