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Sun, May 5, 2024
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT
FREE
registration instructions
As part of Bay Area Dance Week, join Big Moves in the studio AND on Zoom in celebrating all bodies with an afternoon of FREE beginner-friendly classes with the most joyful and fat-positive instructors on the block. We're serving up Belly Dance, Soul Line Dance, Jazz, Access Centered Afro Beats, Taking Space, and Gather Round: A Full Body Warm-Up! Day of Dance is free but pre-registration is required! Please register here: https://forms.gle/yKejsb6xvK2LJ1XUA Well-fitting N95/KN95/KF94 masks required for in-person participants & teachers.
tags:
Class / Workshop
level:
All Levels
genres: Jazz, Afrobeats, Belly Dance, Burlesque, Soul Line Dance
genres: Jazz, Afrobeats, Belly Dance, Burlesque, Soul Line Dance
The Beat
2560 9th St, Suite 119
Berkeley, CA 94710
view mapAll classes will be held in the studio AND on Zoom. In-person attendees, please arrive 10-15 minutes before your first class starts; Zoom attendees: please join 5 minutes prior to class starting. The studio and bathrooms are wheelchair-accessible and there is free street parking. Once you are registered you will receive information about getting into the building and/or the Zoom link.
Day of Dance 2024 Schedule 11:45 Check-in begins 12:00 -12:40 Welcome and Gather Round: A Full Body Warm-Up with Matilda St. John 12:50 -1:40 Access Centered Afro Beats with TaMeicka "Ifasina" Clear 1:50 - 2:40 Jazz Dance with Jessica Judd 2:50 - 3:40 Shimmy with Tammy: Belly Dance to Egypt’s shaabi music with Tammy Johnson 3:55 - 4:45 Soul Line Dance with Michele Germany 5:00 - 5:50 Taking Space with Juicy D. Light 5:50 - 5:00pm Wrap up and Mini-Performance by emFATic DANCE Register here: https://forms.gle/UNmEgmP8eZRzLsmX7 Accessibility notes: All classes will be offered in person and on Zoom. There are no stairs to get into The Beat and none inside the studio. The dance studio, lobby, and bathrooms are all wheelchair accessible. There is free street parking in front of the studio. There will be dancers demonstrating seated adaptations for all movement taught throughout the day. In order to make this event accessible to as many people as possible, we are requesting a low-scent environment--please refrain from using scented body, hair, or laundry products prior to attending. Please note that we are one group of many who rents this studio and it is part of a shared office building with shared bathrooms; we are unfortunately unable to control the type of soap in the bathrooms and cleaning products used in the space. We are requiring N95/KN95/KF94 masks for all Day of Dance participants and teachers - water and snack breaks should be taken outside To learn more about emFATic DANCE and Big Moves, go to www.bigmoves.org, or follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BigMovesBayArea and on Instagram @bigmoves_bayarea.