Archetypal Alkemy - The Queen with Dr. Jae West

Are you ready to start 2025 with fierce, commanding presence and strutting with new style? 

 Dr. Jae West brings one of her favourite archetypal flavours to the studio with brand-new heels choreography and content to a yummy Beyonce track.

Drop into the power and potency of the QUEEN archetype with activities and a dance routine that will support your feeling of empowerment and confidence.

This is one of 7 workshops from the Archetypal ALKEMY framework.

Wild Woman - Fierceness
Lover - Sensuality
Huntress - Power
Mother - Flow
Inner Child - Play
Priestess - Devotion
Queen - Confidence

FLOW OF THE WORKSHOP
1) Arrival
2) Drop-in circle and reflections on the QUEEN
3) Physical warm up & characterisation exercises of dropping into your Queen
4) Choreography to Beyonce (heels routine) 

INTENTION
This is a super fun day where you will work away feeling empowered and playful having learnt a new skill-set. No dance experience required, this is an open level class and a taster of the Queen series that will be coming in April/May. 

The routine is choreographed for heels but it is an option.

LOGISTICS
Wednesday 26th Feb 6.15-8.30pm
The Chapel Space
15 SPOTS ONLY
$80

WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE?
1x Archetypal studio sessions with Dr. Jae in the dance studio

1x Archetypal ALKEMY - Queen booklet that has reflection activities to allow you to integrate everything that we explore in the workshop

QUESTIONS
Do I need to have any dance experience?
No, Jae has worked with everyone from professional dancers to women that have never taken a dance class and feel like they have 2 left feet. This class is designed for all experience levels.

What if I can’t make the sessions?
If you aren’t able to make you can transfer your ticket to another person. No refunds are available.

ABOUT DR. JAE WEST, PhD
Dr. Jae West is an electric and mesmerising performer and choreographer. She has over a decade’s experience taking to the stage and teaching others to reclaim their birth-right of authentic and expressive dance.

Jae started her professional career as a podium dancer and choreographer for the Drag Queens of Perth as a teenager. This extravagant and colourful start to her dance career lead her to a number of pathways within dance. Her credits include:

- Choreographing and dancing for pop princess, Rozalla, during her 'Everybody's Free' Australian Tour performance at Connections Nightclub

- Being a previous member of the dance crew 'Mixed Tape', an all-women’s dance crew that placed 3rd in the 2012 Battlegrounds dance competition in WA

- Co-founding the social movement The Liberators with Peter Sharp and spending months touring both Europe and the US facilitating and attending ecstatic dances and festivals

- Founder of Archetypal ALKEMY framework

- Danced for incredible powerhouse singer Deya Dova at Flow Festival

- Choreographer and performer in the performance group, The Hairy Godmothers

- Previous teacher and facilitator at three dance academy’s: The Dance Collective, Cipher Dance Academy & Amongst Queens

- Producer and founder of female, empowered dance show, I AM WOMAN

Jae facilitates an exciting, playful, and saucy spaces for women to explore the relationship that they have with themselves, their body, and sisterhood. Her teachings aim to re-inspire a sense of curiosity and gratitude for the lessons that the body can teach us through movement and through sisterhood. Coming together in common-unity to be witnessed in our own unique expressions with complete confidence, creative expression, and sass.

POLICY

Strictly NO REFUNDS, you can transfer tickets if not able to make the event.