During the pandemic, Teddy Forance and Jon Arpino, founders of the popular online dance training platform CLI Studios, felt the time was right to fill a void in the dance industry. Forance, who grew up in the competitive dance world studying a range of styles, felt there was something missing in the education process for […]
To honor the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, online dance platform CLI Studios is hosting a free, virtual event that will get you moving. This Friday, April 16, starting at 2 pm Pacific, CLI Studios presents the livestream of “Movement Speaks,” five classes featuring prominent artists from the AAPI community. Tune in via YouTube […]
In the time between COVID-19’s first worrisome appearance in the U.S. and, for many, months of shelter-in-place orders, dancers and teachers alike found their opinions of online learning shifting: from outright resistance, initially, to begrudging acceptance, to—for some—actual enthusiasm. Choreographer and University of Illinois associate professor Abby Zbikowski likens that attitude shift to the stages […]
Just because “social distancing” means your classes got canceled, your dance training doesn’t need to stop. There are several online dance classes that can keep your technique sharp from home. STEEZY STEEZY focuses on various urban dance styles like house, dancehall, krump, breaking, whacking and heels. The interface allows you to view the instructor from […]
Dance technology has come a long way from ballet variations painstakingly learned by watching fuzzy VHS tapes. Over the last few years, a dizzying number of online training programs have cropped up, offering the chance to take class in contemporary, jazz, ballet, tap, hip hop and even ballroom from the comfort of your own living […]