Biography
Kaia Koehler is a native of San Francisco, California, where she was fortunate enough to study tap dance under Sam Weber. In 2021, Kaia was selected as one of eleven dancers to attend the School at Jacob’s Pillow and is an alumnus of the Tap Dance program. Kaia is determined to continuously develop her artistic voice through practice, teaching, and performing in the UK and the United States. Presently, Kaia is London-based, teaches multiple open tap dance classes every week, travels to tap festivals around the world, and is a company member with professional tap dance company Old Kent Road.
Improvers Course Description
This 6 week Level 3 tap dance course is suitable for students who have completed both Level 1 and 2 tap dance courses at Danceworks. Alternatively, students new to Danceworks may join the course provided they have an understanding of weight transference and basic tap dance steps (e.g. toe and heel rudiments, shuffles, flaps, paddle rolls, etc).
In this course, students will build upon material learnt in both previous courses. Following a weekly warm up, students will be challenged with rhythmical exercises, elevated work, learn new steps, and will be introduced to a range of grooves, feels, and time signatures. Dancers will also learn an original piece of choreography over 6 weeks which will include material learnt in Levels 1, 2, and 3.
At this stage, it is suggested that dancers own a pair of tap shoes. If this is not possible, hard soled or leather soled shoes/boots will be appropriate.
