TWDCC Adult Programs
Adult Classes are drop-in only and may be cancelled on short notice. Please call TWDCC at (831) 332-1398 to confirm a class is happening. Plan to arrive early to assure your spot, to fill out the TWDCC Waiver, and so your teacher can start their class on time.
TWDCC abides by the Santa Cruz County, City, Tannery Campus, and TWDCC COVID protocols, whichever is strictest. Masks are optional unless otherwise noted.
All adult teachers, staff, dancers, drummers, and participants are required to sign a waiver the first time they take a class.
Adult classes ask varying amounts for class. Please arrive with cash or be ready to pay via a digital app like Venmo, Paypal, Cashapp, or something similar.
Monday
Studio A
Connections: A 5Rhythms Dance Class
Tom Truman
7:15PM – 9:00PM
Cost: $20
Studio 111
Tuesday
Studio A
Santa Cruz Dance Circle Medicine
6:45-9PM
Cost: Donations $5-25 suggested, but no one is ever turned away due to lack of funds.
Studio 111
This studio is available to be rented starting at 7:30PM for your class or rehearsal!
Host your class or rehearsal here, or find a slot in the morning.
Wednesday
Studio A
Worldanz DCF with Gina Garcia
10-11:30AM
A high energy fitness program and joyous exploration of global dance forms, infused with crazy cardio spurts, twerking, and general goofy behavior.
All levels welcome!
For more info visit: www.worldanz.com
Cost: $15 drop-in/discount class cards available. FIRST CLASS FREE!!
Class with Oumou Faye
Canceled until further notice
TWDCC Diaspora Performance Artist
7:00PM – 8:30PM
Cost: $15
Studio 111
Beginning Contemporary for Adults
with Molly Katzman
Class cancelled 11/23/22!
7PM – 8:15PM (8:00PM end time for November & December)
Cost: $15 for one class, or $60 for 5 classes
This class is for the adult who has never danced, who hasn’t danced in years, who dances every day and can’t stop, won’t stop. This class is all about connecting to our bodies, our sensation, our joy of moving; you could never get it wrong since there is an endlessness of possibilities. We will also play with gravity and the weight of our bodies and practice releasing into momentum so we can fly, swing, swoop, surrender, yield, and fall. Let’s remember we have bodies who have an incredible capacity to feel and what it’s like to move together in person again.
Thursday
Studio 111
This studio is available to be rented starting at 8PM for your class or rehearsal!
Host your class or rehearsal here, or find a slot in the morning.
Friday
Studio A
Haitian Class with Shawn Merriman-Roberts
TWDCC Diaspora Performance Artist
6:30PM – 8PM
Cost: $15
*Shawn’s class only:
Vaccinated dancers and drummers only.
Proof of vaccination and ID are required at Shawn’s check-in table.*
Taught to all levels, from beginners to advanced dancers. All are welcome. I will be teaching both Rada and Petro dances such as Yanvalou, Nago, Mahi, Congo and Petro as well as other Haitian dances.
Studio 111
This studio is available to be rented starting at 6:45PM for your class or rehearsal!
Host your class or rehearsal here, or find a slot in the morning.
Saturday
Studio A
Salsa Rueda Cuban-Style
with Ramon Ramos Alayo
1st, 2nd, and 4th Saturdays every month!
11AM – 12:30PM
Cost: $15
African Diasporic Dance
with Rotating Guest Artist Teacher
3rd Saturday every month!
11AM – 12:30PM
Cost: $15
Ein’terada Ecstatic Dance
7-9PM
Cost: $15-$20
Click HERE for more info!
Ein’terada canceled:
October 29, November 5, December 10
Studio 111
How to Know When You’re Giving Away Your Energy
A collaboratively facilitated workshop with Ripple
November 5th
4:30PM – 5:30PM
Cost: $15
Sometimes we share our energy with others in a way that helps us grow together and sometimes we give our energy away in a way that drains us. This workshop is about using your feelings to know the difference, so its easier to make conscious choices. We’ll do a somatic practice to identify the feeling of giving away our energy and make plans for how to intervene. This is a Cooperatively Facilitated Workshop meaning everyone has the power to shape the agenda.
This studio is available to be rented starting at 3PM!
Host your weekly class or rehearsal here.
Sunday
Studio A
Santa Cruz Dance Circle
9AM – 10:55AM: DANCE
10:55 – 11:15AM: Closing Circle
Cost: Donations $5-25 suggested, but no one is ever turned away due to lack of funds.
Congolese Class with Vivien Bassouamina
TWDCC Diaspora Performance Artist
11:30AM – 1PM
Cost: $20
Brazilian Dance with Stephanie Emmanuela
Accompanied by live drumming w/Mark Machina
Sundays 4-5:30PM
Cost: $15
This class will explore various Brazilian dance styles originating in Bahia. It will provide a foundation and understanding for and appreciation of the different qualities of movements expressed in these dance forms. We will explore traditional, folkloric and popular dances of Brazil accompanied by live drumming with Mark Machina.
About Stephanie:
Stephanie spent over 5 years living in Salvador Brazil studying Afro-Brazilian Dance Techniques, Afro-Brazilian Folkloric Dances, Contemporary Brazilian Dance, Popular Dances of Brazil, and the Silvestre Technique. She is a certified Instructor of the Silvestre Technique, and has taught the technique in Salvador as well as California. While living in Brazil, she danced with numerous dance companies, and studied closely with the world renowned Bale Folclorico do Brasil. She has an MFA in Dance and Choreography from Saint Mary’s College of California and is the Artistic Director of Agua Doce Dance.
