OUR TEACHERS
ARGENTINE TANGO CLASSES
TONY + ILANA (OWNERS)
Meet the owners Ilana Rubin and Tony Fan. Seattle's longest-running Saturday night Tango social dance with awesome music, elegant decoration, tasty desserts, and a friendly atmosphere! Argentine tango has been an integral part of the Dance Underground dance program since the beginning. Here is a line-up of our program:
Three weekly tango classes by Tony and Ilana, the founder and owner of Dance Underground.
Thursday night tango practice.
Seattle's longest-running Saturday night Tango social dance with awesome music, elegant decoration, tasty desserts, and a friendly atmosphere!
Email: seattletango@hotmail.com
www.seattletango.com
Darrah Blanton Dance:
Brain compatible dance education in a nurturing environment with an emphasis on conceptual learning and creative exploration. Featuring the BrainDance. Classes for ages 18th months to 10 years.
Parent/toddler
Pre-ballet
Ballet/tap combo
Creative Ballet
Instructors: Darrah Blanton, Aubra Heller
Registration for the Summer - Fall 2022 class program.
Contact Darrah to receive registration information.
SOL DANCE FITNESS
SARINA BEHAR NATKIN
A joy-filled workout for the body and soul.
Move, connect and awaken body, brain, and spirit. Come as you are and elevate yourself. Explore, challenge, and transform your day. Each sixty-minute class is filled with follow-along routines to music from a variety of genres. All levels welcome, modifications offered.
Sarina Behar Natkin believes dance can meet everybody where it is, providing not only fantastic exercise but also a path to present moment awareness. By stepping out of the thinking brain and into the body, we open ourselves to joy. In her spare time, Sarina is a licensed clinical social worker, parent coach, and speaker. She is a Seattle native and resides with her husband, two amazing teen daughters, and dog Molly.
Email: soldancefitness.com
website! https://www.soldancefitness.com/
BCDRHYTHMS
BARB DUFF
BCD Rhythms is an hour-long fitness class combining dance, kickboxing, and light strength training. This class is a “Super Positive Power Hour” that is choreographed and structured yet provides plenty of room to jump, wiggle, kick, punch, yell, laugh, and love every minute of your workout. Barbara Duff is the owner and lead dance guide of BCD Rhythms. She is a NASM certified personal trainer and has been teaching group fitness classes at DU since 2004. Registration is required for classes. No drop-ins are allowed at this time. For class times, registration, and general information, please visit www.bcdrhythms.com or email dance@bcdrhythms.com.
ZUMBA CLASS
MELANIE SKINNER
Come join me for an inspiring workout! I am a former professional dancer who knows what people need to achieve the ultimate cardio. Come join the fun!
Tuesday & Thursdays
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
registration-Contact Information:
skinnermelanie@hotmail.com
Spicy Bachata Sundays
Jose De la Torre
Looking for a place to dance Sunday evening? We have a few options out there, but those are not enough!!
To complement already established dance socials, a new event will be added to the pool happening on the last Sunday of the month. Expect mostly bachata with some salsas here and there and some Kizomba towards the end.
Intro lesson: 7 PM-8 PM - Dance Social 8:00 PM-12:30 AM
Contact: Jose De la Torre - Email: josed@outlook.com
ECSTATIC DANCE
MARY ANDERSON
Ecstatic Dance Seattle has been in the studio since 2001
"A place for people to authentically and safely express themselves, it’s free of judgment and instruction. It is a space to feel, move and heal so that we can manifest our true selves. No dance experience necessary".
https://www.ecstaticdanceseattle.com/
www.ecstaticdanceseattle.com
AFRO-DANCE
Kine Camara
Kiné Camara is a choreographer, instructor, and performer based in Seattle, WA. She began dancing professionally at 8 years old and teaching in 2005, under the direction of her father, Master Drummer, and Dancer, Ibrahima Camara, of the National Ballet of Senegal.
In her choreography, she pulls from various African and Afro-diasporic dance styles and often explores themes of Western vs African culture, and modern vs traditional dance.
Dance is a powerful way to strengthen the mind, body, and spirit - and her classes focus on all three. Her passion is to not only teach steps, but to educate holistically, discuss cultural/historical context, and cultivate self-love and acceptance in tandem with the physical practice.
Email: kinecamara.com
IG: @Kine_Camara
Brazilian ZoukHussam Hashem
Brazilian Zouk is a growing social & partner dance that originated and takes inspiration mainly from Lambada and other Brazilian dances such as Forró, Bolero, & Samba de Gafieira with the music originating from the Caribbean. Nowadays, Zouk, as it's often referred to, is danced to all different styles of music including Pop music, Reggaetón, Afrobeats, Brazilian Funk & even Hip Hop music. As such, there are many different styles of Zouk and the opportunity to infuse your own dance background and dance movements to create your own style. It's really difficult to describe how the dance looks, but I've heard it best described as "what your average person thinks dancing looks like", you'll have to see it to find out!
