BREATH AND FLOW THROUGH MODERN DANCE:

Students will embody the dance concepts of space, time, energy and force, in an open and supportive environment, with a strong focus on community.

Class consists of a thorough warm-up, technique and alignment work, as well as learning choreography, fueled by a wide variety of movement styles. Exploring improvisational exercises, students will be asked to offer their personal movement voice. Through creativity, communication and collaboration, students will also be asked to create small group choreography. Class is structured to be a safe space for all types of bodies in motion.

BIO:

Ellie Sandstrom is a Dance Educator, Performer and Choreographer, who is fueled by movement in many forms. Since receiving her BFA from Cornish College of the Arts, she has worked with a wide variety of dance makers, musicians and artists, in both live performance and film. Her choreographic work has been commissioned by many local and national dance & theater companies and schools, and her work has received funding from Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, as well as Artist Trust. She taught packed classes at Velocity Dance Center for 16 years and taught at The Northwest School for 14 years, where she was the Dance Department Chair for 5 years. She has been a Teaching Artist for Seattle Theatre Group’s Dance This programming since 2007 and for STG’s Dance for PD® program since 2023.

Ellie was recently awarded a Teaching Fellowship from the Jubilation Foundation. 

ellie@sandstrommovement.com

BEGINNING MODERN:

Whether you are new to this style or are returning to dance after time away, there is a place for you in this beginning modern class. Class begins with a warm-up designed to ground your body, create mobility in your joints, and warm up your muscles. Dancers will travel through space and learn phrase work that highlights some of the essential qualities of modern dance: expression and movement dynamics, release and suspension of weight, and use of imagination. This class will provide level-appropriate challenges in a fun environment that will work your brain and body. 

BIO:

Amy J Lambert, a Seattle-based dance artist, delights in choreographing and directing works that blur the lines between theater and concert dance. She is a creator, producer, and dedicated dance educator. Currently at the helm of RicketySticks Dance-Theater (formerly AJnC Dance-Theater), Lambert’s work is celebrated for its ability to seamlessly fuse “the beautiful physicality of dance and the playful absurdity of theater” (SeattleDances). 

Amy J Lambert has been involved with the Seattle dance community for almost two decades. Committed to dance education, Lambert is a dedicated advocate for fostering positive studio environments where individuals feel valued. Lambert passionately shares her love of dance with students of all ages and levels.

www.AmyJLambert.com 

HOUSE FOUNDATIONS:

House Class focuses on foundational steps and variations, feeling the music, finding your voice through freestyle, and working on steps through drilling, combos and choreography while working solo and with others. This class will help others learn some history of House dance as well as gain a larger vocabulary in movement. There are different warmups I utilize including body weight exercises, functional movement, freestyle and other dance-based warmups. My classes work on connecting the movements in your body and learning to make them your own and help speak your voice through the movement, everyone has a different body and relates to movement differently, so we work towards what feels best for you after working on a base. Freestyle is a big part of class and showing your authentic self, you will hear various types of music in class during freestyle sections, but foundation portions of the class will be to various types of House music, freestyle is a part of the warm up and class WILL ALWAYS END IN A CYPHER. Class will not tolerate any misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, racism, or any other form of disrespect to individuals in any way. Class is open to all levels, and anyone can take something away. Come ready to be yourself, have  fun, be challenged, and sweat! Feel free to message me for any questions.

BIO:

Majinn (They/Them) is a queer, disabled, mixed Black LMT and dance artist and educator who utilizes their training in multiple dance forms to find and express their whole self. They believe that to be the best person they can be they need to continuously push their own comfort zone. Majinn works to help guide people in becoming more confident and connected in their bodies, find joy in movement and be able to speak their voices primarily through Black social dance forms. One of Majinn’s biggest goals in dance is to spread the histories and cultures of Black social dance forms in and out of academia so that the cultures are learned and more respected. They also aim to give back to the communities that these art forms were created from through any way they can. Majinn’s art is for themselves and the communities they come from, always striving to be authentically themselves in their movement and work. You can find Majinn under Majinn_Moves on Instagram

BEGINNING MODERN:

Whether you are new to this style or are returning to dance after time away, there is a place for you in this beginning modern class. Class begins with a warm-up designed to ground your body, create mobility in your joints, and warm up your muscles. Dancers will travel through space and learn phrase work that highlights some of the essential qualities of modern dance: expression and movement dynamics, release and suspension of weight, and use of imagination. This class will provide level-appropriate challenges in a fun environment that will work your brain and body. 

