Summer Workshop - Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Continuing the series, we have two of our very own choreographers, Sharon Huang and Kathleen Kang, teaching next Tuesday, June 30.

Workshop info:

• 7:00 PM - Beginner Hip Hop by Sharon Huang.
• 8:30 PM - Intermediate Hip Hop by Kathleen Kang.
• 9:30 PM - Freestyle session.
• Cost: $7 for one class, $12 for two.
• Location: 4600 Patrick Henry Drive, Santa Clara, CA.

Choreographer bios:

Sharon began dancing with the competing hip hop team 909 while attending UC Riverside. After moving back home in NorCal, Sharon joined Eight Count, and has been with the group for 4 faithful years. She is currently on the leadership team, and is an essential choreographer and member of the ministry. Sharon has a sharp and fun style, one that is friendly to dancers of all levels.

Kathleen began dancing and training with Team Technique, a competing hip hop group affiliated with Rutgers University (NJ) almost five years ago. After her first year she became artistic director of the team until 2008, when she relocated to the Bay Area for graduate school. She is currently dancing and choreographing for Eight Count. Kathleen teaches groovy and energetic choreography with an emphasis on musicality. Don't forget to bring your swag.

2009/06/20 - iXalt's Enchanted Afternoon

Season 2008-2009

Courtesy of Alex Ho

2009/05/30 - OneStep09

Summer Workshops!

We are going to host a series of workshops in the summer - starting on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 7:00PM. Our very own Eight Count choreographers will be teaching. Later in the series, we hope to bring out special guest choreographers.

Workshop info:

• 7:00 PM - Intermediate Hip Hop by Joseph Cheng.
• 8:00 PM - Breakdance by Newton Cheng.
• 9:00 PM - Freestyle session.
• Cost: $7 for one class, $12 for two.
• Location: 4600 Patrick Henry Drive, Santa Clara, CA.

Choreographer bios:

	Joseph developed his skills as a dancer at MIT and danced with MIT's first hip hop dance crew, MIT Ridonkulous. He has been choreographing and dancing with Eight Count for two years and is now the director of the team. He is passionate about dancing and focuses on precision movements.
	Newton has been breakdancing since 2001 and has spent the last four years teaching classes at Dance Attack Studios in Los Gatos, CA. He specializes in working with beginners so there is no previous dance experience necessary to attend this workshop.

Other Workshops... Nami's "Just Dance" Series

If our Eight Count workshops are not enough dancing for you, Eight Count alum, Nami, will be hosting a workshop series for the next two weeks. Eight Count choreographer, Kathleen Kang, will be a guest teacher.

Workshop info:

• 7:15 PM to 8:30 PM on June 11 and June 18.
• Cost: $20 (includes both sessions).
• Location: Dance Affair, 850 N Winchester Blvd, San Jose 95128.
• See www.danceplex.net for more information.

OneStep09: Thank You!

Thanks to everyone for making our first hip hop showcase a successful event! All the dance groups were amazing: A1 Crew, Bliss Dance Co, DS Players, Elementral Remix, Future Shock San Jose, Imani's Dream, In Rhythm With Him, IXALT, Junior FUSION, Represent and Skamatix. Paul Kim and Jon Talbert were a huge blessing to have. TR!BE and DJ Trust threw out amazing beats giving us some great freestyle sessions. Ozzy gave us amazing graffiti art as back drops. All the community organizations, esp City Teams, gave us excellent opportunites to take the next steps in serving our communities. If you weren't there, you definitely missed out.

...OneStep 10?

Here are some pictures from the night!

Courtesy of Andrew Truong


Courtesy of Ben Tu