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Dance Techniques: Modern | Jazz | Modern Jazz | Ballet | Hip Hop | Afro-Brazilian
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Fitness: Cardio Hip Hop | Cardio Samba | Ultimate Kickbox | Sculpt | Spinning | Yoga | Essential Flexibility | Pilates
| Sole Synthesis | Yoga Boogie Ballet| Zumba |
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Modern |
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Jazz |
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Jazz is a traditional
Broadway, commercial style dance form. Think Bob Fosse or even Paula Abdul.
This sultry, lyrical and sometimes flashy style is based
on a traditional technical warm-up and exercises designed to develop the
dancer’s strength, placement, musicality and performance style. A Jazz
Slipper is encouraged.
Instructors: Daisy Stoloff | Alan Scofield | Gabrielle Thompson | Alison DeOliviera
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Modern Jazz |
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Modern Jazz explores
a blended style of dance, allowing dancers to bridge the gap between genres.
The class begins in the center, combining stretch, strength, isolations, and
alignment then progresses to poli-rhythmic floor exercises, followed by a movement
phrase ranging from hard hitting, to soft and fluid. Bare feet.
Instructors: Daisy Stoloff | Stacey Printz | Sara Pfifle
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Ballet |
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Roco offers ballet
in a non-intimidating atmosphere for the new or returning student, as well
as the experienced dancer. Ballet begins with a traditional
series at the barre followed by exercises in the center of the room designed
to develop the dancer’s strength, musicality, performance style and
confidence. Performed in ballet slippers.
Instructors: Gabrielle Thompson | Joan Lazarus | Erica Jeffrey
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Pointe |
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This beginning ballet pointe class is for adults and teens 12 years or older. Students must have 2-3 continuous years of ballet training and permission from their ballet teacher.
Instructors: Florence Sinay | Joan Lazarus
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Hip Hop |
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The best Hip Hop classes
in the Bay Area! Taught by professional choreographers, this popular class
offers a non-intimidating approach to an exciting street dance. Choreography
is broken down in a way students of all backgrounds can understand. Bring sneakers.
Music ranges from R&B, hip-hop and rap to acid jazz.
Instructors: Micaya | Alison DeOliveira | Jacquie Leigh | Jena McRae | Joe Gray
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Contact Improvisation |
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Contact Improv is a blend of Partner Dance, Aikido, Wrestling, Acrobatics, and Improvisation. It involves being in contact with another body while working with four common themes, weight sharing, counterbalancing, falling and flying. Dancers, while remaining in contact, move with one another in response to creativity, and to the other person's movement. This can happen rolling on the floor, standing on your feet or "flying" which involves one person being lifted into the air. It is playful yet very physcially and mentally engaging. Each moment is alive with possiblity. You never know what's going to happen next. You are dancing with the mystery and are therefore fully arrived in the present moment."
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Urban Contemporary |
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This class founded by Eric Fenn, is a fusion of modern dance and urban/street aesthetics. Eric's background in Martial arts, hip hop, jazz, modern and african dance make his unique movement vocabulary and phrasing, earthy yet edgy. Move in and out of the ground with rhythm, musicality, pulse, flow, and release. Barefeet.
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Afro-Brazilian |
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Anna teaches the Carnaval Samba (Rio style, samba de roda and pagode style),
popular forms such as Samba Reggae, Maracatu and specializes in
Afro-Brazilian Folclorico. Anna is also an expert in breaking down the
samba step for students and in teaching beginners.
Instructors: Anna Gottreich
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Morning Masala |
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Morning Masala. 'Masala'- a mix of hot spices in Hindi. The class exemplifies this word; it is a fun, high energy aerobic class that fuses 'Bhangra' (Indian folk style)
with other traditional dance and exercise disciplines such as Yoga, Pilates and Ballet Barre.
The class is accompanied by a unique mix of infectious Indian dhol (lively drums), Bollywood, Hip-Hop and world music soundtracks.
Instructors: Tara Pandeya
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Fitness:
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Cardio Hip-Hop ™ |
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Cardio Hip Hop is perfect for anyone bored in the same-old, same-old fitness class. This popular class has all the right stuff for a dance/fitness blend.
