Zoe Jakes ~ Pop Lock & Layering Drills Workshop

Join us at House of Flow Santa Rosa for a deep dive into Belly Dance with Zoe Jakes! Refine your skills with her signature drills! This is a mixed level workshop.

"Pop Lock & Layering Drills", The technique behind her signature locking stylization will be broken down and taught in an easily digestible format. Students will receive many tools to help unlock the more challenging aspects of layering, as well as lots of fun drills in

class to get the movements in their bodies. Be prepared to sweat!

Doors Open 12:15pm

Bring Water & Snacks

Shimmy Belt Optional

Parking is free throughout the neighborhood. Cleveland Ave is always very open and a close walk to the studio. House of Flow is the large warehouse on the corner of Ripley & West 9th, right next to the train tracks.

Bio:

Zoe Jakes has been belly dancing for 20 years, and brings playfulness and

ease into the classroom that makes training fun! She desires to create an

inclusive environment so all humans can enjoy the art of Bellydance, and hopes

that everyone can experience the grace and fluidity that comes with training in

this form. Zoe’s signature style of dance incorporates pop and lock isolations,

elements of classical Indian dance, jazz footwork, and modern lines, with lots of

folk Bellydance inspiration. Zoe Jakes is a founding member of Beats Antique

and composes music for them as well as dances. She is known around the world

for her unique stylistic take on belly dance, and is also an accomplished

teacher, sharing her knowledge with the next generation.

A versatile and extremely well-rounded performer, Zoe Jakes has developed

an instruction style all her own and is a popular touring instructor, her

workshops regularly selling out.

Katarina Burda (an original member of Bal-Anat) is her first teacher and

influence, and Zoe was a company member of Katarina's troop Aywah! along

with the talented Mira Betz and Elizabeth Strong. She went on to train and

perform with the amazing Suhaila Salimpour, spent a few years learning how to

get in people’s faces in Extra Action Marching Band, and immersed in

Americana Vaudeville with The Yard Dogs Road Show. A proud member of The

Indigo Belly Dance Company, Zoe holds Mardi Love and Rachel Brice as her

teachers and inspiration. Currently, Zoe Jakes is touring with her band Beats

Antique, a group that has 6 albums and hundreds of live shows under their belt.

Zoe designs and makes many of her own costumes and co-produces tracks

with Beats Antique, also adding set designer and stylist to her body of work.

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