Jazz/Hip-Hop/Funk

Class review: Intermediate Jazz @ Broadway Dance Center, NYC

by Melissa Brading - Advanced Modern dancer (Professional)/Intermediate Fitness Level

Broadway Dance Center CLASS LEVEL: Jazz-Intermediate Instructor: Cecilia Marta FE Reporter: Melissa Brading The instructor Cecilia Marta had a warm and calm voice and greeted the students with a warm smile. What I liked about Cecilia’s engagement in class was that she was very attentive and made many adjustments. She spoke a lot about the [...]

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Class review: Hip Hop @ Dance New Amsterdam (DNA)

by Michelle P - Advanced: dance (pre-professional)

Dance New Amsterdam   CLASS LEVEL: HIP HOP W/JONATHAN LEE Jonathan Lee teaches a beginner hip hop class on Tuesday evenings at DNA.  He fills the room with regular students and welcomes new comers, like myself a few weeks ago.  His class is one that I have chosen to stay with because it offers a [...]

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Class review: Adv/Beg Hip Hop @ Broadway Dance Center (BDC)

by Michelle P - Advanced: dance (pre-professional)

Broadway Dance Center   CLASS LEVEL: ADVANCED BEGINNER HIP HOP The opportunity to take a high-energy class from Shyrelle Kalikane is worth the pursuit to find this hip artist. I was excited to hear a tip that she was substituting at Broadway Dance Center on Monday afternoon. The class was full taking over studio 5 [...]

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Class review: Slow intermediate hip hop @ Peridance

by Michelle P - Advanced: dance (pre-professional)

Peridance Capezio Center   CLASS LEVEL: SLOW INTERMEDIATE HIP HOP An upcoming hip hop teacher by the name of Boogie substituted for a class of six at Peridance. We went through a short warm up of basic stretching and worked through a focus on abdominals. With three beginning students and three more advanced dancers, the [...]

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Article: Jazz as Dance

by FitEngine

While few people understand the true origins of Jazz as a music form, fewer people still understand the origins of jazz as a style of dance. By this I mean that there are many influences to this colorful form of music and dance though no one influence is notable enough in the new creation to [...]

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Class Review: Intermediate Jazz Dance @ Chelsea Piers

by Kara M - Advanced: dance./Beginner: fitness

Chelsea Piers
CLASS LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

The intermediate jazz class I took at Chelsea Piers Sports Center is a great class for any age, but is geared toward people with only a modest dance background. The instructor is extremely friendly and encouraging, willing to stop and help students having trouble with any portion of the routine. The class has

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Jazz Funk (Ms. Vee) @ Broadway Dance Center

by Kara M - Advanced: dance./Beginner: fitness

Broadway Dance Center


CLASS LEVEL: OPEN
Broadway Dance Center is a wonderful facility which offers every kind of dance class, though they are most well-known for their hip hop and jazz classes. The open jazz-funk class I took there was a really fun class, and seemed to be popular among BDC regulars and visitors. The class began with

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Contemporary Jazz (Mark Dendy) @ STEPS on Broadway

by Kara M - Advanced: dance./Beginner: fitness

Steps on Broadway


CLASS LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
Mark Dendy’s intermediate contemporary jazz class at STEPS is a wonderful and vigorous mix of jazz, modern, and contemporary movement. Mark energetically directs the class into interesting sequences of both lyrical and fast-moving choreography. The movement is free and flowing, but

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Class Review: Hip-Hop / Funk (Bev Brown) @ The Ailey Extension

by Lisette - Intermediate / Advanced

Fusion Fitness Clubs


CLASS LEVEL: OPEN

Bev Brown’s class, taught by her assistant, was a fun, high-energy class that catered to people of all skill levels. However, individuals who ranged from beginner to intermediate benefited most from the relatively simple warm up that consisted of basic stretching and ab work-outs that targeted

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Class Review: Contemporary (Jason Parson) @ Steps on Broadway

by Lisette - Intermediate / Advanced

Steps on Broadway


CLASS LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED

Jason Parsons class is an intense, addictive, and inspiring experience that every advanced dancer should take at least once. His class focuses on developing a large amount of technical control and understanding of emotional range. His combinations fuse athleticism with the beauty of contemporary dance’s organic movements. Parsons

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