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Specialty: Boa Dancing
Focusing on what developing technical proficiency with your long, feathered friend, this class is geared toward hobbyists, as well as aspiring and established performers with various dance backgrounds who want to look like a professional using the boa! Using basic dance principles, the teacher will define stances and footwork combos with boa movement that can be used to add pizazz to your repertoire! Using a combination of classic & modern burlesque...
Specialty: Video Vixen
Have you noticed that a lot of artist are using burlesque inspired movement in their music videos and performances? Have you wanted to learn the sexy backup dancer moves? In this neo-burlesque class we will not only learn how to become video vixens, we will also record our own short "music video". This is a heels class so prepare to learn to strut your stuff for the camera! All genders welcome. Prerequisites: None
Specialty: Tricks of the Trade
Tired of the same old dance moves? Feeling stuck in a rut when choreographing an act? Looking to spice up your dance vocabulary? Well then Zara Estelle's "Ticks of the Trade" class is just for you! Learn various styles of dance to incorporate into a piece for that extra pizazz. From chair dance, to floor work, to twerking and more, you will learn moves that will give your act a climax! Feel free to ask Zara for specific tricks you have in mind as...
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Specialty: Twerking
This class delivers a fun upbeat workout. Shake and bounce those booties, thighs, and abs into shape. Zara Estelle will have you dancing to great music and learning choreography too good to take to the club.
Burlesque Level 5/6 (Advanced)
Vaudezilla Studios @ 3614 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL
After learning the basics of burlesque and movement, you're ready to start building your own performance. As a class, we will develop a short 10-12 minute show that includes group acts, interstitials, and solos that use all of the burlesque and performance techniques that you've acquired up to this point. The teacher will provide a theme that coincides with an upcoming VAUDEZILLA! Saturday night show, and students will be expected to create their...
Dirty, Sexy, Smooth Floorwork (All Levels)
Vaudezilla Studios @ 3614 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL
This class is geared towards providing folks of all genders with the skills to perfect movement specifically on the floor. Get grounded while we define proper body carriage, incorporate modern dance and burlesque techniques, and introduce choreography that will be the dash of flavor you were hoping to find. Students with previous knee problems should wear knee pads. All levels and genders welcome. Every body welcome.
$20
Tarts, Tartlets and Tortas!
Tutore @ 2755 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL
Discover the secrets of crafting delectable tarts in various forms with our pastry chef Mollie. From mastering different tart doughs to creating luscious pastry creams, elevate your dessert game and take home an array of tasty treats to enjoy.
All levels
18 and older
$172.50
Cakes and Tortes
Tutore @ 2755 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL
Indulge your sweet tooth and master the art of creating exquisite cakes and tortes. From mastering cake batters to perfecting icing techniques, elevate your dessert-making skills with three delectable recipes. Join us for a hands-on experience that will leave you confident in crafting sensational sweet treats.
All levels
18 and older
$172.50
For the Greater 'Gram: An Instagram Workshop
Vaudezilla Studios @ 3614 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL
"The 'Gram" (as you should never call it without sounding ironic) is the most popular and fastest growing social media platform for Millennials and Generation Z. Its diverse and active communities make it a prime tool for those looking to grow their brands to gain popularity with their target clientele. Simply posting a picture with a couple of hashtags is not enough, however, and sometimes can only be a detriment. This workshop will teach you how...
$20
Hireability & Making Money
Whether you are an aspiring or established performers, some of the most important choices you'll make in your burlesque career will involve who to work with, who to turn down, and when to ask for more money. In this class, we'll discuss what characteristics make a performer hireable and how to make the most of your current and potential resources via organization, finding your niche, ettiquette, and even community politics! This class demystifies...
Professional Performer Practicum: Stage Presence
Whether your performance style is sexy or funny, whether you are standing, talking, or dancing, learn techniques that will allow you to become more accessible to the audience. With emphasis on confidence-driven movement drills, facial expressions, and mental focus and calm, this class is geared towards established and aspiring performers who'd like to appear more comfortable on stage. Teacher will guide students through techniques including...
Knitted Flowers
Hand-knit flowers can be a great way to add a personal touch to an ensemble. In this class, we will make three different types of knitted flowers and explore ways to amp them up. Basic knitting skills are required. Class fee includes materials.
Serious Doodles: Graphic Documentation
Graphic documentation is a process of illustrative note-taking. Learn how to illustrate, emphasize, and organize your notes with graphics, colors, and writing styles - think doodling on steroids. Participants will learn through case studies, start a visual vocabulary, and practice graphic documentation in class. If you are a doodler, a visual learner, or just plain like markers, this workshop is for you.
Shapeflow: Moving on Impulse
Shapeflow is a free-movement tool developed to help artists focus on mind-body connection and free themselves from the limitations that habitual movement can create. Take this workshop and find ways to move the way you want to! Shapeflow is all about impulsive movement; find the full breadth of the shapes and sizes you can make with your wonderful expansive body. In this workshop we will focus specifically on finding a neutral body through...
Hello, Gorgeous! - Wig Care
Whip that wig into shape and work it! Wig Care with Shirley Blazen covers essentials on wig maintenance, and tailoring that dream hair to your gorgeous head. We'll cover the foundations on securing wigs, styles and how to tailor them to you. Bring your favorite wig as we dive in head-first through real-time styling techniques. All levels and genders welcome.
Hello, Gorgeous! - Stage Face
We're putting our game faces on and striking a pose in this Stage Make-Up workshop designed to brush up on the basics and explore new techniques to elevate the looks you love! All levels of experience welcome as we start from the perfect foundation to the sparkly details. Bring your favorite colors and tools. We'll discuss how to maximize the impact of your products and experiment with color. Put your best face forward and flaunt a stage look...
Intro to Tech for Performance
Do you want to learn about all the magic that happens off stage? This class is designed to provide you with an introductory knowledge of the tech basics in the world of live performance. Covering sound, lights, video/projection, stage managing, and technician/performer relations. This class will give you an all around understanding of the behind the scenes work that makes a show happen.
Tech Notes 101
For burlesque, cabaret, and variety performers alike! Come learn more about tech notes. Learn what information is and isn't useful to technicians, stage managers, and running crews. Learn how to know when you've given enough info, and when you haven't. Come and refine your tech notes! Your future crews will thank you!
Slide Rules
PowerPoint and Google Slides can be a powerful tool, but so many people use them poorly. Midge will explain ways you can embrace the slide deck in your presentations. This hour-long workshop will present terrible slide examples to analyze just where the presenter went wrong. From the horror, we will discuss the visual elements that make slideshows not just bearable, but effective. You'll be ready for your TED Talk in no time!
Hip-Hop & High Heels (All Levels)
Vaudezilla Studios @ 3330 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL
Hip-Hop & High Heels focuses on fusing elements of hip hop such as body isolations, stylized & freestyle movements and choreography with heels. In this class participants can expect to discover and learn their personal style and how to incorporate it in within the context of choreography. Hip-Hop & High Heels will cover a wide range of skills from struts to level changes and balances. Each class will begin with a warm up, followed...
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