Most importantly, Brazilian Zouk is rooted in connection which is often the first thing you see and feel when you enter a Brazilian Zouk space. So, come and join us for the fun!
Wednesday 8:30 PM-11:30 PM
Email:hashemh@umich.edu
MOVEMENT CLASS
Samantha Pak
Indoor movement classes- move details to follow.
Email:sampaksf@gmail.com
RANGEELA TEAM
PRIYANKA
Rangeela Dance Company (RDC) is Seattle’s premier Bollywood Fusion dance company founded in 2016 by Priyanka Jain Vora, a trained classical Indian dancer and Bollywood dance choreographer. This group of talented women share a common passion for dance fusion and spreading awareness about the vibrant South Asian culture in the community. The dancers have professional expertise in a variety of styles ranging from Bharatnatyam, Bollywood, Kuchipudi, Semi-Classical, Hip-Hop, Modern, Bhangra, Garba, and more.
RDC offers group and private dance lessons, event choreography services.
ROCKSTARS-KIDS CLASSES
Join our Rangeela Rockstars IN-STUDIO dance classes at Dance Underground! Enroll your kids, ages 9-12 yrs old, to learn Bollywood basics with our fabulous kids dance instructor, Katy. We keep the class sizes small so that your child can get personalized attention. Parents are invited to join in on the fun!
Restistration Information:
https://www.rangeeladancecompany.com/
DROP ZONE DANCE
LEX RAMIREZ
Founder, Lex Ramirez aka Lexsmoove
Drop Zone is a dance community that hosts classes, events, and groups centering on artists from historically marginalized communities. We offer regular Hip Hop and Choreography classes as well as Community Classes with rotating guest instructors. Each Community Class focuses on a different movement style such as Breaking, House, Bachata, Bollywood, Latin Hustle Contemporary, and more! We also offer training opportunities through Drop Squad Dance Crew.
For more information and to register, visit www.dropzonedance.com . Find us on Instagram and Facebook @dropzone.dance
B3 Dance Project - SALSA
Rebecca Jakubson
"Becca Jakubson (she/her) is a teacher, artist, performer, and choreographer based in Seattle, WA. She has over 15 years of experience coaching, teaching, performing, and competing in dance and figure skating. Her mission is to create a space for Latin dancers to deeply understand the roots and technique of dance to empower each dancer to intentionally make choices in their movement. Her experience includes teaching salsa, bachata, fusion, and fitness classes in Seattle for the last 3 years as a teacher at Studio Azul. She was also a member of Sabrosa Pro, a professional Latin fusion dance team that performed across the west coast. Currently, she is a founder of BGC Dance, a Latin fusion dance community, and is a co-found of B3 Dance Project, a
Email: bgcdanceseattle@gmail.com
Instagram &Facebook:https//www.Facebook@latin fusion dance troupe based in Seattle.
Second Act
Laura Coulter
Second Act Dance offers supportive adult-only ballet classes. Founded by Beth Humphrey and Laura Coulter, we offer technique and pointe classes. All classes are a mixture of barre and center work. No experience is required for the technique classes. Two years of continuous technique classes are required to join the pointe class. Teachers:
Renzo Acosta began his dance training in Hawaii. He received a full merit scholarship with Ballet Hawai’i and performed with local dance groups such as Tau Dance Theater, Iona Dance Company, and Onium Dance Project. He received his BA in Dance from the University of Hawai’i and has been teaching ballet since 2017.
Beth Humphrey began dancing in the 1970s with the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She continued her dance career through college and graduated with a master’s degree in Education. After taking time off for her family, she has returned to ballet and is teaching pointe at Second Act Dance
Email: lauracoulter@q.com
www.2ndactdance.com
Salsamania Sundays Salsa/Bachata social
Penelope Ruoff
SALSAMANIA SUNDAYS is a SALSA | BACHATA SOCIAL happening once a month on every 3rd or 4th Sunday from 8 pm-11 pm! As a tribute to our team and dance company, we have decided to name it Salsamania Sundays. Performances are welcome, please contact Penelope Ruoff to coordinate music and timing. DJ Centeno/ Jose is our resident DJ.
Once a month social on the 3rd or 4th SUNDAYS of every month: 8 pm-11 pm
Email: Penelope Ruoff <penny.pie.pham@gmail.com