Check out all these GREAT November dance events!

Your Neighborhood Studio adores its dance community - students and teachers alike!  When you're not in class at YNS, we want to offer you opportunities to keep growing as a dancer and continue to inspire you to dance!  We are excited to share some upcoming performances in November that feature some of our amazing YNS instructors.

VENICE (Oct 7 - Nov 14)

Currently showing at the Culver City's own Kirk Douglas Theatre through mid-November, this musical combines hip hop vocabulary in an adaptation of Othello, a classic story of struggle and redemption, in a contemporary setting - appropriate and entertaining to all ages.  The composers, Matt Sax and Eric Rosen, fuse hip hop, R&B and even opera in this musical, narrating this tale of two brothers who encounter love, politics, tragedy and treachery while struggling to lead a city conflicted with war and terrorism.  

This Broadway musical features our Stretch & Strength instructor, Preston Mui.  Preston teaches Mondays at 6pm at YNS - his class is not only a GREAT WORKOUT but it is also very informative for proper stretch technique.  

Preston Mui

Click here to read a review from LA TIMES!

VENICE adapts "Othello" with contemporary hip hop vocabulary and music

VENICE

Kirk Douglas Theatre

9820 Washington Blvd, Downtown Culver City

Oct 7- Nov 14

Tuesdays through Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. 

Saturdays, 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays. 

$20 to $45

(213) 628-2772 or www.centertheatregroup.org 

GOVERNING BODIES (November 6 & 13)

Collage Dance Theatre is celebrating its 25th anniversary next month by producing a very unique showcase of contemporary dance - in fact, it's the very first of its kind - located at the iconic City Hall in downtown Los Angeles.  During this site-specific performance, audiences "will follow dancers through historic Rotunda, limestone corridors and even into the City Council Chambers."

Due to the location, tickets are EXTREMELY limited and can only be bought in advance!  Collage Dance Theatre will only perform Governing Bodies THREE times so be sure you don't miss out on this unique opportunity!  The performances are honoring City Councilwoman Jan Perry as well as Collage Dance Theatre benefactors Joyce and Aubrey Chernick.

YNS West African dance instructor, Willy Souly, will be featured in this performance!  Willy teaches at YNS on Tuesdays at 7:15pm and will also teach a special SAMPLE class next Friday, November 5th at 8pm. 

Willy Souly

Saturday, November 6, 2010 - Opening Night All Opening Night tickets include parking and a pre-performance Champagne Reception on the third floor under the rotunda. 6:30 PRE-PERFORMANCE CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION7:30 PERFORMANCEPOST-PERFORMANCE GALA & DINNER IN TOM BRADLEY TOWER $250 | purchase tickets 6:30 PRE-PERFORMANCE CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION 7:30 PERFORMANCE $100 | purchase tickets

Saturday, November 13, 2010 4:00 PM PERFORMANCE$25 | purchase tickets* 9:00 PM PERFORMANCEPOST-PERFORMANCE “MEET THE ARTISTS” RECEPTION $40 | purchase tickets*

* $2 per ticket PayPal processing fee

This site-specific performance is the 1st of its kind!

Collage Dance Theatre will perform in LA City Hall

DANCESCAPE LA 2010 (November 13)

Not only are you supporting your local dance community when you attend DANCESCAPE LA 2010, but you are also raising money for your local public school's arts programs!  This benefit concert showcases LA's up and coming choreographers and dancers - previous performers include finalists from "So You Think You Can Dance," "America's Got Talent," as well as dancers fresh from tours with Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga. From jazz, to hip hop, tap to modern, belly dance to ballet, this diverse dance line up offers something for everyone!


View a sneak peek video here!


Click here for more information and to purchase tickets in advance: http://dancescapela.com/


DANCESCAPE LA 
Aqua Lounge
424 N. Beverly Drive, 90210
Doors open at 6:30pm
Show starts at 7pm
21+ after 10pm


$15 - Presale
$20 - Door
$40 - VIP

THRILLER Recap - Halloween Dance class featured on Patch.com!

The New School Thriller at YNS

The New School THRILLER - one of our special Halloween dance events at YNS this year - lured in over 40 eager guys and ghouls, bringing Michael Jackson's world famous choreography back to life in our very own Shimmy Studio.  Sara VonGillern - YNS's Hip Hop, Lyrical and House instructor - recreated this Halloween favorite with a new twist to MJ's original choreography.  Check out the video from class by clicking here!

