Classes
Jenna currently offers private and semi-private instruction.
Please contact her for details.
Current Workshops:
Please contact her for details.
Current Workshops:
"Salome's Music Box: Musical Interpretation for the Tribal Dancer" with Jenna
Saturday April 21st, 2012
1pm-3pm
Valley Forge Dance School
216 W. Beidler Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406
$20.00 class fee
Workshop Description:
Ever wanted to really connect with your music? Be it traditional, modern, or otherwise? In this workshop, Jenna takes you through several different kinds of music and works on using your basic belly dance vocabulary to interpret specific instrumentation and rhythm. Through improvisational exercises and guided practice, Jenna will help you "hear" your choreography develop as your body interprets rhythm and musical cues. You'll find yourself melting with the Oud, vibrating with the Qanun, and hammering out locks to the Doumbek...And for the dancer who enjoys a more modern musical style, we'll discover how to interpret pop, hip-hop, and electronic music through bellydance vocabulary.
1pm-3pm
Valley Forge Dance School
216 W. Beidler Road
King of Prussia, PA 19406
$20.00 class fee
Workshop Description:
Ever wanted to really connect with your music? Be it traditional, modern, or otherwise? In this workshop, Jenna takes you through several different kinds of music and works on using your basic belly dance vocabulary to interpret specific instrumentation and rhythm. Through improvisational exercises and guided practice, Jenna will help you "hear" your choreography develop as your body interprets rhythm and musical cues. You'll find yourself melting with the Oud, vibrating with the Qanun, and hammering out locks to the Doumbek...And for the dancer who enjoys a more modern musical style, we'll discover how to interpret pop, hip-hop, and electronic music through bellydance vocabulary.
$
20.00
Workshop Offerings
Fancy Footwork:
The feet are one of our most important assets as dancers, so let’s let them have some fun! After some exercises that help develop a greater awareness of balance and grounding through the feet, we’ll learn some great fancy footwork for traveling movement! You will learn footwork for traveling as well as how to incorporate layering movement on top of moving steps. Incorporating across-the-floor drills and freestyle exploration, Jenna will have you moving with grace and style!
For the Intermediate or Advanced dancer.
Drillin’ like a Villain:
This workshop is all about working out the kinks and building muscle memory! Jenna will take you through a full-body drilling experience to incorporate into your daily dance practice. Beginning with a yoga, pilates, and ballet-based strengthening warm-up and posture review, we’ll explore each area of the body- developing the essential muscles needed to produce clean, efficient movement. Jenna will share her secrets for accessing muscles individually to achieve a full range of motion and create points of emphasis throughout the body. We’ll also work on drilling layering combos and mini choreographies!
Can be adapted for any level dancer.
Salome's Music Box:
Ever wanted to really connect with your music? Be it traditional, modern, or otherwise? In this workshop, Jenna takes you through several different kinds of music and works on using your basic belly dance vocabulary to interpret specific instrumentation and rhythm. Through improvisational exercises and guided practice, Jenna will help you "hear" your choreography develop as your body interprets rhythm and musical cues. You'll find yourself melting with the Oud, vibrating with the Qanun, and hammering out locks to the Doumbek...And for the dancer who enjoys a more modern musical style, we'll discover how to interpret pop, hip-hop, and electronic music through bellydance vocabulary.
Can be adapted for any level dancer.
The Right emPHASIS on the Right syLLABLE:
It’s not about what you say, it’s about HOW you say it! One of the simplest but most profound things you can do to elevate your dance is to learn how to EMPHASIZE! In this workshop, Jenna will teach you how to emphasize different segments of the same movement to create totally different effects. You’ll learn the difference between the up-beat and the down-beat and develop a technique for taking any basic movement and multiplying its possibilities exponentially! Remember, if everything is BIG, nothing is!
Can be adapted for any level dancer.