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Ethno-Contemporary Dance: Flow & Improvisation (I-II)
Beginner - intermediate levels.
Email Marta to enroll.
Cost: $25, 1.5 hr class.
Danza Jonda Studio & Lab
Address provided upon enrollment.
Find meaning and essence within the music and speak it through the body. Marta's dance classes are organic and innovative, continually merging ethnic/folkloric and modern influences while creating a space of trust and flow. Her classes break boundaries, they tell a story.
Explore the mechanics of dance posture, soft and hard isolations, how movements initiate, flow and culminate, timing and sinking into a movement, executing deep, internal undulations with careful attention to weight shifts, beautiful arms and hands, listening and improvisation, drills, and combinations.
Study a variety of dance genres (including flamenco, tango, classical Persian dance, contemporary dance, and other ethnic/folkloric and devotional dances from North Africa, the Near East, the Silk Road, Latin America and the Caribbean), while mastering loose combinations and improvisation. Learn the historical and cultural context of these dances and their continued development through videos, handouts and other resources.
*Bring finger cymbals, castanets, a veil, a 'mermaid' skirt, and a long 25-yard spinning skirt. Contact Marta for purchase recommendations.*
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Beginner - intermediate levels.
Email Marta to enroll.
Cost: $25, 1.5 hr class.
Danza Jonda Studio & Lab
Address provided upon enrollment.
Find meaning and essence within the music and speak it through the body. Marta's dance classes are organic and innovative, continually merging ethnic/folkloric and modern influences while creating a space of trust and flow. Her classes break boundaries, they tell a story.
Explore the mechanics of dance posture, soft and hard isolations, how movements initiate, flow and culminate, timing and sinking into a movement, executing deep, internal undulations with careful attention to weight shifts, beautiful arms and hands, listening and improvisation, drills, and combinations.
Study a variety of dance genres (including flamenco, tango, classical Persian dance, contemporary dance, and other ethnic/folkloric and devotional dances from North Africa, the Near East, the Silk Road, Latin America and the Caribbean), while mastering loose combinations and improvisation. Learn the historical and cultural context of these dances and their continued development through videos, handouts and other resources.
*Bring finger cymbals, castanets, a veil, a 'mermaid' skirt, and a long 25-yard spinning skirt. Contact Marta for purchase recommendations.*
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Youth Class: Technique & Dance Fusion
Beginner - intermediate levels.
Email Marta to enroll.
Cost: $15, 1.25 hr class.
Danza Jonda Studio & Lab
Address provided upon enrollment.
Study dance history, technique, and movement while learning about yoga, flamenco, classical Persian dance, contemporary dance, tango, belly dance/raqs sharqi, and other ethnic/folkloric dances from North Africa, the Near East, the Silk Road, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Develop strength and flexibility throughout your body, understand how to safely hold yourself and control your muscles as a dancer while learning how to express yourself through movement. While using beautiful arm and hand lines, body isolations, traveling movements and turns, learn to listen and interpret a song and its many layers… tell a story if you want.
*We will use veils, mermaid skirts, spinning skirts, castanets, finger cymbals, and drums. Contact Marta for purchase recommendations.*
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Beginner - intermediate levels.
Email Marta to enroll.
Cost: $15, 1.25 hr class.
Danza Jonda Studio & Lab
Address provided upon enrollment.
Study dance history, technique, and movement while learning about yoga, flamenco, classical Persian dance, contemporary dance, tango, belly dance/raqs sharqi, and other ethnic/folkloric dances from North Africa, the Near East, the Silk Road, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Develop strength and flexibility throughout your body, understand how to safely hold yourself and control your muscles as a dancer while learning how to express yourself through movement. While using beautiful arm and hand lines, body isolations, traveling movements and turns, learn to listen and interpret a song and its many layers… tell a story if you want.
*We will use veils, mermaid skirts, spinning skirts, castanets, finger cymbals, and drums. Contact Marta for purchase recommendations.*
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Marta is committed to the accessibility of quality instruction.
She will reconsider her rates for students whose income levels limit their studies.
She will reconsider her rates for students whose income levels limit their studies.