Click here to see what Patch.com had to say!  

YNS plans to make this Hip Hop treat an annual event during the Halloween season!  Check back next year to learn the THRILLER!  

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Sara VonGillern taught the New School Thriller

Michael Jackson's world famous Thriller choreography

YNS October Events: Happy HOLLA-ween!

Halloween is just around the corner and YNS wants to TREAT the Culver City community to some SPOOK-tacular dance events!  And just because you are an adult doesn't mean you can't still get in the spirit of America's favorite fall holiday...find a fun costume and come shimmy and wiggle with us for HOLLA-ween!


NEW SCHOOL "Thriller" Hip Hop Class

Wednesday, October 27th
8pm-9pm
$14


In tribute of the late, great King of Pop, Michael Jackson, YNS invites you to learn the dance that made music video history! Combining the original moves with  a new school flavor, Sara VonGillern (top finalist of So You Think You Can Dance: Season 3) will lead this hour-long hip hop class. Feel free to get dressed up for the class in your best THRILLER gear!  All ages and all levels are welcome!  


No pre-registration necessary for this class - simply drop in!


80's Dance Party

Friday, October 29th
8pm-9:30pm
$20


Pull out your banana clips and leg-warmers for this totally RAD dance party! Ginger Broussard will lead you on a 90 minute journey back to the most tubular decade ever! You will hear the best music on the planet and do the funnest 80's moves since Flashdance, Footloose and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!!! There will be prizes for the best 80's attire!


Pre-register for this class today!  
Call 310.876.3498


Both classes are held in the SHIMMY room at YNS.  Feel free to contact us with any questions you may have!


Your Neighborhood Studio
3625 Hayden Avenue
Culver City, CA 90232


EMAIL - info@yourneighborhoodstudio.com
PHONE - (310)876-3498

Helios Dance Theater Presents "Beautiful Monsters"

Your Neighborhood Studio is proud to be the home for Helios Dance Theater.  Over the past year at our new location, this contemporary dance company has stretched their movement boundaries and spent hundreds of hours preparing their most recent dance repertoire, Beautiful Monsters.  This performance premiers at UCLA's Royce Hall next weekend for one exclusive showing.   We are so excited to watch this amazing choreography come to life on stage through their 7 elegant dancers, including Melissa Sandvig, top finalist from So You Think You Can Dance: Season 5.

Click here to see a sneak preview of the show!

Beautiful Monsters explores the boundaries of both the beauty and horror of our dreams.   Artistic Director, Laura Gorenstein Miller, grew up in a haunted house and wanted to take her audience on a journey through her childhood fascination with the myths behind vampires.  Her choreography investigates the confrontation with such nightmares, in which "becoming the monster is the only safety." This performance also showcases Miller's unique neutral gender partnering style: women to women, men to men and women lifting the men - testing the strength of a female and exploring the power of genders.   Helios also teamed up with Chris Miller (Director of Shrek the Third), whose animations and sound collages will appear through out the show, taking the audience deeper into this dark dream world.  

Helios Dance Company was founded by Ms. Miller in 1996.  Her dance collective combines ballet, jazz and modern styles but extends its dance styles far beyond the boundaries of a traditional contemporary dance company.  The Los Angeles based Helios is committed to their city's art scene, actively partnering with local schools bringing masterclasses and lecture demonstrations as well as educational workshops.  Their works have been seen not only locally at Royce Hall, Schoenberg Hall, REDCAT, The Getty and The California Institute of Art,  but also nationally at The Joyce Theater and Lincoln Center in New York City, and internationally at the Royal Opera House in London, the Mid Ocean Amphitheater in Southampton and the Bermuda and Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica in San Jose.

Beautiful Monsters

WHERE:
UCLA Live! Royce Hall
Directions

WHEN:
Saturday, October 23, 2010
8pm

PRICE:
$28, $38, $48 & $63 ($15 UCLA students)

Buy Tickets


***Helios Master Class***
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Time: 5pm-6:30pm
Location: Royce Hall Rehearsal Studio (click here)
Participation is open but limited, please email mlfriedman@arts.ucla.edu for info and to reserve a space.

Helios Dance Theater Website