Elemental Studios Community Blog

  Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Student Lens. Today, I will be featuring the insanely talented dancer Teresa. Teresa has been a consistent dancer and attendee at Elemental Studios and has been open to any and all styles since attending at the studio's original opening.  Like many of the students at Elemental Studios, Teresa has shown her power, determination, confidence, and charming personality to create her one-of-a-kind dance style. She has assisted with a few classes, one of them being K-pop with Nicki and the 2nd being Beginner Reggaeton with Rocio. Teresa is also a member of the incredible Colorado K-pop Dance Crew, Illuminate Dance Crew. Today, I interviewed Teresa to talk to her about her dance journey and also to ask some questions about her as a student and a work study.  So, let's get into the questions! 1. How did you start your dance journey? Teresa: "I began dancing on my own at the age of 13, but I didn't truly begin my journey until around COV...

  Twerk and Heels dance styles are often the center of confidence, sensuality, body control, and empowerment for every dancer who learns them.  Even though both styles have their different technical styles, they share a couple of important things that every dancer can benefit from, such as their emphasis on hip and lower body movements, with how they require strong isolated control of the hips, booty, and legs, the focus on confidence and self-expression, with how dancers are encouraged to own their movements and unleash their attitude on the dance floor, as well as having strength and stamina to make their performance style be an eye-catching moment for both the audience and creating a liberating experience for the dancer performing either style.  But also, both styles do have their differences, with Twerk being rooted in the Afro-disapora dance style that derives from Central Africa and the New Orleans hip-hop bounce style in the 1990s, focusing on rhythmic and repetiti...