DanceHall Series with Yaminah Legohn

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Dancehall is a unique and expressive style created within Jamaican culture. Derived from Reggae music, this style has its own culture and dances that have been created by individuals and dance crews from Jamaica and around the world. This specific style became known in the mid to late 80s and has become popular ever since. 

In this class students learn the history of Dancehall culture as they execute classic steps to corresponding riddims, choreographies and freestyle techniques. Each class includes a warm-up covering old, middle and new school dances that are danced at dancehall/ reggae parties across the globe. For the second half of the class, students incorporate these dances into choreographies and freestyles set to the hottest Dancehall tunes. Through learning these energetic and fun dances, students will develop confident and bold self-expression- the foundational element of Dancehall culture.

 

Yaminah Legohn is an artistic director, producer, choreographer, motivational speaker, professional dancer, talk show host and dance educator with over 1.7 Million views on YouTube.

Ms. Legohn and her work has been featured in Dance Mogul Magazine, Dance Spirit Magazine, YV Magazine and Paper Magazine.She has worked with artists such as Shakira, Sean Paul, N.E.R.D., Lil Wayne, B.o.B., Black Coffee, Tony Toni Toné, and has appeared on film and stage such as FAME,  MTV's "Non Stop Summer", Disney’s “Phineas & Ferb," and “So Random," "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, "BET's "F In Fabulous," BET's "The Mo'Nique Show," The Oxygen Channel's "Hair Battle Spectacular 2," The Apollo, House Of Yes, AfroPunk, One Africa Music Fest, and World Of Dance.

 As CEO and founder of Art of Legohn®, a multimedia arts and entertainment company that specializes in dance, music and visual arts, Legohn was able to create and produce her sold out and sizzling entertaining show, Red Light Special: A Night Of Urban Burlesque® and vibrant cultural event, Dancehall Battle NYC®. 

Having studied and trained in Classical Ballet, Modern (Horton, Graham, Limón and Dunham techniques), West African and Hip Hop, Legohn’s versatility translates seamlessly in every performance and choreographed piece. She has trained and studied at The Alvin Ailey School, Edge Performing Arts Center,  Lula Washington, and The Alice Arts Center. Adding to her dynamic repertoire, she embraced Dancehall growing up in the vibrant culture and often fuses the dance style in her choreography.

Legohn has taught for Alvin Ailey, Columbia University, Brooklyn Museum, EXPG New York + LA, Cumbe Center For African And Diaspora Dance,  Abrons Arts  Center, IDA Hollywood, American College Dance Festival, Lines Ballet San Francisco Dance Center, ODC Dance Commons San Francisco and Gibney Dance Studios.


She is a NAACP Speech Award Winner and holds a BA degree in Speech Communications & Dance with an emphasis in choreography and organization from San Francisco State University.  

Simply put, Yaminah loves to spread her love and passion for the arts.

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