Class/Workshop Related

Elevating Arts Academy Locking Classes for the Youth

2011/11/02

Soulciety Non Profit Org presents Elevating Arts Academy: Free Dance Programs for the Youth coming this Fall 2011. Locking with Dennis Infante, every Tuesday after school. Customed to follow the National Dance Standards for grades 5-12 ranging from basic principles such as alignment, balance, articulation, isolation, flexibility, strength, agility, etc. (http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/standards.aspx). Students will be able…

10/25: Old School Hip-Hop Workshop, Kasanayan Movement

2011/10/17

Teaching a free workshop for Kasanayan Movement at the Liwanag Kultural Center, Daly City. Open to all ages (students 21+up donation optional and goes directly to Liwanag Kultural Center). 7-8pm: Basic Groove & 80s/90s Party Dances 8-9pm: Open Session Register for the class by clicking SIGN-UP on their website at: http://kseliwanag.tumblr.com/KASANAYANMOVEMENT Taken from Kalayaan School…

Wreckenshop Dance Conference 2011

2011/10/10

Teaching a locking workshop at the Wreckenshop Urban Dance Conference. Great line up of classes, teachers, and events for the weekend. $200 All Styles battle. The adult class I am teaching will be geared towards students who already have a general idea of some basic locking fundamentals. Beginner students are still welcome though! There will…

D-Cypher: Bay Area Filipino Street Dance Panel

2011/10/04

Very humbled and honored to even be on the panel with folks that have influenced the Bay’s rich dance history. I personally don’t think I had any major influence on this scene compared to these folks, but I will do my part and talk about the generation I grew up dancing in, and what the…

Locking/Hip-Hop Workshops @ The ArtSmith, Hawaii

2011/08/09

Comin’ for you Hawaii! Old School Hip-Hop and Locking workshops next week at The ArtSmith! 1116 Smith Street #215, Honolulu, HI 96817 (The Mendonca Building) For more info, or to pre-reg online go to www.dancersunlimitedHI.com Can’t wait! 8/15: Locking w/JayPee 7:30pm-8:30 Old School Hip-Hop w/Dennis 8:30pm-9:30pm 8:17: Locking w/Dennis 8:30pm-9:30

7/9/11: Desperados of the West Dance Workshops

2011/06/18

Teachin HIP-HOP! Can’t wait to learn from OG Pioneer Locker Jimmy “Scoo B Doo” Foster! Also check out the info for the 2 on 2 All-Styles Qualifier Battle for ATWL Texas. Creative Grounds Presents: Desperados of the West When: Saturday July 9th, 2011 12pm-10pm Where: Matt Jimenez Community Center 28200 Ruus Rd Hayward, CA 94544…

Rock The School Bells 4

2011/02/22

I’m teaching a Freestyle Hip-Hop & Social Dance workshop at this year’s Rock The School Bells! Also doing a special performance with MuthaFunkers. Going to surprise you with something a little different. =) —– (UPDATED EVENT INFO on the Facebook Event Page Here) Rock The School Bells is back for its 4th year! Purchase your…

MuthaFunkers Dance Workshop

2010/11/11

Locking workshop from yours truly! =). I’m going to make this class an all levels class depending on who will be there. Something for everyone to learn. Whether it’s more groove/feel, or transitions and variations with certain moves. This will be a DANCE class. Little or no choreography here. You will go home with something…

Interview with Pacific Rim: Know Your Rank Workshops

2010/08/01

Here’s an interview with Angelica Alumia of Pacific Rim during the Know Your Rank Workshops. Check out more interviews on their channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/PacificRimVideoPress. I feel so awkward in front of cameras. Apologies in advance haha.

Know Your Rank Workshop: Locking Music

2010/06/26

Had a great time teaching the Locking class during the Know Your Rank Workshop. Mine was the first class at 11am, I’m glad everyone was able to come out! To the students who took today’s class, here is some of the music we were using, as promised. 3 separate mini mixes, 3 tempos each to…

6/26: Know Your Rank Workshops

2010/06/07

Teaching a locking workshop for KNOW YOUR RANK this Jun 26th. Planning on teaching an all level class good for basics, as well as intermediate to advanced who want to learn anything else from variations, power, etc. Something for everyone here. Get your pre-sales quick. The instructors line-up is sweeeeet! After teaching, gotta head over…

Locking Class, Thursdays @ City Dance SF with Jay Pee / Dennis Infante

2010/02/18

Wussup everyone! Come check out our locking class. Jay Pee and Myself will be teaching on Thursdays (Him & I alternate classes every week). We will be teaching basic foundation, variations, musicality exercises, and short routines or occasional soul train/freestyle at the end. Here’s an old clip of how we get down. Locking to some…

Workshop & DJ

2010/02/15

Teaching a Hip-Hop workshop and DJing the battle after! Come out for a good cause! -Dennis ————– All The Way Live Foundation Presents: The Town to the Boogie Down: part II 100% of the proceeds will help the students from East Bay Arts High School on this educational adventure to New York City. Workshops 11am-2pm:…

90’s Hip-Hop Class, Wednesdays @ City Dance (Annex) SF

2009/10/27

Instructor: Dennis Infante Description: A fun class that focuses on various party dances of the 80’s/90’s era, like The Running man, Roger Rabbit, Reebok, The Guess, etc. Learn fundamentals, variations, and a little choreography while dancing to music ranging from golden era hip-hop, new jack swing, and 90s R&B. We also cover freestyle exercises on…

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