Thursday, February 7, 2008

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Culture Shock DC Intermediate/Advanced Company Class
Taught by Aurelia Michael

CityDance Center at Mt. Vernon Square
(in the Carnegie Library Building/National Music Center)
801 K Street, NW
Washington, DC
8:15pm - 9:30pm
Drop-in fee: $15





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Chief Ike's Mambo Room
1725 Columbia Rd. NW
Washington, DC
9:30pm until...
DJ El Nino on the ones and twos

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Dancehall Thursdays at Red Lounge
2013A 14th St NW
Washington, DC
No Cover
Happy Hour Starts at 6pm. Drink specials all night.
Featuring the sounds of Nemesis/DJ Spyda/Majestic

Tune IN Thursdays

Thursday, January 17, 2008

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Culture Shock DC Intermediate/Advanced Company Class
Taught by Richard "Rowie" Calica
CityDance Center at Mt. Vernon Square
(in the Carnegie Library Building/National Music Center)
801 K Street, NW
Washington, DC
8:15pm - 9:30pm
Drop-in fee: $15

Originally from Ft. Washington, MD, now residing in San Diego, CA
DNA "Dawn of a New Age" Crew
Formality All-Male Hip Hop Dance Troupe, winning 1st Place in 2002 at:
Vibe Dance Competition (Fullerton, CA)
Ultimate Brawl Dance Competition (Riverside, CA)
Fusion Dance Competition (UCSD, San Diego, CA)
Busta Groove Dance Competition (San Diego, CA)
Culture Shock, San Diego
(Scholarship member & Dance Academy member 2002-2005)
Groove Mekanex (Locking-Popping-Boogaloo Crew),
co-founding member 2001 to present
Club Sea World 2002-2003: opened for Mario, Lil Romeo, Ashanti, Isyss
Appeared on The Wade Robson Project
Appeared on Dancing with the Stars 2nd season (solo dancer, 2004)


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Dancehall Thursdays at Red Lounge
2013A 14th St NW
Washington, DC
No Cover
Happy Hour Starts at 6pm. Drink specials all night.
Featuring the sounds of Nemesis/DJ Spyda/Majestic

Don't Miss! Jennifer Archibald 8.3.07-8.17.07

Here is your chance to get into classes with Jennifer! She will be in town teaching a performance class at Joy of Motion Dance Center, Friendship Heights/Bethesda, and company class with Culture Shock, DC. You won't want to miss this opportunity! Seriously. You will be sorry you did.

Jennifer Archibald, founder and artistic director of the Arch Dance company, graduated from the Alvin Ailey School and has performed across the U.S. at major venues; John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Aaron Davis Hall, Lincoln Theatre, and The Duke on 42nd Street Theatre, Abron Arts Centre, Judson Memorial Church, MTV, as well as in Europe, Russia and Canada. She has staged various off-Broadway shows working with casts from Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk and the musical Cats. Jennifer has choreographed for both the NBA New York Knicks City Dancers and The Alvin Ailey School. Her works have been featured twice at the Elan Awards honoring Rob Marshall, who choreographed the film Chicago and the contemporary dance historian, Lar Lubovitch.

Currently on faculty at Steps on Broadway and Dance New Amsterdam she teaches Contemporary Jazz and Hip Hop. She is also on faculty at Bates Dance Festival and Florida Dance Festival. She has choreographed Carousel, The Music Man, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Pippin for professional theater companies; and is a graduate of Maggie Flannigan acting conservatory, specializing in the Meisner technique. She has worked with chart-listed singers and actors, Shaggy, Ludacris, Audrey Tautou, from The Davinci Code, as a movement specialist and a choreographer! She has taught master classes at Princeton University, University of South Florida, Kean University, International Association of Blacks in Dance, Virginia Commonwealth University, Jacksonville Community College, FAMU, Washington, D.C.'s Joy of Motion, Harmonique (France), Jackson School of the Arts in Bermuda, The Bronx Hip Hop Academy, and Vortex in Russia. She has done numerous outreach work within the New York public school system and was hired by Tommy Hilfiger as a guest artist to teach inner city youth. She recently completed a solo project performing Joan of Ark for choreographer Michael Foley in Paris, France. In the summer of 2007 her work was featured outdoors in the heart of Time Square for Solstice Dance Festival.

