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Let’s Dance: Hip-hop Freestyle with Dee
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Develop your freestyle dance skills with Dee at Footscray Community Arts! These free, fun and upbeat dance classes will have a strong focus on hip hop foundations (groove, bounce, rock, and party moves), dance culture, and improvisation techniques to encourage young people’s self-expression in an inclusive environment. Whether you’re someone who enjoys dancing for fun or are new to hip hop dance, these classes are a great way to build your confidence to move your way!
These free dance classes are supported by the Reimagining Vichealth grant and are a fun way to get young people active in the community. Taught by highly experienced facilitators, they are a perfect place to make new friends for kids and teens. Classes will culminate in a catered performance for family and friends.
When: 5 February – 19 March (7 sessions)
Saturdays, 10-11.15am
Performance on Saturday 2 April, 2-4pm
Age suitability: 8-12 years old
Learn more about COVID safety at Footscray Community Arts.
A Reimagining Health Project – proudly supported by VicHealth. Presented as part of Footscray Community Arts’ Creative Workshops Program.
Date & Times
- When
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5 February – 19 March
- Venue
- Footscray Community Arts
- Cost
Free
Accessibility
Please contact Urvi at urvi@footscrayarts.com if you have access needs.
Meet the Teaching Artist
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Deepasheni Thirumoothy
Born in Malaysia, Deepasheni is a versatile movement artist with Odia and Tamil heritage. She began dancing at the age of 4, and completed her formal dance training in Bharathanatyam, a South Indian classical dance style, at Kshetra Dance Academy. Upon moving to Australia in 2014, Deepasheni connected with a community of b-boys and Hip-Hop dancers, and this lead her to discover her passion for freestyle dance culture and Hip Hop. She has been actively competing, performing, and developing her freestyling ability by fusing Hip Hop grooves with Bharathanatyam and various other street dance styles. With a Bachelors of Media and Communications (Journalism), Deepasheni is also a visual storyteller who enjoys directing and producing media using movement, film, and research. She believes that understanding different music, dance cultures, and the communities they come from, enables us to be free with the way we dance, and the people we dance with. With an extensive dance vocabulary, Deepasheni aims to help others explore themselves through movement, and cultivate their personal groove as a self-development tool.
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