Clearly and expertly broken down moves that feel good on the body and workout the sweat. Thumping
music and high energy pace.
Instructors:Shana Walt | Jackie Burns
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Cardio Samba |
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In this energetic class you will learn the basic steps of Samba de Pe' (Rio) Samba de Roda,
and Samba Reggae (Bahia). Taught to both current and traditional music Cardio Samba moves up in intensity with body isolations and easy to follow choreography in front of the mirror . Build strength, release stress and tap into the joy of Brazil's most popular dance form!
Instructors: Tika Morgan
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Ultimate Kickbox |
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An exhilarating, high-intensity class incorporating boxing punches, kickboxing kicks, cardio drills and current music. An excellent format for improving endurance, strength and agility. No equipment is needed for this class.
Instructors: Heather McKenzie
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Cardio House™ |
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This is a rhythm-based fitness class for those who want a great work
out and to improve their "get-down" confidence on the dance floor. It
is a non-intimidating approach to the fun street dance form called
"house dance", which was born out of Chacago in the 80's. The warm-up incorporates core conditioning and yoga stretches. Get ready to sweat!
Instructors:Nicole Klaymoon Jena McRae
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Sole Synthesis |
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Strength, cardio and flexibility in one workout.
Sole Synthesis is "simplicity through triplicity" ... no fancy moves are used, just unique twists on foundational fitness moves to get you started. Then, the easy to follow fitness sequences are turned into dance inspired, ballet sculpting sequences for balance and strength challenges that will be new to you. Finally, yoga/Pilates inspired sequences will be sprinkled throughout to provide moving meditation in order to prepare for more.
Sole Synthesis is deceptively challenging; take your shoes off and see what your SOLE can do!
Instructors: Heather McKenzie
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Yoga Boogie Ballet |
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This 3 part class synthesizes easy to follow dance moves with ballet and yoga inspired strength and stretch exercises. This class is designed for anyone who loves to move and is looking for a workout that is untraditional and creative. Barefeet .
Instructors: Shana Walt
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Zumba |
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Zumba is a popular high energy cardio dance workout with easy to follow combinations set to great Latin music. Zumba incorporates Latin dance styles such as: Salsa, Samba, Cumbia, Merengue and Reggaeton.
Burn Calories, build strength and have a great time doing it!
Instructors: Tika Morgan | Efren Buzzo
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Mary Sherman SculptĒ |
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This class is a total body toning and sculpting program performed with free
weights. Designed in Peripheral Heart Action circuitry, it keeps the heart
rate elevated to increase intramuscular fat burning and to create a strong,
sleek, sculpted body. Emphasis is on core strength, proper alignment and
biomechanical education.
Instructors: Mary Sherman
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Spinning |
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Experience the pure adrenalin rush of burning a thousand calories an hour as
you're
taken on a virtual ride to popular music in this high-energy class. This class
is great for anyone looking for fast, dramatic results and cyclists during the
rainy season. You'll use one of our Schwinn spin bikes and wear sneakers or cycling
shoes.
Instructors: Mary Sherman
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Yoga Move |
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Yoga Move is an original format designed by Annie Parr and
Ashley Holladay. With their combined lifetime of dance, yoga and fitness instruction, this class brings all elements together in a challenging
series of yoga inspired postures that move and is set to a pulsing mix
of music. Yoga Move is for the body aware person looking for challenge and creativity in their practice. Barefeet. No mats....
Instructors: Annie Parr | Ashley Holladay
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Essential Flexibility |
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This class is a combination of Pilates, yoga, Feldenkrais and neuromuscular
education focusing on core strength, joint range of motion, lubrication and
muscular tension release. This restorative, meditative stretch progression
guides you in the balance of flexibility of the extrinsic and intrinsic muscles
of the body.
Instructors: Mary Sherman
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Pilates Mat |
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Pilates exercises challenge strength, flexibility, coordination and balance. They are performed with attention to form, efficiency, stablization and pelvic alignment. Focus is on breath, core power, joint mobility and sequential movement of vertebrae. This mat class is taught without a Reformer.
Instructors: Mary Sherman
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