International Street Dance Workshop in Oxford
On Monday 13th February, EmJ’s Classes at Pegasus will be hosting its first International Street Dance Workshop for young people aged 11+
On Monday 13th February, EmJ’s Classes at Pegasus will be hosting its first International Street Dance Workshop for young people aged 11 years and older with Jerome Esplana (Canada) and Darren Baldric (Germany) at Pegasus.
Emma-Jane Greig, the founder of EmJ’s Classes has been hosting workshops with professional choreographers from across the UK for the past two years. The workshops have provided young people with new opportunities to train and develop their passion for street dance.
The two internationally known dance artists will only be in the UK for a few days before continuing their tour around Europe, and Oxford is one of their venues.
This special class is part of the Dancin’ Oxford 2012 Festival now in its 6th year celebrating local, national and international dance performance and participation.
Emma-Jane Greig said:
“I’m so pleased that after just two years EmJ’s Classes has grown into such a supportive dance community. The fact that we are now hosting two workshops with incredible dancers from Canada and Germany is unbelievable! Taking part in the workshops not only provide young dancers with new skills, but inspiration from artists who have made it in the industry. This is definitely not to be missed.”
More about the Workshop leaders
Darren Drake Baldric, originally from Philippines, was raised in Germany. He has taught worldwide, sharing his knowledge and love for dance in Asia and Europe.
Jerome Esplana, is from Vancouver, Canada. Jerome has taught all over the world and is one of the most talked about ‘fresh’ new choreographers of 2012. For both choreographers this will be their first time teaching in the UK.
Emma-Jane Greig (25), a former youth theatre member at Pegasus herself, has been working on this project for the past two years and has brought some of hottest dance artists to Oxford including: Ukweli Roach (Jay from Street Dance The Movie), Jack Mackenzie & The A Team.
Pegasus
Pegasus is an arts centre specialising in creating and developing new performance work with young people, emerging and established artists. The organisation is celebrating its 50th year with a series of events and performances from youth theatre groups and professional artists and companies.
Pegasus runs courses for young people age from 6 to 19 years. No auditions are held and the courses are open to anyone.
The organisation is a charity and receives grants from Arts Council England, Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council as well as undertaking significant fundraising work supporting these activities.
