Building a confident dancer, step by step.

 

From The Ground Up Body Awareness Program :

Are you a Beginner dancer with not much experience but want to dance and don’t know where to start?

Are you a dancer who is nervous to go into a hip hop class even though you have been dancing other styles for years?

Are you a dancer who feels like you are missing some foundational aspects of how to move and understand your body?

The “From The Ground Up” 4 week program has you covered for ALL of the above and more.

This brand new 4-week program was developed by James “Combo Marino” with one idea in mind; if I could go back and teach my younger self to get to the level I am at now while saving time, money and effort; how and what would I teach myself?

This is it.

Let this program be your guide to get you started in understanding your body awareness without the pressure of being rushed in a class setting or worried about what you look like around others before you feel confident. This program literally teaches you key movements “from the ground up” throughout the 4 week course.

Week 1: Footwork standing on one leg

  • Focus on balance on one leg

  • How to move your leg in multiple directions with changing your weight

  • How to move your hips in the different directions so that you can move with fluidity in every direction.

Week 2: Moving Footwork

  • Focus on how to travel and move your hips with your legs

  • Complete Weight changes and weight shifts

  • Learn 2 step, 3 step turn, and how to walk and move on beat in all directions

Week 3: Keeping Time, Staying on beat, Intro to grooving

  • Learn how to stay on beat with every part of your body

  • Feel grounded in your grooving

Week 4: Arms, Line pattern, and the Ball change

  • Learn Clean line patterns to gain spatial control

  • Learn how to create strength in your dancing through the concept of contracting and releasing your muscles

  • Start to learn how to add arm and leg pattern work together

It instructs you how to isolate different parts of your body and how to use these parts effectively. Then after knowing how your body can operate, you can step into any dance class or learn any style easier because you will have a foundation of how your body works no matter the style.

What is included?

  • 3+ hours of instruction

  • 20+ videos

  • Mobile App - Learn anywhere at anytime

  • Spotify and Youtube playlist to practice to

  • Ability to access Marino Studios and be the first to know about new programs and chat/connect with other dancers.

  • Livestreamed classes

  • First Access to scheduled live question and answers

You will feel more confident about your abilities and have a bigger dance vocabulary of skills after this 4 week program. Here are some testimonials:

 
 
 

Who From The Ground Up is for:

  • Beginner Dancers of any level wanting to get into hip hop, street jazz, jazz funk, etc.

  • Someone looking to improve their body awareness and confidence, even with no prior dance experience.

  • Dancers who may have skipped through their foundational training years and need a refresh.

  • Dancers who want to improve their ability to compete and dance well at conventions and classes.

  • Someone looking to be able to have fun with their friends at social events, weddings, and get togethers.

  • Someone looking to connect and learn different techniques and skills to make you more confidence in your own skin.