Melting Pot Fusion Dance August 9 2024

FRIDAY August 9th / Code for tonight: 3829# Our DJ's for the night: 🤩 Lady Lark (Lydia Stone Konstanski) 😎 "DJ Lady Lark’s favorite thing about playing music is helping people get into a happy dance-trance. Her movement background started in the Blues back in 2010, and blues is her true love. These days she is best known for alt blues and fusion sets that place beats from traditional dances into new contexts." 🤩 Deven Thiel 😎 "My goal is to take you on a journey of different emotions and experiences building gently to a peak, before settling down into a nice gooey finish. If you've brought an emotion to the floor, I'd like my set to find you there at some point. You can expect a range of different genres leaning into different flavors of blues, funk, electronic, hip hop, and a variety of vocal styles." ------------------------------ Our instructor: Stephanie Shapiro (Dance Well with Shapiro) for a class before the dance. Let’s talk about dance conversation and connection. We will work on how to create and have good boundaries around the connection and how to truly listen and hear your partner. Let us begin to dance together and make the conversation feel like magic. ------------------------------ SCHEDULE: 8:00-9:00 Class with Stephanie 9-12 DJ'd Music with DJ's Lady Lark and Deven Thiel -------------------------------- ADMISSION: $30-35 Sliding Scale Lesson + Dance $19-$25 Sliding Scale for Dance Only ------------------------------- NEW LOCATION: You Should Be Dancing Dance Center 37 West 26th Street, 2nd Floor Code for tonight: 3829# *Dance payment is available by Cash or Venmo only. **If you want to get in with a discount by volunteering, private message Gavin Knittle https://www.facebook.com/gavin.knittle or email: [email protected] ------------------ MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Sign up here... http://eepurl.com/gnW3eL ------------------ WATER: There is plenty of tap water available at the venue, but please bring your own container to put it in (preferably with a closed lid to keep our dance floor in beautiful shape). In an effort to stay green, we will not be providing paper cups for you at this event. SHOES: There are no street shoes, heels or hard heeled shoes at this venue. This is a really beautiful venue with a really beautiful floor, and we would like to keep it that way! COVID: We follow all local regulations of New York City. Please refrain from coming to the party if you have any flu-like symptoms at all. We reserve the right to ask you questions about your health and/or ask you to leave if we observe signs of sickness that could be linked to Covid. In addition, we encourage anyone to wear a mask who feels more comfortable doing so, and you are welcome to ask anyone to put on a mask to dance with you. Please read the local and national guidelines on vaccination and boosters for your personal demographic. ----------------- WHAT IS FUSION? Fusion Dance NYC is proud to host a social dance with a true "Melting Pot" of different partner dance forms and musical genres. The Music: We play a variety of music, starting with a baseline of electronic sounds (easy to be creative with because it is not associated with any other dance form), and depending on the night may or may not include..... Pop, Blues, Acoustic, WCS, Alt Tango, Zouk, Classical, Jazz, and whatever else we cook up Check out some of the music we play: https://fusiondancenyc.com/the-music The Dancing: We use the many genres of partner dance to create personal, improvisational expressions of music. To us, this means breaking down the boundaries between dance forms to allow us to pick and choose which amongst the many different techniques we wish to employ at any given time. It also means bringing the partner dance community together under one roof to help foster endless possibilities of movement creation. Check out some of the fusion dancing here: https://fusiondancenyc.com/the-dancing ------------- QUESTIONS & CONCERNS: We are dedicated to helping you be bold while maintaining safety on the dance floor. If anything happens that makes you uncomfortable PM or talk with Gavin Knittle or Stephanie Shapiro. You can also fill out this anonymous feedback form: http://fusiondancenyc.com/contact/ Check out our Brave & Safe Guidelines: http://fusiondancenyc.com/bravesafe ---------------- Please Share! Forward the event to friends and help spread the word. "Like" Fusion Dance NYC to receive notices when we have events. www.fusiondancenyc.com ---------------- Mark your calendars for the next Melting Pot Fusion Dance September 13, 2024.