The Taster classes are included in every pass!
Friday Taster
Afro-fusion : urban & club African dances styles | Luana Madikera
Luana Madikera is a dancer and a key member of the tropical band “La Byle” as well as a dance educator. She will break us loose and energize us with a blend of influences from different African cultures in a very special dance taster class for AYS?! 2024. Let’s embrace this opportunity to learn new steps, and bridge styles and break a sweat!
🗓️ Friday, 11 October 2024
🕖 20:30 (doors open 18:30)
📍 Statthaus Böcklerhaus
Satuday Taster
Lindy House TASTER | ELLE & PEEPS
As an accomplished Lindy Hop dancer, Elle has brought much to the Berlin scene and constantly strives to deepen her connection and awareness of the African American roots of dance and music. This year she returns with a new concept with Peeps. This unique collaboration strongly resonates with the Berlin Xperience. We are excited to discover how these remarkable dancers will combine their knowledge and upbringing to present a unique Lindy House dance class that bridges the worlds of Lindy Hop and House dance.
🗓️ Saturday, 12 October 2024
🕖 20:30 (doors open 18:30)
📍 Säälchen
photo © Hana Brenecki
Lindy House TASTER | PEEPS & ELLE
Peeps is a Berlin-based dance choreographer & fashion creative director from Paris. He grew up with African movements and learned the art of hip-hop in Paris in the early 2000s. Inspired by this art of movement, he has been learning and developing his classical basics in jazz, modern and tap dance in New York since 2006.
Together with Elle, he will highlight the cultural connections and common elements in both music and dance between Lyndy and House and invite you to celebrate the rhythm, improvisation and spirit that unite these dance forms.
🗓️ Saturday, 12 October 2024
🕖 20:30 (doors open 18:30)
📍 Säälchen
photo © Nadine Renneisen
Sunday Taster
Balboa Swing Club Taster | Camille & Giedre
Founders of the Balboa Swing Club, Giedre and Camille are professional jazz and contemporary dancers who bring an artistic approach to their classes. They emphasize movement exploration and improvisation, believing that “once we dance with joy, we are ready to explore our connection to music and a partner”. They create space for kinesthetic sensations and focus on the dynamic exchange between two bodies, allowing expression through pulse and breath. Read more at Bal Swing.
🗓️ Sunday, 13 October 2024
🕖 18:30 (doors open 16:30)
📍 Statthaus Böcklerhaus
photo © Bal Love