Harlem Dance Club presents:
FREE Guest Artist Workshops 2023
Robin Dunn’s Hip Hop and F.A.C.E. Technique Workshop
Saturday March 18th 1:00 - 3:00
Pelham Fritz Recreation Center in Marcus Garvey Park
18 Mount Morris Park West @122nd Street
**This workshop will be followed by an open house / meet and greet with the Harlem Dance Club community ending at 3:30.
FREE! Open to all ages and abilities.
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Workshop Description:
Perform with more Focus, Attitude, Confidence Energy and Eye Contact
Build Confidence
Be transformed doing the "Inside Work"
F.A.C.E. Coach and Choreographer Robin Dunn will teach a Hip Hop dance workshop and introduce participants to her world renown F.A.C.E. technique. F.A.C.E. is an acronym for Focus, Attitude, Confidence, Energy and Eye Contact designed to aid students with self discovery,performance technique and movement. The class will begin with a body warm up followed by sensory exercises created to connect students more closely to their inner power. Hip Hop dance choreography will be taught incorporating the F.A.C.E. technique and principles including what Robin calls the 'Inside Work."
About Robin Dunn: F.A.C.E. Coach, Creative Director and Choreographer Robin Dunn has established herself as one of the key community leaders within the entertainment industry today. She specializes in self discovery, performance technique and movement. Ms. Dunn is a graduate with a BBA degree in Marketing from Bernard M. Baruch College and has appeared in and choreographed numerous Off Broadway and Dinner Theater productions. She is the former Director of Amateur Night at the world famous Apollo Theater. Her client list includes Saturday Night Live, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, Missy Elliot, Teen Vogue featuring Jive Recording artist 'Chris Brown,' Tony Award winner, Heather Headley, The Braxtons featuring 'Jay Z,' Brian, McKnight, Sean Kingston and Disney's Raven Symone. She also worked for the management team of the iconic rock band U2.
Ms. Dunn teaches Hip Hop dance at The Ailey Extension, and Steps on Broadway. Thanks to longtime friend and colleague, Jay T. Jenkins, she is currently an adjunct professor at The City College of New York teaching, “Hip Hop Dance, History and Cultural Importance.” She has also taught at Hunter College (Adjunct) , The Ailey School, NYU, Earl Mosely's Institute of the Arts, Harlem School of the Arts, Ron Brown’s Evidence Summer Intensive and Complexions Winter Intensive. She and her sisters, Desiree Crichlow and Greta Dunn were the first to introduce the art of Hip Hop dance to the east coast. She has also learned from and collaborated with some of her fellow luminaries in the industry including Buddha Stretch, Mr. Wiggles, Frank Hatchett and Charlotte Pollak.
Ms. Dunn believes “a teacher’s job is to shape lives, build dreams and give hope for the future.” – author, unknown