Eveoke Modern
Eveoke Modern hones every aspect of the body's potential for communicative expression. Each movement is emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually connected to the body's "center" or central place of physical power. Technical exercises focus on giving students supreme knowledge of their individual bodies, while challenging physical habits and learned limitations. Strength, alignment, breath, and absolute awareness of the body and its inner workings contribute to a solid and safe technique that allows for astonishing athleticism, clarity and detail of gesture, as well as depth and dimension in movement. Eveoke Modern is taught at the basic, I, I/II, II, II/III, and III levels.

Hip-Hop
Dynamic and fundamentally energetic, Eveoke's hip-hop is an evolved blend of street culture and free form funk dancing. Elements of break dancing, poplocking, body slapping, and club jamming inflect the class, which is intensely aerobic, and inherently fun. Eveoke's hip-hop develops students' coordination, rhythm, and physical confidence, as well as teaching musicality and athleticism.

Jazz
Eveoke's jazz is a mix of Giordano, Fosse, Hatchett and Johnson influences, giving attention to traditional jazz vocabulary and segueing into newer forms and trends. The class develops a broad range of jazz aesthetics, focusing on style and tone of the form.

Eveoke Ballet
The Eveoke ballet class focuses on traditional technique for modern dancers. Emphasis is placed on teaching the benefits of petite allegro, methods for exceptional turning and jumping, and general articulation of movement. Rather than using traditional ballet barres, the class works in center or with floor barre in order to hone both the dancer's right and left side evenly throughout the class.

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Child &Youth Dance Classes
Children (ages 5-8), Youth (ages 9-14) These classes introduce students to fundamental principles of ballet, jazz and modern. Using inventive dance and theatre games to stimulate student creativity, the class teaches focus, concentration, determination, and esteem. Basic safety mechanisms and proper alignment are also stressed, as well as fundamental knowledge and proper execution of basic dance vocabulary.

Stretch and Strength
(select sessions) Gentle yet effective, Stretch and Strength will increase personal flexibility, muscle tone, physical endurance, and general power. Deep breathing and patterning of breath is a fundamental component of the class.

Teachers Group
Eveoke's Teachers Group is by invitation only, and is a workshop for dance teachers to evolve their curriculum and teaching styles. New ideas and methods for teaching are explored, as well as the dissection and analysis of classroom experiences, successes and failures. The class is specifically designed to develop the teacher/ student relationship, and to broaden teaching strategies and tactics that are effective for a diverse student population.

Movement Expression (select sessions)
This class serves those interested in dance as a creative release of life's joys, challenges, and emotions, and less concerned with technique. Movement Expression also helps advanced dancers to find their own, unique dance voice and style, helping artists to realize individual creative potential. Emphasizing physical freedom in the body, movement invention and personal composition, the class cultivates a deep respect for the body's expressive capabilities. This is an excellent choice for actors and other performance artists, as well as aspiring choreographers, because movement improvisation replaces the traditional format of copying or reproducing the movements and patterns of the teacher.

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Tap (select sessions)
Eveoke's tap is a fundamental introduction to the benefits of rhythm, timing, foot articulation, and noise production. The focus in on enjoying the joy and pleasure of tap dancing, while improving physical and rythmic coordination.

Choreography (select sessions)
Under Artistic Director Gina Angelique, this class nurtures the student's choreographic voice, gently guiding, challenging, and expanding the creation process. Fundamental principles of choreography, including shape, dynamic, repetition, architecture, pathway, pulse, initiation, theme, motif and content are developed. Students work to evolve individual pieces, and are given private studio time as well as performance opportunities.

Site Specific Improvisation (select sessions)
This is essentially a movement expression class, with a roving location. Each week the class meets at a different environmentally rich area. Movement is invented and explored in relationship to the surroundings. This class highlights the connection between dance and life, as well as teaching the artist how to benefit from the example of nature and non- human life forms.

Yoga, Acting, Butoh, and Tai Chi
These classes are taught by independent artists. You may find information about these classes and their availability at the Eveoke Studio, or by contacting us.

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