Things to bring
- Dance-appropriate clothing
- Water bottle
- Jazz shoes or trainers
You’ve sung it. Now dance it.
Millennial Mixtape is an open adults jazz class with a dance-of-the-week format. Each Thursday at 7pm we learn a high-energy jazz dance to a track from the 80s through the 2010s, as much as we can get through. Aimed at millennials, but absolutely open to anyone who wants in on the playlist.
This is a fitness class first. We use jazz dance to get you moving and sweating, not to polish technique or prep for a performance like a traditional dance studio. Casual 1-hour classes, 16 and over. Miss a week? No problem. Next week is a new song and a new dance. Dance experience helps, and it is beneficial if you can already turn, kick and leap, but it is not a closed door if you do not. Intermediate to advanced, at your own pace.
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Dance of the week
One song, one jazz dance, as much as we can get through in the hour. Miss a class and you have not missed a series. New song next week.
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The mixtape
Mostly 80s through the 2010s: the songs you grew up on, or the ones you wish you had. Nothing is off-limits if the track makes a good dance.
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Open adults jazz
Jazz dance as a workout, not a technique or performance class. Aimed at millennials, open to anyone who wants in. Casual, 16 and over.
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Experience helps
Intermediate to advanced. Turns, kicks and leaps help, and dance experience is useful but not required. Learn at your own pace.
The best bit
You request the songs.
Have a listen to what’s on the list, then add the track you want us to dance to. Next week’s song comes from here.
Meet your instructor
Adam Shaw
You’ll be dancing with Adam Shaw! More than twenty years on the dance floor, and he still gets a kick out of teaching a combo that sticks. Expect a high-energy Thursday jazz hour: one track from the 80s to the 2010s, as much of the dance as we can get through that night, and enough repetition that it lives in your feet on the way home. Turns, kicks and leaps help. Not required. Intermediate to advanced, at your own pace.
Class structure
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Section 1: Warm-up
We start on the floor with a jazz warm-up: body, feet and a few steps so you are ready to learn.
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Section 2: Dance of the week
This week’s track comes on, and we learn as much of the dance as we can get through. Broken down, built up. High-energy jazz you can actually keep.
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Section 3: Run it & stretch
Put together what we got through, run it a few times, then stretch so you leave looser than you arrived.
Thursday 7pm · 1 hour
Book your class
$15 casual, or $100 for 10. Same as Dance Kinetics. Casual drop-in, so you can start any week. Enrol on the timetable, or call or text and we’ll get you in.
027 1801 0941