BIO:

Amy J Lambert, a Seattle-based dance artist, delights in choreographing and directing works that blur the lines between theater and concert dance. She is a creator, producer, and dedicated dance educator. Currently at the helm of RicketySticks Dance-Theater (formerly AJnC Dance-Theater), Lambert’s work is celebrated for its ability to seamlessly fuse “the beautiful physicality of dance and the playful absurdity of theater” (SeattleDances). 

Amy J Lambert has been involved with the Seattle dance community for almost two decades. Committed to dance education, Lambert is a dedicated advocate for fostering positive studio environments where individuals feel valued. Lambert passionately shares her love of dance with students of all ages and levels.

www.AmyJLambert.com 

BREATH AND FLOW THROUGH MODERN DANCE:

Students will embody the dance concepts of space, time, energy and force, in an open and supportive environment, with a strong focus on community.

Class consists of a thorough warm-up, technique and alignment work, as well as learning choreography, fueled by a wide variety of movement styles. Exploring improvisational exercises, students will be asked to offer their personal movement voice. Through creativity, communication and collaboration, students will also be asked to create small group choreography. Class is structured to be a safe space for all types of bodies in motion.

BIO:

Ellie Sandstrom is a Dance Educator, Performer and Choreographer, who is fueled by movement in many forms. Since receiving her BFA from Cornish College of the Arts, she has worked with a wide variety of dance makers, musicians and artists, in both live performance and film. Her choreographic work has been commissioned by many local and national dance & theater companies and schools, and her work has received funding from Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, as well as Artist Trust. She taught packed classes at Velocity Dance Center for 16 years and taught at The Northwest School for 14 years, where she was the Dance Department Chair for 5 years. She has been a Teaching Artist for Seattle Theatre Group’s Dance This programming since 2007 and for STG’s Dance for PD® program since 2023.

Ellie was recently awarded a Teaching Fellowship from the Jubilation Foundation. 

ellie@sandstrommovement.com

HOUSE FOUNDATIONS:

House Class focuses on foundational steps and variations, feeling the music, finding your voice through freestyle, and working on steps through drilling, combos and choreography while working solo and with others. This class will help others learn some history of House dance as well as gain a larger vocabulary in movement. There are different warmups I utilize including body weight exercises, functional movement, freestyle and other dance-based warmups. My classes work on connecting the movements in your body and learning to make them your own and help speak your voice through the movement, everyone has a different body and relates to movement differently, so we work towards what feels best for you after working on a base. Freestyle is a big part of class and showing your authentic self, you will hear various types of music in class during freestyle sections, but foundation portions of the class will be to various types of House music, freestyle is a part of the warm up and class WILL ALWAYS END IN A CYPHER. Class will not tolerate any misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, racism, or any other form of disrespect to individuals in any way. Class is open to all levels, and anyone can take something away. Come ready to be yourself, have  fun, be challenged, and sweat! Feel free to message me for any questions.

BIO:

Majinn (They/Them) is a queer, disabled, mixed Black LMT and dance artist and educator who utilizes their training in multiple dance forms to find and express their whole self. They believe that to be the best person they can be they need to continuously push their own comfort zone. Majinn works to help guide people in becoming more confident and connected in their bodies, find joy in movement and be able to speak their voices primarily through Black social dance forms. One of Majinn’s biggest goals in dance is to spread the histories and cultures of Black social dance forms in and out of academia so that the cultures are learned and more respected. They also aim to give back to the communities that these art forms were created from through any way they can. Majinn’s art is for themselves and the communities they come from, always striving to be authentically themselves in their movement and work. You can find Majinn under Majinn_Moves on Instagram