Workshop: Dance Authentically & Intentionally
with Cris Rivers

Create catharsis with your performance with your facial expressions through flow or choreo. Effectively showing emotion while you dance is a skill to be practiced and helps you clearly communicate your concept. 

Cris will offer ways to connect with the audience to command attention, while maintaining high energy and character the entire way through your performance. Cris will also analyze your performance from re-grips, how intentional your body positions are, how your angles create lines to your audience, and how your drops can be started without hesitation and controlled through the landing in your flow or routine. 

Great for PSO competitors looking to add some more authenticity to your face & body when you perform, or for anyone who needs help let your inner dancer come to life.

The workshop will last 60mins and then during the final 30mins, students can use the poles to practice for an unguided Open Practice Session. Use this time to try the tricks in heels, stretch, condition, practice other pole tricks, use the fitness equipment in the studio, and to work with others who may be attending the session.

For safety and learning, your instructor may offer students hands-on spotting during the class portion of this Pole Lab. Instructors will always clearly explain how hands-on assistance will be given for each trick, and each student's consent is always requested and respected when offered a spot. Spotting is not offered during Open Practice time and students are not encouraged to spot others for safety reasons.

Remember to cool yourself down before you leave class — ask your instructor for tips!

Please let us know if you have special requirements for your session so we can prepare them before you arrive.

Our studio is also equipped with safety mats, yoga mats, blocks, straps, stretch bands, yoga balls, and weights. You will have share control of the lights and music at a reasonable volume during your practice with others also using the space. An instructor will always be available for safety, but studio rental sessions are considered unguided practice, and rental students should safely practice only what they have already learned.

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Arrive early (especially for our night classes) — here are directions to help! We lock the doors for safety after warmup.