Modern

Class review: Slow Intermediate Simonson Technique @ Dance New Amsterdam, NYC

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

Follow us on Twitter @fitengine Join our Facebook Fan Page Dance New Amsterdam CLASS LEVEL: Slow Intermediate Contemporary Simonson Technique Class Fees: DNA offers a membership. Non-members $16.50 per class and 10-class card $155. Members pay $15.50 per class. 5-class card $75 and 10-class card $140 Date/Time: Click here for website and click on class schedule INSTRUCTOR: Laurie [...]

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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: Contemporary Jazz (J.Archibald) @ DNA

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

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) CLASS LEVEL: INT/ADV (Contemporary Jazz) Both mind and body need to be prepared to work for the entire duration of Jennifer Archibald’s contemporary Jazz class.  By working at a fast pace the challenge stands to learn quickly and perform.  Also the constant movement allows the body to become very physical which [...]

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Class Review: Contemporary Simonson Technique (Katiti) @ DNA

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

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) CLASS LEVEL: INT/ADV Katiti King offers a beautiful movement class that challenges the mind, physicality, and cardio ability of the dancer.  Her warm up music was a combination energizing Indian music, her own drumming, and contemporary ballad for plies.  I felt very inspired in this class from the start and found [...]

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Class Review: Contemporary Modern @ Merce Cunningham Studio

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

Merce Cunningham Studio
CLASS LEVEL: ELEMENTARY

Merce Cunningham Studio offers a variety of classes rooted in a unique stylistic blend of contemporary and modern dance. The “elementary” class I took there was a great introduction to the Merce Cunningham technique. The class was fairly full, but the instructor was attentive and helpful. All of the combinations were

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Power Pilates @ Power Pilates

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

Power Pilates


CLASS LEVEL: OPEN
Power Pilates offers a variety of tower and mat Pilates classes for all levels. The hour long open mat class that I took was very challenging, with little time to rest between exercises. The instructor was encouraging and friendly, and

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Class Review: Modern Roots (Nia Love) @ Dance New Amsterdam

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

Dance New Amsterdam


CLASS LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
At Dance New Amsterdam, they’re serious about their modern. DNA’s beautiful and welcoming studios hold many different kinds of classes, but are most well-known for their unique modern approach. I took the intermediate modern/roots class with Nia Love, and although the class began with

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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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Class Review: Intro to Horton

by Carolyn M - Intermediate: dance/fitness

The Ailey Extension: The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater


CLASS LEVEL: INTRO/BEGINNER

Engaging the core is as essential to Horton as plies are to ballet. A strong abdomen is important because many of the steps showcase the torso, but also because everything really begins with the core. The instructor taught laterals, (i.e., 8, 4, 2, and 1 count repetitions of arms up, flat back, rotate, swing to the other side, plie, releve) which forced you to use your stomach or your lower back would ache after the first set [...]

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Class Review: Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Comany – Intro class

by Carolyn M - Intermediate: dance/fitness

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company


CLASS LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

I walked into a small mint green room and was greeted by a six-foot forever tall and lean man (Daniel) and two Italian-speaking dancers (boy and girl in their early twenties). The class was held in Washington Height’s YMCA, but I felt transported to another world with Daniel’s unique choreography and captivating style.[...]

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