Summer Dance 2020
workshops
A delectable feast of workshops specially created for Summer Dance!
FRIDAY 10TH JAN
FIERCE HEELS WITH JAMES WELSBY
Commercial heels dance
"Fierce Heels" by James Welsby (AKA Valerie Hex) director of multi-award winning international drag spectacular YUMMY. James is a VCA School of Dance Graduate and has taught dance for over a decade. His style is informed by a unique mix of drag culture and contemporary dance.
Please note heels are required, but general heels NOT pole dance heels!
Open to all levels
7pm – 8.3pm $50
SATURDAY 11TH JAN
LYRICAL POLE WORKSHOP with Jaq
Grounded choreography class that leaps, swirls, rolls and flows. Discover new shapes and innovative ways of making a trick look different. Lyrical Pole differs to Fluidity as it is a choreography class. It's the perfect way to kick start your weekend!
Kneepads always required, socks/legwarmers & bring something to cover your shoulders
Open level with pole experience (Inter 1 & above preferred)
10am – 11.30am $50
ROLLING ROLLING ROLLING with Jaq
Floor workshop focusing on shoulder rolls
Take your floor work to the next level.
Learn & practise safe techniques and fundamentals for shoulder rolls. The shoulder roll is a key movement with any floor work across the board; pole, burlesque, movement. Once you have the basics you are set to learn the fancy stuff; fish flops, kip ups, helicopters, boats, shoulder-stands – you name it – you’ll be able to do it!
If you have your basic shoulder roll, can you do both sides? Can you add the flare? Workshop includes safe warmup techniques you can take away with you for your own practice.
You can roll? There are many more to learn. Come along and learn the fancier things; fish flops, helicopters, boats, shoulder stands, kip ups.
Please bring notepad & pen. Wear long pants, something covering your shoulders, legwarmers/socks, and kneepads.
Open to students of all genres, all styles, and definitely ALL levels - yes that includes Beginner students!
1pm – 2.30pm $50
FRIDAY 17TH JAN
DIRTY DANCING with Amanda
‘Dirty Dancing’ combines slinky, sexy, wavy pole tricks and transitions with stripping and lap dance. Discover the secrets to controlled sensual movement, 'strip club-style' stripping and lap dance basics in this late night choreography class. No actual nudity required.
Bring heels, knee pads, pole shorts and either a bikini, underwear, extra pole shorts or a dress/t shirt to take off.
Suitable for intermediate 1 pole and above
7pm – 8.3pm $50
WEEKEND 18&19TH JAN
X-PERT TEACHER TRAINING with Lisa D
Full details & enrolments at below link
https://www.xpertpolefitness.com/xpert-pole-fitness-1and2-bottoms-up-dance
SATURDAY 1ST FEB
TANGO POLE with Jaq
Tango, the vibrant, playful & passionate dance. It is a dance of intertwined bodies engaged in a dialogue of limbs. Jacquie’s experience in the Argentine tango, blended with pole creates a fiery & provocative dance. Featuring leg work, lifts, footwork and primarily the passion! The pole is your dance partner & together you will learn an impassioned dance which will become moving seduction.
Low heels preferred (no high pole heels!). Feel free to dress accordingly!
Open level with Pole experience (Inter 2 & above preferred)
10am – 11.30am $50
HANDSPRING CLINIC with Lisa
Handsprings, Deadlift & Iron X workshop
The handspring is a landmark move in pole dancing, but how do you become fully comfortable in them, and how do you strengthen and condition your body to achieve them safely? If you are already comfortable with handsprings, how do you deadlift, aerial handspring or do a muscle up? In this workshop Lisa will work with you on drills, techniques, stretches and conditioning for handsprings, as well as positioning, nailing and stabilizing our handspring. Aerial Handspringing and how to deadlift and muscle up, depending on your individual level.
PREREQUISTES: Students MUST have solid & held Ayesha’s, Shoulder Mounts and aerial straddle invert. Handsprings are not for Beginner/Intermediate students.
4pm - 5.30pm $60
WILD WOMEN with Bella de Jac
Letting loose with fearless and uninhibited movement. Using a combination of expressive dance, modern striptease style and floor work, students will learn a fun, sexy choreography to honour the wild femme within.
Kneepads optional, note: no actual striptease in this class.
Open level with Burlesque experience
1pm - 2.30pm $60
SILK FANS with Bella de Jac
Fluttering, floating, soaring! Silk fans are a dramatic, mesmerising style of fan dance and dramatically different from feather fan performance. Learn the basic techniques and an emotive choreography with Bella de Jac.
Open level with Burlesque experience
2.45pm – 4.15pm $60
SUNDAY 2ND FEB
INJURY PREVENTION with Lisa
The exercises ALL Pole Dancers should know
This workshop is essential for ALL pole dancers of any level. These are the exercises that will increase & strengthen your muscles off the pole. Learn tips & tricks for shoulder stabilisation, back strengthening & activation that will keep you on the pole for years to come. Lisa’s expertise drawing on her years of experience with pilates & pole will take you these exercises that can be added to your warmup and practise sessions.
Open to ALL level pole dancers - Beginners to Advanced
11am – 12.30pm $50