Burlesque Workshop Day

EXPECT - Grounding practices to settle the nervous system and arrive in your body - Exploration of the “Shame Shadow” and how it lives in your movement, thoughts and creative fire - Gentle, embodied exercises to release tension and build self acceptance - Sensual movement and expressive play - A safe space to be seen, without pressure or expectation - Learn a few movement phrases that are fun, adaptable to skill and body types and yet still rich and sensual YOU MAY LEAVE FEELING - Connected to your body and its sensations - Softer, yet more powerful in your presence - Joyful in your body and proud of who you are - Confident & less held back by inner judgements - Motivated to continue a self love practice at home - Open, expressive, and confident in your movement - Curious to explore this part of yourself THIS IS FOR ANYONE - Feeling disconnected from their body or sensuality or excited to explore there sensuality - Feeling held back in their expression or have a fear being seen - Wanting to adopt a joyful healing practise - Desiring to feel more confident, fluid, and at ease in your body - Craving a space that is creative, supportive, and non-judgemental - Open to exploring through movement (no experience needed)

WHAT TO EXPECT - A guided embodied warm-up to connect to your body - Explore techniques that will develop your reveal, tension, and play of attention - Playful games to explore confidence, presence & expression - Learn foundations of rooted strip tease (pace, reveal, intention, timing) - Simple choreography & guided freestyle YOU MAY LEAVE FEELING - More confident and comfortable in your body and its expression. - Playful, expressive, and less self-conscious - Connected to your sensuality in a light, enjoyable way - Empowered to take up space and be seen - Inspired to explore further dance practices & opportunities to be witnessed THIS IS FOR ANYONE - Wanting to build confidence in a fun, supportive environment - Are curious about burlesque or strip tease - Enjoy movement, play, and creative expression - Feel ready to step slightly outside your comfort zone - Feeling drawn to deep dive in sensuality and specific skills - Desire to feel confident with revealing your body in safe spaces - Enjoy dance and challenging yourself with Choreography - beginners most welcome

WHAT TO EXPECT - A dynamic embodied warm-up to prepare your body for movement, performance and precision - Explore cabaret dance technique, including posture, lines, weight shifts, isolations, musicality and performance quality - Break down choreography piece by piece, developing accuracy, coordination and control - Layer movement patterns, transitions, textures and accents to create more complex choreography - Work with musicality, timing and changes in pace to bring choreography to life - Explore performance intention — how to make technically precise movement feel expressive, playful and captivating - Guided repetition and refinement to develop clarity, confidence and consistency - A combination of choreography and guided exploration to put your technique into practice YOU MAY LEAVE FEELING - More confident navigating complex choreography - More precise, coordinated and connected in your movement - Better able to pick up, retain and execute choreography - More comfortable working with layers, transitions and changes in musicality - Inspired by the possibilities of cabaret dance and performance - Challenged, energised and excited to keep developing your technique THIS IS FOR ANYONE WHO - Loves dance and wants to develop their cabaret technique - Enjoys being challenged by choreography and learning new movement skills - Wants to improve precision, coordination, musicality and performance quality - Is curious about how more complex choreography is built and layered - Enjoys learning movement that requires focus, repetition and attention to detail - Wants to push beyond the basics and explore more sophisticated cabaret movement - Feels excited by the challenge of learning something new and wants to sharpen their technique and performance skills