Youth Hip Hop Class

*SCDT presents:*
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**HIP HOP FUNK CLASS (ages 5-8)
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​with Elaine Ortiz**
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**Wednesdays, 4:00pm-5:00pm
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at 33 Hawley Street, in A.P.E.'s WorkRoomTheater ( lower level )**
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Wednesday September 7- December 14, 2022
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Email infoscdt@gmail.com​ for more info!
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**Hip-Hop- Funk Class**
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Experience a high energy, exhilarating, community oriented space while gaining foundmentals in
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hip hop. groove technique and more. In this class, dancers will learn about hip hop history and
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its pioneers as well as develop an understanding of old school techniques, new school
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techniques, groove, musicality and freestyle.

**Elaine Ortiz** graduated from Springfield College, where they earned their B.A. in Dance. They
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have worked with the Trisha Brown Dance Company, Monica Bill Barnes, Jason Aryeh, Sarah
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Zehnder, Tara Murphy, Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre Kaufman, Alan Franco, Tatiana Desardouin,
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and Darrell Grand Moultrie. There they developed technical skills in jazz, modern, ballet,
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hip-hop, West African dance, and contact improvisation and participated in the touring Dance
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Repertory Company as both a rehearsal assistant and company member. During their years at
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Springfield, Ortiz placed choreography on their peers, one of the first entitled Comenzando. In
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their final year working alongside fellow dancer Cynthia Duran, they developed a senior
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showcase on social justice issues entitled Fuerza Y Resistencia. The themes explored included
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ableism, gender, racism, and mental health. Moving forward, Ortiz seeks to challenge
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pre-existing societal biases and narratives while creating spaces of solidarity.