Lakeside Dance Lab
Get your body in motion at this free dance party. If you are unfamiliar with any dance other than the free form bopping of the Peanuts characters in A Charlie Brown Christmas, worry not; an instructor is on hand — Francis Medrano, skilled in this week’s featured style, Black power dance. It combines salsa, bachata, cumbia, reggaeton and Peruvian folk rhythms. The final session of the spring takes place March 22 with salsa on the docket. These sessions open to anyone ages 18 and up are free, but tickets are required
media release: Shake off the winter blues and come join our community dance party! Join us for this fun series of multi-cultural dance workshops-- each week we’ll bring a new dance style and instructor to the floor. No dance experience? No problem! Just bring your willingness to try something new and let’s have a blast together!
March 8: Black Power Dance combines Latin rhythms such as salsa, bachata, cumbia, reggaeton and Peruvian folk rhythms. These are easy to learn sequences that work core muscles on the body. Lundú Afrofit is an aerobic dance system to exercise the soul, the body, and the heart. It is inspired by Afro-Peruvian dance styles and music and other Afro Latin musical genres.
Instructor Bio: Francis Medrano is an internationally toured professional dancer, choreographer, entertainer, and creator & founder of Black Power Dance and Lundú Afrofit. His unique methods combine his Afro-Peruvian ancestral rhythms and his passion for fitness. Francis teaches classes bi-lingually in Spanish/English, and of course the universal language of dance!
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