Southern Groove w/ Italy
Sat, Nov 14
|Balmir Dance Society
Italy will take us through J-Sette/Majorette-style dance that combines high-step marching style with West African, jazz, modern and hip hop. Class will be held via Zoom and in-person at the location listed. Space is limited. Mask and temperature check required.


Time & Location
Nov 14, 2020, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Balmir Dance Society, 959 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226, USA
About the event
Class will be held via Zoom w/ a potential in-person dance studio option. Location TBD.
This J-Sette/Majorette-style dance began in the late 1960s at historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs. It combines the energy of the high-step marching style of black college bands with West African, jazz, modern, and hip-hop choreography. This class is for you to imagine dancing with an invisible baton and leading your own band for a halftime show. Making an entrance with a strut to warm up as you showcase moves that are sharp and explosive with a southern twist. Class begins with a warm-up that is designed to improve musicality, flexibility, strengthen the core, improve stamina, and get acquainted with Marching Band music. The second part of the class starts with a brief history and context of the dances (that will inform your execution of the movements) and continues with an extensive breakdown of…