Urban Contemporary with Tallulah Stephens Skeete
Classes
Minimum age: 16
Friday: Urban Contemporary
- Level: Beginner
- Time: 18.30-20
- Price: £12
- Starts : 28th March
Biography
Tallulah is a dancer, choreographer, and actor. Having training in Musical Theatre at The BRIT School, she branched out to train in Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Commercial. She has appeared in music videos for Nell Mescal, Tallia Storm, and Steinsdotter. Her choreographic debut was for the artist Connie Constance. She has also appeared in the BBC Three show, Grime Kids, as a dancer/supporting artist and danced for Cush Jumbo’s opening performance at the London Evening Standard Awards in 2019.
Class Description
These Urban Contemporary classes consist of a cardio and yoga-based warm-up to ground us in the flow of our bodies, followed by an across-the-floor exercise that will train specific movement techniques. We then move on to an improvisation exercise where we explore the Laban efforts and work with (or against) the music to get comfortable moving our bodies in strange new ways while focusing on how the movement feels rather than what it looks like. This exercise helps us connect to our bodies with guidance and without judgment. We will then learn distinctive choreography fusing contemporary and hip hop elements, inspired by legends such as Alvin Ailey, Pina Bausch, and Kyle Abraham. While I love to include innovative and challenging moves in my choreography, I always have adjustments and options prepared to suit all dancers.
