8-Week Bachata Foundations Course with For the Love of Bachata

Name: 8-Week Bachata Foundations Course with For the Love of Bachata
Start: 2024-10-01T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-01T20:30:00-04:00
Location: Amanda Wolf Productions

Schedule

Tue Oct 01 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Amanda Wolf Productions | Pittsburgh, PA

8 TUESDAYS
October 1st - November 19tg
7-8:30pm
In this 8 week course, you will:
- Develop a variety of basic steps from Dominican Republic (the homeland of Bachata)
- Learn the foundations of Bachata music
- Develop musicality in your dancing
- Play with the elements of Bachata that create personal style
- Understand social norms of dance
- Appreciate the Dominican roots of Bachata
- Develop the roots of connection that allow you to both lead and follow a variety of basic steps (Please note: All dancers will learn both roles regardless of gender)
- Utilize weight transfer to improve leading and following
- Use the elements of Bachata music to cultivate musicality in partnerwork
- Apply various break steps and body movements to cultivate personal style
- Practice and apply social norms of dance within partnerwork
- Appreciate the Dominican roots of Bachata
This course does NOT use pattern-based learning, as memorized patterns can prohibit creativity. You will learn the foundational elements of Bachata and will learn to create your own style of dancing using those basics, variations, and concepts of musicality.
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This class is taught by Jessica Taylor, owner of For the Love of Bachata. She has an extensive background in educational psychology and pedagogy and 15 years of professional teaching experience as a Spanish teacher. She has taught all ages and believes deeply in every person’s ability to learn with the right learning experience plus patience and support.
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Time: 7:00pm-8:30 pm, Tuesdays starting Oct 1st - Nov 19tg
Location: Apinwall, Amanda Wolf Productions, 101 Emerson Ave Pittsburgh PA 15215
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Sign up now --> www.fortheloveofbachata.com/weeklyclasses
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DISCOUNTS
Full-time student discount: use code STUDENT to save 40% on any class package.
Name your discount: If you need a discount to attend class, email me at [email protected] and tell me the price you can afford to pay for the class. I will make a custom code for you.