Jazz/Hip-Hop/Funk

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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Class Review: Hip Hop / Street Jazz (Neil Schwartz) @ Broadway Dance Center

by Lisette - Intermediate / Advanced

Broadway Dance Center


CLASS LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
Although a substitute at Broadway Dance Center, Neil Schwartz has a large following and relatively big class attendance. His warm up is fluid and calm while helping you fall into the groove of his hip-hop style. While his style is versatile and choreography can range from smooth to hard-hitting and buck, he is very focused and

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Class Review: Contemporary Jazz (Slam) @ Broadway Dance Center

by Lisette - Intermediate / Advanced

Broadway Dance Center


CLASS LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
Slam’s contemporary jazz class is one of the most intense contemporary classes. His warm-up, which is very classically influenced by modern and ballet, is very fluid and emphasizes extension, execution, and proper alignment. His teaching style is fast-paced but his demonstration allows for

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Class Review: Jazz (Sheila Baker) @ Broadway Dance Center

by Lisette - Intermediate / Advanced

Broadway Dance Center


CLASS LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Sheila Barker’s Intermediate jazz Class is one that is geared towards experienced dancers who have mastered technique and are now looking to increase their energy and performance levels. While Barker concentrates on building technique, she is an aggressive but encouraging teacher who will call

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Class Review: Hip Hop (Luam) @ Broadway Dance Center

by Lisette - Intermediate / Advanced

Bikram Yoga Lower East Side


CLASS LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED
Luam’s evening class for intermediate and advanced students consists of fast-paced street-style choreography and attitude. Luam is an accomplished hip-hop dancer and choreographer and incorporates versatile styles and movements to an even more diverse selection of hip-hop, R&B, and club music. Luam’s classes are always crowded so

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Class Review: Cardio Jazz @ New York Health and Racquet Club

by Carolyn M - Intermediate: dance/fitness

New York Health and Racquet Club


CLASS LEVEL: OPEN

I literally left the class after the first twenty minutes to check the sign on the door to make sure I was in Cardio Jazz and not Geriatric Jive Time. The sixteen women in the class were in their forties, not senior citizens, but the workout sure was appropriate for the Golden Gall’s generation.

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Class Review: Jazzercise @ Jazzercise NYC Lower Manhattan

by Carolyn M - Intermediate: dance/fitness
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Jazzercise NYC Lower Manhattan


CLASS LEVEL: OPEN

I grew up watching the mommies go to Jazzercise in their pink tank tops and spandex leggings while I went to ballet with all the other daughters in the room next door. I had to laugh as I walked into my first Jazzercise class in an updated version of their same aerobic outfit (i.e., fuchsia top and spandex yoga pants). It felt more like a Southern Baptist congregation hall then a work out studio

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Class Review: Jazz

by Carolyn M - Intermediate: dance/fitness

If you thought the forty-five minute warm up was hard then brace yourself for the rest of the class to follow. Broadway Dance Center


CLASS LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

This amicable instructor, Sheila Barker filled the entire ninety-minute class with intricate and challenging choreography. The warm up consisted of stretching, contracting, lunges, intensified crunches (both legs straight up), tendus, and balancing. The last forty-five minutes were filled with [...]

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Class Review: Wavin (beginning)

by Carolyn M - Intermediate: dance/fitness

Broadway Dance Center


CLASS LEVEL: BEGINNING

The The goal of “wavin” is to be like water. The class began by warming up to house music and included steps (isolating head, shoulders, chest, hips, knees) to prepare the body for the illusion of liquidity. Future, the instructor, invited the class (eight girls under fifteen, and one teenage boy) and me to free-style with him. The class timidly bounced and watched in amazement as Future rippled his body with ease. He gave a lecture about wavin, which originated in [...]

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Class Review: Beginning Hip Hop

by Carolyn M - Intermediate: dance/fitness

Broadway Dance Center


CLASS LEVEL: BEGINNING HIP HOP

The energy rose instantly as the five foot, sassy-sweet instructor barged in the studio. Ephrat Asherie resembled most of the eighteen students in the class who were dressed in sweat pants, baggy shirts, flashy jewelry, funky hats, and hip sneakers. The class started with stretching and core work. The warm up was to house music and switched to toprock (i.e., the beginning of hip-hop style) because she explained the two dance genres [...]

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