HipHop Performance Class.

The workshop classes take place between August 3-17 with the class culminating in the Summer Class Performance Showcase for friends, family and the community on August 18th at 8:00pm; and August 19th at 7:00pm at JOMDC's Jack Guidone Theatre.

Class schedule:

Fridays, August August 3 & 17, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Saturdays, August 4 (2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - 2 hours), August 11 (12:00 - 4:00 p.m. - 4 hours)
Sundays, August 5 & 12, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
$200 for 14 hours
Level: Intermediate & Advanced Hip Hop

Spaces are filling quickly so call today! Click here to register. Or call the JOM studios at:

202-362-3042 (Friendship Heights) or 301-986-0016 (Bethesda).

Advanced/Professional company class with Culture Shock, DC.

Thursday, August 9
8:15pm - 9:30pm
(Please arrive 15 minutes early to pay/register)
CityDance Center at Mt. Vernon Square
(in the Carnegie Library Building/National Music Center)
801 K Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Drop-in fee: $14

** FREE Open dance session at 9:30pm if you take this class! **

For full schedule and directions:
http://www.citydance.net/mvadultclasses.cfm

For more info on Culture Shock, DC:

Get Your Noise on this September y'all!

Comp Noise is proud to welcome Raymond "Spex" Abbiw, of Full Circle Dance Company, (NY) September 14-23, 2007!



More on Spex:
Mr. Abbiw's career took off and he appeared in music videos with such artists as Mariah Carey, Joe, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and more. Spex also toured internationally in Japan and France. He made his off-broadway debut in the 2002 "Full Circle Productions" production "Soular Power'd" at New York's New Victory theater. He continues as a member of the Full Circle Dance Company touring throughout the U.S. and abroad including the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
Spex is currently part owner with founder Brian "Footwork" Green the House Dance Conference. A monthly event providing a platform for entertainment, dance and education.

Class description:
Hip Hop Fundamentals Performance Class is designed to put the "fun" in fundamentals. If you have ever wanted to learn the party dances in Hip Hop that influenced music videos and apply them to routines, then this class is for you. This class will help students learn the basic grooves and techniques of various dances in Hip-Hop and its influences. Spex breaks down basic steps in h is warm-up and choreography. Students will also learn how to apply these steps in their freestyle, to aid with auditions or just for fun at parties.

Class schedule:
Performance class at Joy of Motion Dance Center, Friendship Heights
5207 Wisconsin Ave NW Washington, DC 20015
202.362.3042
Fridays Sept 14 & 21 7-9pm
Saturday Sept 15 5-8pm
Sunday Sept 16 5-8pm
Monday Sept 17 9-11pm
Performance: Saturday Sept 22 8pm, Sunday Sept 23 7pm
$150 for 12 hours
Beg II and above
register online soon!

Master class with Culture Shock, DC
CityDance Center at Mount Vernon Square
801 K Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Thursday September 20 8:15-9:30pm
$14
Advanced/Professional
For more info on Culture Shock, DC click here.
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Catch a Glimpse of Spex onstage, too!
Groovement: a hip hop collaboration
Presented by Joy of Motion Dance Center,
In conjunction with Complementary Noise
Saturday, September 22nd @ 8pm and Sunday September 23rd @ 7pm

Featuring performances by:
Raymond "Spex" Abbiw's Hip Hop Performance Class
Dcypher Dance Company
Emoni Fela
Life, Rhythm, Move Project
DJ El Nino
Spex

A night of dance+music+spoken word.
buy tickets here soon!
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Other Noise:
Spex will be one of seven artists working with Comp Noise's amp'd up! school program to foster creative partnerships between students and accomplished artists in the hip hop community.