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Date

May 30 2020
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Time

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Cost

FREE

All-Ages Hip Hop

Old School to New School Moves

An All-Ages Hip Hop Dance class lead by LEAF  Schools & Streets Master Teaching Artist Otto (Aquaboogy) Vazquez. Get up and get your body moving every Saturday morning, with this great family-friendly, fun class!  Classes will be posted at 9am every Saturday in April!

Video will go live at 9am day of class, and will remain accessible for viewing at any point afterward.

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1635023093312245/

 

Week 1 – King Tut Style

Learn the dance of right angles and boxes. This is a comprehensive, follow-along dance tutorial for upper body and arm movements to develop the style of “King Tut.” Presented by Leaf Global Arts. Taught by Leaf Schools & Streets Master Teaching Artist Otto (Aquaboogy) Vazquez. Get ready to burn those arms!!! It’s a brain buster!!

Full Class Link: https://youtu.be/_zR-b_wx5KI

Week 2 – Intro to Animated Styles

A comprehensive, follow along dance tutorial to develop the animated styles of Slo Mo, Strobe and the first lesson in Robot, among the most popular of dance effects. Presented by Leaf Global Arts. Taught by Leaf Schools & Streets Master Teaching Artist Otto (Aquaboogy) Vazquez. Get ready to look “fake” and get “animated!

Full Class Link: https://youtu.be/iqfrgPe8pw8

Week 3 – Introduction to Locking

This week we present a super fun and challenging introduction to Locking, one of the funkiest dances on the planet made famous on the show Soul Train. Learn the basics of the dance and put them together in a short but challenging routine. Then put the funk hits on and try it on your own! This lesson is dedicated to Don (Campbellock) Campbell who passed away a week before this lesson was created. Don was the creator of Locking and a mentor to LEAF Master Teaching Artist Otto Vazquez. Time to get Funky!

Full Class Link: https://youtu.be/UqaOE06A71w

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AN URGENT LETTER FROM THE LEAF BOARD:

For nearly 30 years, LEAF Global Arts has connected people through the power of art, music, and culture. Every shared moment has been made possible because of you – our community.

The LEAF Festival is critical to funding LEAF’s larger work: providing global cultural arts programming for thousands of local youth and preserving cultures and traditions around the world.

This year, we are facing a financial crossroads: between the loss of last fall’s Festival, losing a majority of our arts education funding in 2025, and not fully recovering from COVID, the future is bleak. The upcoming LEAF Festival could be our last if we don’t come together to sustain the heart of LEAF’s mission – but we have seen what this community can do when united for a cause greater than itself.

To open the Festival experience to as many people as possible, and to rally the full spirit of LEAF, we are offering a limited number of LEAF LOVE Tickets at a significant discount.

These special tickets, offered at 30% off (our highest discount, even more so than our Early Bird pricing) are our way of ensuring everyone has a place in this story. Full-priced tickets also remain available for those with the means to give a little more to help support LEAF’s vital work.

Your presence, your voice, and your support matter more than ever right now. Join us in making this LEAF Festival one that the world will never forget and ensuring the music continues for generations to come. 

Mayani is a Maasai boy from longido Arusha. He went to boarding school at 6 years old and lost his Maasai language and tradition. Since joining the LEAF program, he has learned to sing Maasai songs, practiced the ‘jump’ tradition and wear Maasai shukas (traditional clothing). Mayani is extremely happy and is currently teaching other youth the culture.

 

 

 

 

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