Rhinestone Bootcamp: Solo Technique and Empowerment

Transform your dancing inside and out with Elena's first ever intensive workshops. Open for dancers of both roles and all levels, this bootcamp is designed to show you the potential of your dancing and encourage you to challenge yourself. Pricing: $200 Full Pass $110 Day Pass ***Tickets can be purchased via Venmo - @therhinestone *** Schedule: <<Saturday>> 1:00-1:30 PM - Warmup Let's get moving with a focus on breathwork, stretching, and joint mobility. 1:30-2:30 PM - Body Connection In today's stressful world, it's easy to become disconnected from your body and overwhelmed by societal expectations. In this workshop we will explore this connection and learn to shift our mindsets to be more open to new information and abilities. 2:30-3:30 PM - Zouk: Torsional Styling Styling is one of the main sources of stress for zouk dancers. While you can rehearse different styling moves to use in your zouk, the best styling is effortless and mindless. Let's work on improving our body torsion and using it to create smooth, natural, and graceful styling. 3:30-4:30 PM - Break 4:30-5:00 PM - Inhibitions & Dancing Shyness and inhibitions can often hold us back from trying new things. These exercises will help us to break down our walls in a safe environment. 5:00-6:00 PM - Twerkshop Though modern-day society has greatly sexualized it, twerking originated in West Africa as a dance of celebration. In addition to being a great workout, twerking increases body awareness, hip and pelvic mobility, and confidence. We will dissect several different types of twerking, including drills and strengthening exercises. <<Sunday>> 1:00-1:30 PM - Warmup Let's wake up our bodies with gentle, joyful dance movements. 1:30-2:30 PM - Body Connection On Saturday we worked on mindset and connection with our bodies - today, we will continue to incorporate this while adding affirmations and mindfulness. 2:30-3:30 PM - Samba no Pé Samba no Pé is one of the most empowering, athletic solo dances in the world. It's also extremely technical and challenging, making it a great way to enhance body mechanics and gain strength. You can also use the torsion principles in samba to apply to zouk technique! We will break down samba no pé basics and learn a few short combinations to music. 3:30-4:30 PM - Break 4:30-5:00 PM - Floor Connection & Flow Our stability, hip movement, head movement in zouk - all originates from the same point: our connection with the floor. Become one with the floor with this series of brief exercises to prepare us for the next workshop. 5:00-6:00 PM - Zouk Grounding & Footwork With such a dynamic dance as zouk, it's essential to have your own balance under control and understand it intimately. We will go over how to ground in zouk, how your footwork affects your grounding, and how to find the method that works best for you. COVID-19 Policy: Full vaccinations w/ boosters are required with symptom screeners each day. If you do not meet this requirement, you may still attend if you can show a negative rapid test each day along with the clear symptoms screener. Masks are not required but are not discouraged! If you are unable to attend due to COVID-19 your ticket will be refunded.