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Take It On: Stage Presence Workshop
Vaudezilla Studios @ 3614 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL
This sleek and sly workshop is designed to help you develop stage presence, find a performance style that works for you, and connect with an audience. Theatre and movement exercises will be used to guide you in preparing for stage work or just upping your public speaking confidence. These exercises draw from burlesque/cabaret tradition, acting styles, and improv techniques. Make sure to wear comfortable clothes.
$15
Find Your Voice: Character Workshop
This workshop takes the fundamentals of stage presence and adds lessons on character creation and persona development to increase your working knowledge of the stage. Who you are on stage influences style choices: are you campy or vampy? Classy or sassy? Or do you not care for rhymes at all? Having a developed stage personality is a central part of burlesque and variety theatre and a technique that can help you make specific choices. Bring...
Strut & Strip
Great for beginners, but all levels are welcome! Elevate confidence and nurture your sensuality with burlesque striptease! We'll incorporate classic struts, bumps, wines, and grinds into a bawdy routine celebrating your inner diva. Students can expect a warm-up, exercises in movement and stage presence in addition to learning choreography for a salacious group act at the end of the session. Heels recommended. This class offers the opportunity for...
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Specialty: Stretching & Contortion
Can't touch your toes? Already flexible but searching for more? This class is for you! Far from your traditional yoga class, over the course of an eight week session we will work to stretch and strengthen a variety of muscles within the body. We will develop a greater range of motion and discuss ways to apply newly found bendyness to burlesque, performance art and daily life. Prerequisites: None
Fan Dancing from The Heart
Vaudezilla Studios @ 3317 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL
Glide into the basics of fan dancing, including handholds, twirls, and the elegant sweeps that define classic fan dancing. Hearken back to the dawn of American burlesque while soaking in the high feminine energy vibes. Bring your feather fans, veil fans, or any other fans you prefer for this workshop.
$33.33
Burlesque Level 3/4
Vaudezilla's best-known teachers & choreographers will bring things to the next level by teaching you how to express yourself yourself through dancing and using your body in the sensual art form of burlesque. In this class, you'll be encouraged to start developing a character, remember choreography from week to week, and all the while, you'll become familiar with the basic moves - the shimmies, bumps, and grinds - that form the foundation...
Bellydance I (Intro & Beginners)
Vaudezilla Studios @ 3330 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL
Oriental Dance, or Raqs Sharki, is one of the oldest and most powerful forms of dance from a rich cultural background. The natural movements of bellydance can be enjoyed by all people, regardless of age or size. Previous dance experience is NOT necessary. Come dance with Phaedra and feel great about your body while you enjoy learning the culture and customs associated with this form of movement! This class will challenge the body and the...
Specialty: Rock & Roll Dancing & Technique
This 8 week class will focus on different genres of rockin roll and the burlesque that follows. Whether you are a trained dancer or have never put on a pair of high heels, you are welcome to this class. Music influences will include everything from the Black Keys to AC/DC, from Dion to The Belmonts to Gossip. Learn across the floor movement, burlesque technique, floor work and a shimmy shakin' routine that you can perform in front of our crowds at...
Femme Fatale
In this routine-based class, the goal is to connect with your inner sensuality through movement exploration and honing in on the feminine that every body has within them. You will learn a variety of movements, transitions, and sequences utilizing the whole room (floor, wall) and other props, which will provide the foundation to eventually move, dance, and unapologetically express yourself through improvisational movement. We will delve into...
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