Pre-Ballet

Miss Sarah will be guiding her dancers through a ballet barre, across the floor and choreography for the August. She is very excited to share the gift of dance with all the flex Studios pre-ballet dancers. This class visionary is Alexandra Scott her mission was to find cures for all children battling cancer.  Dancers will be dancing to Elizabeth Mitchell “You are my sunshine”. Have a wonderful class dancers!

Modern Hip Hop

Mr. Carlos & Steph will be guiding their dancers through a hop hop free-style improv & modern warm up. They are very excited to share his special class that features TWO of our faculty members at flex.  Their visionary is Jonathan Van Ness a American television personality who is a grooming expert extraordinaire. Dancers will be performing to “Self Love” by Londrelle-Topic.

Laj

Native to Eugene Oregon, Alaja Badalich or “Laj” is 19 years old and first studied at OBA at the age of 4. Throughout her years at the academy she also studied at many summer programs in and outside of the United States. She grew up with strict ballet technique and found interest in improvisation and contemporary technique during her teen years. At 16 she moved across the country to study at University North Carolina school of the arts modern program, where she studied Graham, Limon, counter technique, and Cunningham. That spring, she studied at flex Studios in her home town, while finishing her junior year and competing for NAACP ACT-SO national convention. In 2018, she began her dance studies in San Francisco at the Alonzo King Lines Ballet training program while finishing her senior year online. she is now a 2nd year in the program, and resides on the flex studios faculty in Oregon. Laj has recently choreographed for competitive soloists, training program works, and in San Francisco public school programs and is excited to share her passion for dance with you today.

*This video will be featured on the Cultural Services Facebook page in honor of national dance week 2020.