Shades SF: DJs Kenya Soul & Mark Carpenter - Teachers Kenya Soul and Ren Enby

Mon Oct 06 2025 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm UTC-07:00

Polish Club | San Francisco

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Shades SF: DJs Kenya Soul & Mark Carpenter - Teachers Kenya Soul and Ren Enby
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*** Masks are optional. ๐‘ฝ๐™–๐’„๐™˜๐’Š๐™ฃ๐’‚๐™ฉ๐’Š๐™ค๐’๐™จ ๐™–๐’“๐™š ๐™ง๐’†๐™ฆ๐’–๐™ž๐’“๐™š๐’….***
Come out to learn ๐Ÿ“–, dance ๐Ÿ’ƒ ๐Ÿ•บ , and connect with our community ๐Ÿ’•
๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ/ ๐‘๐ž๐ง ๐„๐ง๐›๐ฒ
๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ:
Let's get specific with what we mean when we talk about Follow voice. This 4 week series will focus on giving Follows four very specific skills they can use to prep their own movement and communicate to their leader exactly how they want to embellish their leader's ideas. Each one of these techniques will be accompanied with a specific dance move you can take to the dance floor that night, and the techniques themselves will translate into almost any kind of partner dance. Expect to broaden your communication skills as a follow and your listening skills as a lead. See you all on the dance floor.
Please do your best to arrive on time to class if you plan to attend. ๐ด๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ 20 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ 
๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: ๐Ÿ•๐ฉ๐ฆ-๐Ÿ–๐ฉ๐ฆ
(Fundamentals and Intermediate run simultaneously in different rooms.)
๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: ๐Ÿ–๐ฉ๐ฆ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐’๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ :
$๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘-$๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ for lesson and dance
$๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ-$๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ for dance only
๐๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ. We would like to remove any possible stigma or concern from anyone who for any reason would like to join us without paying. ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก, ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘ฆ. You can also opt to let us know at the door.
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๐ƒ๐‰๐ฌ:
๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’๐’š๐’‚ ๐‘บ๐’๐’–๐’
Kenya Soul, hailing from the Bay Area, draws inspiration from a rich tapestry of hip hop, Lindy Hop, blues, and occasionally anime. His teachings are rooted in improvisation, connection, and musicality, breathing life into stories through movement. He seeks to build bridges between divergent communities through shared artistic language, which is how he found his home in Fusion. His Black-experience-centered philosophy sits at the heart of all of his teaching and DJing.
๐‘ด๐’‚๐’“๐’Œ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’“๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“
Mark is an international Fusion instructor, DJ, and organizer who has been social dancing since 2005. He is dedicated to sharing his knowledge and expanding this emerging artform.
๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:
๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’๐’š๐’‚ ๐‘บ๐’๐’–๐’
๐‘น๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฌ๐’๐’ƒ๐’š
Hi, I'm Ren. I'm straight out of San Diego and a proper San Francisco transplant. I have a dance education mixing elements of West Coast Swing, Tango, Blues, Kizomba, Hip Hop and Zouk. I imagine Fusion dance as its own emerging dance culture and movement practice as opposed to it simply being a mix of other dances. Expect to learn Fusion dance as a means of integrating new and old movement ideas into your own movement philosophies. Teaching and dancing have become major staples in my life and the Fusion community has become a home for me. I'm excited to share and learn with y'all.
๐‚๐จ๐๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ
Shades San Francisco strives to create a safer space for everyone. We do not tolerate harassment or unsafe behavior of any kind. Read our full Code of Conduct here.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WPnirFGgGhPf81BaSxu1BA7VnT-tLGGq9t5PsAsSnjA/edit?usp=sharing
๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
1. In order to attend, you need to be vaccinated with at least one COVID vaccine.
2. By attending Shades you agree to the following:
- You do not have any signs of illness (covid or otherwise) currently or in the days leading up to the event.
- You agree to report to [email protected], or message Andrew or Shastine immediately if you test positive for COVID within four days of the event.
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