Continuing Bollywood (Ages 16+)—Mondays, January 6–February 3, 2025—6:00–7:30 pm

With Gina Deibel

Pre-registration (5 classes): $90, Drop-in registration (single class): $25
Beacon Feeds Dance Studio (Yellow Building)
Mondays, January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3
6:00–7:30 pm

Recommended for those with prior dance experience. For this class, you join Bollywood Basics and then continue for another 45 minutes. Inspired by the musical films of India, Bollywood dance is a dynamic fusion of east and west, blending influences as diverse as hip-hop, disco, jazz, Latin, and Arabic dance, together with classical and folk styles of South Asia. Key elements of the style include foot rhythms, expressive movement, and storytelling hand gestures. For those seeking a deeper dive, Continuing Bollywood challenges you to explore and elaborate on the choreography in more depth, with emphasis on performance quality, fluidity, effective use of space/timing/energy, accuracy of shapes & rhythms, and adapting movements to your individual body mechanics and personality, and as part of a group. These classes are held in-person in the Beacon Feeds Dance Studio, but can be made Zoom-friendly by request for those seeking distance learning accommodations.

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