Sensual Bachata Lady Styling with Salena Liu

Time: 11:30 AM – 12:50 PM

Attire: No street shoes allowed in the studio. Please wear appropriate dance attire for ease of movement.

Description:
Sensual bachata is influenced by salsa, tango, zouk, and ballroom dancing as well as modern elements from hip-hop emphasizes connection, musical interpretation, and creating an intimate atmosphere between partners. The movements focus on torso isolation, body waves, arm styling, turns, and hips-up. 

About Salena Liu:
Salena Liu started dancing when she was 6 and began teaching classes at 10.  She graduated from Beijing Ballroom Dance Academy and competed in ballroom dance competitions throughout Asia.  She also graduated from Beijing Normal University and Webster University with a degree in dance.  Salena is professionally trained in ballet, modern, latin and standard ballroom dances.  She has trained and worked with professionals across the globe in latin social dances including salsa, bachata, sensual bachata and cha-cha.  Salena's experience teaching dance spans multiple continents, from Qinghua University and Beijing Bailando Dance Company to studios and schools throughout St. Louis. She is an IDTA certified ballroom teacher.

Meditation with Beckah Reed

Time: 1:00 PM – 2:20 PM

Description:
“Meditation:  contemplation, deliberation, study, introspection, trance, reverie, muse, daydreaming, retrospection, rumination”, according to the Webster Dictionary.

We will explore the act of stillness of mind and body, while exploring the act of movement in body and mind.  No experience with meditation is necessary.  Bring your breath, your being, and we will play with the possibilities of resting, rejuvenating… lying, sitting, standing, locomoting…

About Beckah Reed:
Beckah Reed believes in the integration of body, mind, and spirit.  She enjoys her work in somatics, focusing on transformation through subtle energies, inviting wholeness for groups and individuals for over two decades. She is a Master Reiki Practitioner, with training in Hun Yuan Taiji and Qigong, Continuum Movement®, Transcendental Meditation, as well as other healing modalities.

Beckah was a professor of dance at Webster University for 37 years while also pursuing her career as a professional dancer and choreographer.  She worked as co-artistic director for GASH/VOIGT Dance Theatre (GVDT), an all-women’s contemporary dance theatre ensemble, in St. Louis for fifteen years, where she and Susan Gash were able to self-produce their work, conduct educational residencies and international cultural exchanges.