All Abilities Urban Jazz Dance Company Class (Virtual)

Dance for All Bodies is collaborating with Deaf Dancer Antoine Hunter of the Urban Jazz Dance Company to produce an amazing dance class for people of all abilities! Both hearing and Deaf folks are welcome to take this class.   

Zoom Link Information:

Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/91749135062?pwd=cnEvZzQ3VlVKaWRWdi9uazdFSWpVUT09 

Meeting ID: 917 4913 5062 

Password: 938703 

 Free Class: This class is donation based (suggested $5-$15) and if you have capacity you can donate here: https://www.paypal.me/danceforallbodies.  

About the class:  Does your spirit feel like something is missing? Do you need a place to express yourself and want to build a stronger core physically and spiritually without overextending yourself? Need to dance with a live drum? Then you came to the right place.    

Beginner or professional: this class is for everyone. It's not how high you kick but why you kick!   

Urban Jazz Dance is a convergence of artistic forces where RAW energy, ROOTED in FREEDOM, is expressed through the athletic BODY and UNCONTROLLABLE, PASSIONATE  dance.  Expect Ballet, Afro movement, plus more and even American Sign Language...the power of expression must be real.   Taught by Award winning Deaf Dancer Antoine Hunter (hearing and Deaf are welcome to take class).  

About Antoine Hunter and the Urban Jazz Dance Company:  Bay Area native, Antoine Hunter also known Purple Fire Crow is an award-winning Internationally-known African-American, Indigenous, Deaf, Disable, choreographer, dancer, actor, instructor, speaker, Producer and Deaf advocate. He creates opportunities for Disabled, Deaf and hearing artists and produces Deaf-friendly events, and founded the Urban Jazz Dance Company and Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival.  Antoine has received numerous grants and awards including the inaugural Jeanette Lomujo Bremond Award for Humanity, Isadora Duncan (Izzie) for Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival, and has been crowned the SF King of Carnaval.  Antoine’s work has been performed globally, most recently in Turkey, UK and Russia. He has lectured across the U.S. including at Kennedy Center’s VSA, Harvard and Duke University, and the National Assembly of State Arts. In 2019 alone, his company Urban Jazz Dance Company, an ensemble of professional Deaf and Hearing dancers, performed for and engaged more than 4,200 schoolchildren. His shoe company DropLabs and Susan Paley just released an innovative product to help people feel music through their shoes. He is Vice President of Deaf Counseling, Advocacy and Referral Agency (DCARA's) Board. DCARA is a non-profit, community-based social service agency serving the deaf community. Established in 1962 as one of the first deaf-run agencies in the country. www.RealUrbanJazzDance.com