BACHATA PARADISE JYVÄSKYLÄ 19.-20.10.

Program / Prices / Registrations / Teacher description / Ohjelma suomeksi

Bachata Paradise is a cultural dance experience of Dominican bachata in Jyväskylä, Finland! Welcome to learn about the playful and relaxed essence of bachata with our international guest Kuriko La JapoMana who is coming all the way from France to share her passion and experience of this dance with us!

Kuriko has almost 20 years of experience dancing bachata and other authentic latin dances and she has been building dance communities and teaching them since 2017. Her mission to deliver the most authentic dance experience through cultural aspects because she believes that this helps us to enjoy the dances even more and also to connect with ourselves in a more authentic way.

Among the workshops we´re also going to have a PARTY on Saturday at 20-23 where you can put all your Saturday workshop materials already on the dance floor! We´ll play mostly bachata and salsa in the party but some kizomba, son, cha cha cha and merengue might also be added to the mix according to the preferences of the dancers! 

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LOCATION:

Jyväskkylän Tanssiopisto

Vapaudenkatu 48-50, Jyväskylä

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PROGRAM:

The whole weekend is a full package of authentically Dominican dance experience of Bachata divided into 3 blocks (2 on Saturday, 1 on Sunday). Saturday is the day for Essentials that will be slowly build through 2 sets and Sunday is the deep dive/challenge day.

SATURDAY 19.10.

Saturday classes are open level classes suitable for dancers with different levels of experience in bachata. The main focus is embodying the relaxed and fun nature of bachata through various basic steps, movements and structures. Come and experience the flavour of bachata of the Island in Jyväskylä on this day that focusses on the most important part – FUNDAMENTALS! 

12.00 – 14.00 BACHATA I

– examples of the themes and contents of the class:

– fundamentals of body movement

– basic steps

– basics of partner work

– diving into the relaxed essence of bachata  

– open level

14.30 – 16.30 BACHATA II 

– expamples of the themes and contents of the class 

– more advanced basic steps

– more variations to partner work

– basic footwork

– connecting to the fun and chilled way of dancing

– open level 

About the level on Saturday:

  • open level suitable for people with different levels of experience with bachata
  • for total beginners we recommend the first part of Saturday workshops
  • if you are a beginner in bachata but have longer experience in different partner dances you can very well attend both workshops
  • Saturday workshops are highly recommended also to dancers who have already some experience in (authentic) bachata since Saturday workshops dive into this versatile dance through the lens of experiencing the relaxaedness, playfulness and fun of the dance and guide you through the very ESSENTIALS of this dance 

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SUNDAY 20.10.

In Sunday workshops we´ll dive deeper into the different aspects of bachata like musicality, different ways to connect and footwork. Sunday is aimed for dancers who want to expand their dance awareness in Bachata and Latin dance and have already a bit more experience in bachata. We strongly recommend attending also Saturday workshops as we will not have the proper time time to come back to the all important fundamentals on Sunday workshops and coming to a new teachers class you will always learn new things as all teachers will have their personal approach and flavour in teaching.

11.30 – 14.45 BACHATA III 

(incl. 15 minuts break)

  • examples of the themes and contents of the class
  • different ways of connection
  • musicality 
  • footwork (easier and more challenging variations are possible depending of the level of dancers)
  • aimed to dancers who have a bit more experience in bachata

About the level of the Sunday workshop: 

  • builds upon Saturday´s Essentials
  • is recommended for dancers who have prior experience in other couple dances as well as some prior bachata experience beyond this workshop

PRICES:

All workshops = 110€ / 105€* / 100€**

Saturday = 70€ / 68€* / 65€**

(First 2 hours on Saturday = 40€ / 39€* / 38€**)

*students, retirees, unemployed, members of Kestävät and Break

** Salsa a la Maria´s weekly class dancers for Autumn season 2024

(If you are a bachata dancer with plenty of experience in dancing in the Dominican Republic / with dominicans and have only the possibility to attend Sunday workshops, please send me an email and I´ll calculate a price for you ☺ We do highly recommend people joining also Saturday workshops and therefore are not generally presenting only Sunday workshop option as we want you to get as much out of the workshops as possible and Saturday will give such a good foundation for Sunday workshops. Obviously we cannot know all of you and your backgrounds so feel free to email us if you could only attend Sunday and have already extensive experience in this dance, thank you for your understanding! )

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REGISTRATIONS by 6th of October by email: mariaylonentmi@gmail.com

Registrations are binding and cancellations after 6th of Oct are possible only by providing a doctors certificate otherwise an invoice of the payment will still be sent. If you need to cancel after this date you can also sell your place forward to a dancer of the same role as you or be prepared to pay the workshop anyway.

With preregistrations we will make sure we have enough participants to cover the costs of the workshops. We will also like to take good care of the balance of leaders and followers in the workshops so that everybody will have equal amount of time to practice. 

We strongly recommend to try to find yourself a partner for the workshops as that will always help us to provide a balanced experience for everybody. You can also register without a partner and we´ll match you up when opposite role dancers register.

In the workshops we´ll rotate partners ☺ 

At the location there is a kitchen with a fridge, microwave and coffee maker that can be used by the participants. 

There are also showers, toilets and changing rooms both for men and women at the location. 

Please bring your inside shoes that don´t leave marks on the floor to the workshops and party. If you ware heals, consider bringing also heal protectors to protect the floor.  

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BRING YOU THIS CULTURAL BACHATA EXPERIENCE IN JYVÄSKYLÄ, FINLAND AND WE´RE HOPING TO SEE YOU, HAVE FUN WITH YOU AND DANCE WITH YOU THERE! 

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Kuriko La JapoMana

Kuriko La JapoMana is an international dance instructor of Bachata, Merengue and Casino, also known as the Messenger of Latin dance cultures.

The Japanese German has been loving and dancing Latin social since 2006. In 2017 she started teaching and building communities.

Kuriko has been visiting the Dominican Republic countless times since 2011, and Cuba 4 times since 2016. Thanks to the close interactions she has been having with the local people, dancers and musicians, she continuously deepens her understanding for the cultures and the dances.

Her mission to deliver the most authentic dance experience through cultural aspects because she believes that this helps us to enjoy the dances even more and also to connect with ourselves in a more authentic way.

Kuriko has been teaching and inspiring people to create their own communities also in many countries in the world: 2017-2022 mainly in Frankfurt Germany where she also created a Dominican dance community , 2022 and 2023 in Tokyo Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, France. Currently she is based in France.