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Company Invites The Local Community To Dance Like No One Is Watching
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and experience the joy of dance in a community by creating a space where we are not necessarily trying to win the next dance competi- tion. We are just dancing for the health and the fun of it.”
Hawai‘i Dance Bomb keeps things lighthearted and stays fresh by having a flexible class structure.
Dance classes are available for both kids and adults at Hawai‘i Dance Bomb’s new‘ĀinaHainalocation.PHOTOSCOURTESYHAWAI‘IDANCEBOMB
“Instead of showing up to a class or an event with a determined plan, we show up with a bag of tools and the intention of inspiring as many people to dance and have fun as we can,” Rude- geair notes.
grade four can participate in hip-hop or breakdanc- ing, children in second to fifth grade can opt for jazz fusion or lyrical/contempo- rary, and students in grades five and six can move to K-pop. Adults can choose from a number of classes, such as hip-hop, house, Lat- in groove, old school R&B and booty dance.
time and are either taught by Steph Candelas, Cherie Gendron, Mandy Takigu- chi or herself. Rudegeair has more than 20 years of experience as a dance teacher and hopes to pro- vide an “explosion of fun” throughout the island via Hawai‘i Dance Bomb.
Hawai‘i Dance Bomb aims to ensure dancers have a good time. Its instructors include owner Miranda Rudegeair (center in red shoes), Mandy Takiguchi, Steph Candelas and Cherie Gendron.
While many aspects of Hawai‘i Dance Bomb are unrestrained, the company does host classes based on set types of music and dance styles. At the company’s ‘Āina Haina location, tiny dancers in pre-K can do hip- hop, keiki in kindergarten to
In addition to classes, the company hosts silent dis- cos for events and dance parties at assisted living facilities.
“dance with as many people on the island as I can.”
shoes will be on for quite some time.
According to Rudege- air, classes typically con- sist of 10-15 students at a
Hawai‘i Dance Bomb hosts classes at multiple locations on Oʻahu, and its newest spot is on 144 Nenue St. in ‘Āina Haina.
Rudegeair reveals one rea- son she launched her compa- ny in 2016 is her desire to
The number of individu- als she has already moved and grooved with is surely quite impressive, but with about 1 million residents on Oʻahu, her dancing
For more information, visit hawaiidancebomb. com or call 808-382- 7467. Follow Hawai‘i Dance Bomb on Instagram (@hawaii_dance_bomb).
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