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WHAT IS PROJECT BAND?
Ā Project Band is a year-long performance improvisation program that is designed to give dancers of all levels tools, concepts, and skills to deepen their experience with live music and their understanding of how it can be used as a tool for development.
Check this video to know more about Project Band!
Benefits
Refined Listening Skills
once you have developed the ability to hear an 8 count phrase of music in 10 different ways, you will never struggle with a piece of music again!
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Enhanced Confidence
when you are able to be present with live music and have movement choices occur to you because of your training and trust, the experience of "nailing it" will give you a new sense of your real power!!
Broader Movement Vocubulary
the energy, dynamics, and team spirit of being on stage with musicians will enhance your abiity to access and expand your movement vocabulary and be creative on the spot!
Tools for Life
yes, really! life is improvisation! you will be amazed at how the lessons of project band regarding adapting to the unexpected, smoothing over rough spots, and making choices about when to hit the brakes will enhance your day to day life.
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I'm Karen Barbee and I have been a dancer for 55 years; a belly dancer for 50 of those years. And I'm still at it. More importantly, I'm more excited than ever!!!
I've had several growth spurts over the course of my dance journey such as when I became a teacher and when I became a gym rat; but BY FAR my biggest growth spurt came when I had the chance to work to live music on a frequent, recurring basis.Ā Ā
As a studio owner for over 30 years, I wanted to find a way to simulate this growth opportunity for my students - not easy in these days of mp3s. But it's done. That's Project Band, a passion project of mine that has been evolving over the last 10 years.
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