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SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE! CLICK HERE TO APPLY!
Enrollment deadline: Saturday, February 27, 2021
Scholarship deadline: Saturday, February 23, 2021
Dates: Thursdays in March at 4pm
Cost: $85 for 4 week class series (No Drop Ins)
Age range: 7-11 years old
This class is part of La Peña’s Mundo Musicales Kids Class Series, whose curriculum is designed to develop musicianship, physical coordination, self-expression, bilingual literacy/pronunciation skills, multicultural awareness and a strong sense of identity. In this exciting dance class children will be exposed to fundamental music and rhythms from Latin America and will develop body intelligence and self-confidence through creative body expression. The students will learn to connect to their bodies with exploratory play and learn skills like: following the rhythm, improvisation, movement games and simple choreography.
Please note: Some supplies are required for this class, and you are responsible for purchasing those supplies. If you need further clarification or help finding the supplies, please contact us.
Supplies needed:
Juliana Mendonca is a Venezuelan Contemporary Dance performer, choreographer and teacher specializing in Latin dance, contemporary dance, as well as yoga and body expression for children. She graduated with a degree in dance from the University Institute of Caracas, Venezuela in 2005 and is also a certified Yoga instructor. She taught in the Performing Arts Department of the University of the Andes in Mérida, Venezuela 2012-2015 and at the Traditional Dance Program of the National University for the Arts in 2008. In 2005, Juliana co-founded Raíz de Agua, a music and dance company, which is her principal artistic endeavor. Since then, she has performed mostly as a solo artist with the Company and through dance has found a way to connect her creativity to spirit and nature, compounded with a unique feminine and artistic self-awareness. Juliana has worked in collaboration with other artists and companies such as Sarta de Cuentas, an Afro- Venezuelan contemporary dance company, Fundación Andróginos, a physical theater company and played the leading role in Xarop, a movie about Venezuelan Llanero music and dance. She has also worked in a wide variety of projects and events in conventional and non-conventional spaces such as plazas, galleries, museums, parks and national and international festivals. Juliana is currently based in Oakland, California.