Explore your dancing with Joris Focquaert!

We are excited to offer a full day of workshops with visiting swing dancer and instructor Joris Focquaert! It will be a great day of creating and exploring movement and expression within Authentic Jazz and Lindy Hop. The day will feature two workshops: 10.00-12.00: Solo Jazz workshop: 'Paint your dance with your own Signature Steps' 13.00-15.00: Lindy Hop Workshop: 'Movement Turned Inside Out' Read more about each workshop here: Solo Jazz: 'Paint your dance with your own Signature Steps' In this session, we will explore the components of building a jazz step. We will dive into the African American jazz steps repertoire of the 30-40ies and in true spirit of jazz, with respect for the dance, create our own rhythmical and exciting steps for us to dance forever. Level Guidance: Open to all levels, but you should already know some Authentic Jazz steps. Lindy Hop: 'Movement Turned Inside Out' In this session, we will explore movement in general, and see where it brings us. We will link this to Lindy Hop and see how it can inspire our way of dancing. We will stay closely connected to the important ingredients of the Lindy Hop; rhythm, expression and improvisation, and connection to the music and the partner. Level Guidance: Intermediate and up (at least one year of dancing Lindy Hop) THE DETAILS: When:Sunday, October 29th, 10.00 - 15.00 (lunch break 12.00-13.00). Where: Happy Feet Studio, Ørnevej 33 st, 2400 Kbh NV Teacher: Joris Focquaert Price: 290kr per person per 2-hour workshop. You get a 10% discount when signing up to both! Register here: https://happyfeetstudio.dk/events/explore-your-dancing-with-joris-focquaert/ Check out Joris dancing in the clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgf5_wAvVwc Bio for Joris: Joris Focquaert comes from Belgium, and is currently based in Berlin, Germany. While he has a background in physical theater (The Commedia School, Copenhagen, 2007), his road evolved towards dancing and more specifically African American Jazz dances like e.g. the Lindy Hop, and a dance we often refer to as 'Authentic' Jazz, mixed with the Charleston. As a dance instructor, he gives his best, always seeking answers in the roots of Jazz. Learning to play the clarinet and trombone has developed his understanding of Jazz as movement. Founder of Crazy Legs Dance School in Ghent (Belgium), the city where he honed his skills, he looks forward to seeing what’s there around the corner, curious for new projects.