This DVD is vital for all levels of dancer in helping you to categorise movement and understand how to make hundreds of unique combinations. Through a series of lessons with clear, simple and easy to follow instruction, Ella covers the foundations of Samba no Pe, giving you an understanding of posture, the tools to understand the music, how to speed your steps, and a strong base of movement vocabulary to take you on to improver level. The perfect guide to help make you stand out and get noticed in carnival! Read More…
Including Samba no Pé Basics, Styling, Body Movement, Footwork and Choreography to stand out, look great and feel confident.
What we offer
EAC is passionate about the development and mentoring of our dancers and students, and run Community Projects, Classes and Performance Opportunities to invest and progress the Latin Dance Scene. We have also recently launched our DVD- Samba No Pe Foundation Level, the first of its kind to exist in the UK. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqBTrekSG2c
Through our classes we believe in inspiring, empowering, uniting people of different cultures ages and experience. We are committed to advancing, teaching and respecting the historic roots of each dance style. We are passionate in our pursuit to achieve excellence and breathe inspiration, confidence, joy and life into our students and audience
We teach residencies in schools, as well as regular community classes and weekly professional class.
CPD
Professional class
If you are a professional dancer and would like to attend, email your dance cv info@elementdance.co.uk
Auditions
To join the company, email your dance cv and professional headshots info@elementdance.co.uk.
Next audition: September 2014
Performance Opportunities
In October 2013 Element Arts Company and Scanner’s Inc. brought 'Roots of Rhythm: A journey from Mambo to Hip Hop'- a spectacular evening of innovative Latin dance to Shoreditch's RichMix. We are planning a further event. If you have a theatrical latin performance and would like to apply to perform, please email your video and cover letter to info@elementdance.co.uk
Our Teaching Ethos
The Orixa are Gods and Godesses from the Santeria (Cuba) and Candomble (Brazil) religions. Each Orixa has a character, a dance, a colour and an element which are used to inspire their movement and repertoire.
Click on the links to learn more about Orixas and the individual characters
Obatala
We teach using the elements to enhance our dancers to become inspirational and accomplished in all areas
Earth- Play- Creativity and Cohesion
Air- Musicality-Dynamics, timing, breath, all airborne movement
Fire- Performance-Energy and Qualities
Water- Flow- Transitions
WATER
As teachers & mentors we aim to help people achieve their goals & find confidence through dance
Education and Schools
Our Education programmes complement subjects and areas of the curriculum such as history, geography, religious education, physical education, and wider cultural and global themes associated with PHSE and SMSC.
We provide a safe, energetic and fun experience for young people in a range of Latin Dance forms from the Caribbean and the Americas, to explore dance forms and the histories and cultures from which they emerge.
All our teachers are highly qualified and have been CRB checked and we work with the school to tailor a programme suiting the requirements of teacher and pupils.
Perhaps your students would enjoy a 'Brazilian Carnival Experience' an 'Exploration of the Elements' or a ‘Journey with the Orixas’? Alternatively we can work with you to tailor a programme to suit the needs of your pupils.
Element Arts are interested in Earth, Air, Fire, Water- as the dances of the Orixa, to explore character & as a technique to access the elements of a fantastic dancer.
