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Thursday, February 20th 2025
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Judging Hip Hop
After an overwhelming response to last year's "Judging Hip Hop" webinar, I'm bringing this subject back for another round of detailed training for our competition judges. Set for mid February, judges and choreographers will get an opportunity to engage in a lecture and set of demonstrations that will help the dance community gain a better collective understanding of Hip Hop and what makes it different from other genres.
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Misunderstandings: An overview of the techniques and choreography concepts judges misunderstand, often by utilizing other dance genres as a standard.
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Technique(Hip Hop): Vocabulary and proper form for Hip Hop steps every choreographer and judge should know.
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Technique(Breaking): Technique and terminology for toprock, downrock, and freezes.
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Technique(Popping): An overview of the most important techniques for Popping and Popping-adjacent styles that commonly show up on stage.
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Language: How to discuss and critique choreography, freestyle, and more common Hip Hop elements on stage.
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A recording is available to ALL who register, even if you do not attend.
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Each participant has the opportunity to ask questions and get help with and subject matter they need.
Judges and choreographers learn together as we discuss what makes Hip Hop so different in terms of execution and culture. By the end of this webinar, dance professionals of all backgrounds will leave feeling like they can see, understand, and discuss Hip Hop a little better.
Registration for this webinar grants you access to the zoom link to the live webinar, which will be sent to you about 1 week before the workshop. All registered individuals will get the recording of the webinar. If you cannot make it on the workshop date, you will receive the recording!
Follow each link below to register for the workshop. The first link is your registration. Fill this out to provide your email address and other key info. The other links will take you to a payment page. You can choose either option. The paypal link will have you manually enter your payment. The Visa/Mastercard link will take you to the "Essentials Store and the product link for this webinar. Once you complete the registration and payment, you're all set! If you have any issues making payment, please reach out at any time.
Do You Want a Judges Training Directly For Your Staff?
Email me at johnbarrella13@gmail.com to arrange a webinar or a tutorial video today!
Price: $49
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Take an online course any time! The courses below have previously aired and recordings are available for purchase. Take a look below at the descriptions to see which one would be best for you. Each course runs for approximately 2.5 to 4 hours. Videos are available as dropbox download links as soon as you make a purchase!
Original Air Date: August 31st, 2023
Length: 3 Hours, 33 Minutes
Price: $55
Subjects Covered:
Hip Hop Social Dances & Grooves
Downrock(B-boy) Vocabulary & Technique
Connecting Downrock steps
Competition Hip Hop(Discussion)
Hip Hop Programs(Discussion)
Operating a Hip Hop Dance Company(Discussion).
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Original Air Date: July 6th, 2023
Length: 3 Hours, 1 minute
Price: $55
Subjects Covered:
Locking Vocabulary, History, Technique
Popping Vocabulary, History, Technique
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Original Air Date: April 13th, 2023
Length: 3 Hours, 30 Min
Price: $55
Subjects Covered:
Terminology For Hip Hop, Popping
Building/Structuring a Hip Hop Program
Fundamentals of Breaking
Music Advice, Tips, Suggestions
Original Air Date: Oct. 26th, Nov. 2nd, 9th 2023
Length: 4.5 Hours
Price: $55
Subjects Covered:
Month by month lesson guide for 3 separate skill levels:
Beginner Hip Hop
Intermediate Hip Hop
Advanced Hip Hop
Original Air Date: August 17th, 2024
Length: 2.5 Hours
Price: $55
Subjects Covered:
History Lesson with B-boy London of the New York City Breakers
Core Lessons for teaching Breaking
Introducing Breaking to a new class
A review of key toprock,downrock steps with a feature on get downs and freezes
Original Air Date: August 27th, 2022
Length: 4 Hours, 8 Min
Price: $55
Subjects Covered:
Curriculum Development
Hip Hop Dance Vocabulary
Warmup Concepts & Movements
Judge Critique Tips
Original Air Date: April 11th, 2024
Length: 2.5 Hours
Price: $55
Subjects Covered:
Common Misconceptions In Critiques
Terminology/Language For Hip Hop Analysis/Critiques
Top Techniques to Look For in a Hip Hop Routine
Performance Structure
Original Air Date: December 5th, 2024
Length: 3 Hours
Price: $65
Subjects Covered:
A detailed overview of the "Comix Method" curriculum, with an explanation of subjects, lesson structure, reference lists, and everything else you need in order to develop a curriculum that is clear and effective in any classroom.
This will take you to my Essentials Store, where all four webinars are available for immediate purchase!