Dances of the African Diaspora III (360-0-20)

Topic

Jazz/Heels

Instructors

Erin L Kilmurray

Meeting Info

Wirtz Center Ballroom: Tues, Thurs 1:30PM - 2:50PM

Overview of class

Jazz/Heels III is a deep dive into Jazz/Heels dance and focuses on foundational technical training rooted in Africanist aesthetics: rhythmic bodily isolations, musicality, and groundedness. From this place, students can expect a mix of dance styles, intentions, and movement vocabularies from which ‘heels dance' pulls from including jazz, hip-hop, showgirl, American burlesque, body language, and contemporary dance forms.

Class structure includes warm-up, practice exercises, and floorwork to support advanced phrases based on the work Erin Kilmurray does as artistic director and choreographer of The Fly Honeys. This class will be crafted for experienced dancers.