Fundamentals of Hip Hop w/ Natalie Benally & Dancing Earth
GROOVE - BOUNCE - RHYTHM
Mondays, April 6, 13, 20 & 27 5pm PDT / 8pm EDT
This class will cover the fundamentals and basics of hip-hop and freestyle. It will be geared toward learning how to utilize foundational movements and how to move your body with rhythm and grooves.
ABOUT THIS CLASS
This class will cover the fundamentals and basics of hip-hop and freestyle. It will be geared toward learning how to utilize foundational movements and how to move your body with rhythm and grooves. There will be basic choreography to help practice, so this class is for beginner and intermediate levels of experience. I also will be teaching some popping as well. However, this will come later in the time frame.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Natalie Benally is a Dine, Zuni, Ute and Mexican woman who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Theater- Performing and Directing from Fort Lewis College. She has been performing dance and theater for the last 10. She studied at the Dancing Earth Summer Institute and joined the company for touring of US and Norway. Some of her most notable work includes lending her voice to the lead role of Dory in the Navajo dubbed version of Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo and directing/choreographing a devised production entitled "I'm Native And..." for Fort Lewis College inaugural Indigenous Arts Festival. Natalie works as the Indigenous Programs Coordinator for the non-profit organization, Girls Incorporated of Santa Fe.