Bhangra Prep Class (Mondays 6:30-7:30pm @ Thalia Studio)
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$60.00
$60.00
Bhangra Prep Class - Mondays 6:30-7:30pm
Class Start Date: March 27th
Thalia Studio: 288 Green St, Cambridge, MA 02139
We require dancers to buy the 12-class pack. No walk-ins allowed. No refunds.
Things to learn/improve/focus on throughout all 12 classes:
Week 1
- Intro/overview of class and bhangra dance form
- Warm up/stretch
- Start learning "core steps" (single dhamaal, taps/"down legs", dhamaal snaps, trying different arm variations)
Week 2
- Warm up, review steps from last time
- Continue learning more core steps (bedi, single jhummar, faslaan, mor chaal)
Week 3
- Warm up, review past steps
- Continue learning more core steps (pataka, chaffa, khichaan, maybe squats)
[Weeks 4-12: start putting together small choreography combinations with existing steps, plus learning a few more as we go, in different bhangra routine segments. Before each class, I will send out a video or two with examples of the type of segment we will be learning next time. Each class will still start with a warm up.]
Week 4: Sammi + Bedi
Week 5: Jodi (partner work using some Sammi/Bedi steps, with simple formations in pairs and interaction)
Week 6: Phummaniya (traditional 16-count sequence, and variations if there's time)
Week 7: Jhummar (slower, more graceful, stylized segment)
Week 8: Dhamaal
Week 9: Jugni
Week 10: Faster Jhummar
Week 11: Khunde/using props, if that's something we're interested in doing!
Week 12: Combination and review of what we've learned, maybe asking people what their favorite segment was beforehand to do one more of that type
Class Start Date: March 27th
Thalia Studio: 288 Green St, Cambridge, MA 02139
We require dancers to buy the 12-class pack. No walk-ins allowed. No refunds.
Things to learn/improve/focus on throughout all 12 classes:
- Having fun while doing Bhangra!
- Exposure to Punjabi/Bhangra music (I'll throw in familiar songs too, like Sadi Gali etc.)
- Build Bhangra step "vocabulary"
- Developing the Bhangra posture and style
- Looking BIG
- Straight, strong backs; staying low and wide
- Keeping tension in your arms and hands
- Adding grace and fluidity + power
- Natural shoulder shake
- Combining different steps
- Moving and maintaining formations while dancing
- Nakhre and interaction with each other & the audience
- Building stamina
Week 1
- Intro/overview of class and bhangra dance form
- Warm up/stretch
- Start learning "core steps" (single dhamaal, taps/"down legs", dhamaal snaps, trying different arm variations)
Week 2
- Warm up, review steps from last time
- Continue learning more core steps (bedi, single jhummar, faslaan, mor chaal)
Week 3
- Warm up, review past steps
- Continue learning more core steps (pataka, chaffa, khichaan, maybe squats)
[Weeks 4-12: start putting together small choreography combinations with existing steps, plus learning a few more as we go, in different bhangra routine segments. Before each class, I will send out a video or two with examples of the type of segment we will be learning next time. Each class will still start with a warm up.]
Week 4: Sammi + Bedi
Week 5: Jodi (partner work using some Sammi/Bedi steps, with simple formations in pairs and interaction)
Week 6: Phummaniya (traditional 16-count sequence, and variations if there's time)
Week 7: Jhummar (slower, more graceful, stylized segment)
Week 8: Dhamaal
Week 9: Jugni
Week 10: Faster Jhummar
Week 11: Khunde/using props, if that's something we're interested in doing!
Week 12: Combination and review of what we've learned, maybe asking people what their favorite segment was beforehand to do one more of that type