Date: Saturday 12 Decemebr
Time: 3-6.15pm
Place: Passion Studio, 594 Elizabeth St, Melbourne 3000
Cost: 1 classes – $17, 2 classes – $30, 3 classes – $40
Eriko, one of the few teachers in Australia who can teach Soul Locking/Punking is back in Melbourne to teach again, and this time she’s bringing another teacher, Kou Suzuki who has recently arrived from Japan to hold 3 workshops!
WHAT IS WAACKING/PUNKING?
A style born in the 1970s in the LA underground club scene. Punking was first seen in Gay underground nightclubs (discotheques) of Hollywood. The dance came into the mainstreeam as many professional dancers at the time started performing it on television (Soul Train) and various stages from Hollywood to Las Vegas. Punking dancers include; Billy Goodson, Tinker, (R.I.P.) Lanny and Aka Micheal Angelo, Adolfo ‘Shabba Doo’ Quinones, as well as female and male dancers from Dancing Machine which was created in 1975 by Jeff Kutach who later created a show called Splash in Las Vegas. You could also see it performed in the 70s and early 80s by the group Dancing machine, members were Stever ‘Sugarfoot’ Notario, Gino, Dino, SugarBop, Fast Freddy, Topaz Lanette, Diane, Flame, Dallas and Ana ‘Lollipop’ Sanchez.”-dancejam.com/dances/punking
Typical techniques are based on body control to manipulate fast arms moves.
ERIKO
Eriko has been dancing for the last 8 years and throughout her dancing career, she has taught numerous workshops with several TV appearances as well as training under Japanese OG Hiro Sakuma while participating in some of the biggest international competitions such as L1 Grand Prix (Japan), Keep on Dancing (China) and Juste Debout (Paris, France).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alFB8CaASWU – Check her out at 1:02 and 4:54
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RctdXejFrKM – She’s on at 0:41 and 2:01
KOU (aka KO?)
Kou Suzuki, the finalist of the 1 on 1 Locking Battle at DK Vol.24 has recently touched down from Japan and will be in Australia for only a limited period of time! Kou has been dancing for 10 years now, learning under some of Japan’s best dancers and eventually teaching his own classes while organizing his own events in Yokohama as well. If you haven’t seen him dance, you have to check him out!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN-ARLn8T94 – He comes on at the start, he’s in blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbJiqZDRGpA – This is his student showcase.
WORKSHOP TIMES
3:00 – 4:00 Eriko’s Beginner/Intermediate
4:00 – 5:00 Kou’s Beginner/Intermediate
5:15 – 6:15 – Eriko & Kou’s Intermediate/Advanced
PRICES
1 classes – $17
2 classes – $30
3 classes – $40
HOW TO GET THERE?
http://www.passionstudio.com.au/contacts.html – for a map and proper directions