The Beat Club

 

About

FUNKtion is home of the The Beat Club which is a family of Hip-Hop dancers ranging from 15-23 years old from that uses dance and their creativity to “beat” life’s negative pitfalls.

 

Lead by Eric Samson, The Beat Club is a family of dancers who use many forms of dance and their creativity to express themselves in a positive way.

 

The world is full of obstacles and negative pitfalls. We choose dance to express ourselves instead of falling into those pitfalls and to learn how to persevere past the obstacles. Its like learning a gravity defying freeze…you’ll fall and fail many times but you’ll never learn how to do it until you keep picking yourself up and try again.

 

Beat Club gets its name from rising above adversity, negativity, and “beating” the odds. There is no growth without struggle.

 

Beat Club studies urban dance forms from the 70s, 80s, 90s, to current styles. Styles include: b-boying/b-girling, locking, house, popping, waacking, voguing, hip hop (90′s social/party dances), and commercial street jazz industry styles. Beat Club also is required to train in the traditional styles of ballet, jazz, contemporary, modern, and lyrical.

 

General Information

The director stresses the importance of diversifying their skills so members train most of the week in all the different styles of dance. The goal is to prepare them for professional work as they reach 18+. Preparation comes in the form of developing understand of each dance style and its history and origins, acquiring strong dance ethics, being able to adjust to different teaching methods, knowing the importance of networking, auditioning, freestyle, and choreographing.

 

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