It’s All About Connection.
When you boil it down, — the ‘job’ of a dancer is to CONNECT. The jumps, turns, reaches, pops, shuffles and ALL THE OTHER technical movements we use are there to communicate the story or feeling to our audience.
We want to take our audiences on a journey of thoughts and feelings, not just progressions of steps and movements. The dancer’s personal connection to those ideas and emotions, expressed through movement and music, is absolutely necessary to accomplish that goal. Part of our training is learning how to leave our limitations and inhibitions at the door so that we can discover how to bring our full, beautiful, and powerful selves to every moment, every movement every time we step on the floor.
The Connection Dance Project experience aims to help students identify the obstacles, both mental and physical, that are preventing them from reaching their true potential. Our instructors provide tools and technique, coupled with real life experience from the professional stage and beyond to help young dancers overcome and level up!
A typical workshoP Day…
8-hour day. 4 to 6 classes for multiple styles and levels!
FAMILY class — Get the whole family involved in the experience!
Improv/cypher circle — Focused on finding freedom and connecting feeling to the movement!
Journaling/talkback session — Talking dance and life. Vulnerability welcomed and celebrated :)
Showcase of combinations and final freestyle session — LIVE STREAMED for family and friends!
*All CDP experiences are fully customizable and we offer a number of add-ons including Multiple Day Options, Freestyle Friday Night Cypher, Faculty Class, Parent/Dancer Class, Competition Routine Feedback and Team Building.
“You need to feel it, because the audience can’t feel it unless you feel it.”
“When we see who we really are, we can choose who we are to become.”
