About this Event
CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Saturday, Aug 17 from 12pm-1:30pm
Feeling stuck on choreography? You don’t have to have a dance background to create dynamic routines! Discover and deepen your movement vocabulary, and leave with tangible tools you can use immediately to help create and upgrade any act.
We’ll learn how to start, edit, and polish our body of work. You’ll learn how to take the moves you already know, and make them more dynamic through musicality, levels, pacing, and intention.
What to bring:
- Notepad or paper
- Pen
- Knee pads and shoes OPTIONAL
HEELS WORKSHOP
Saturday, August 17 from 2-3:30pm
Whether you’re working your strut or just starting to feel your balance, this heels class is for you! We’ll learn strengthening exercises for career longevity, balancing techniques for poise, and finish class with a fun and sexy combination. All levels welcome and encouraged to attend!
What to bring:
- Heels of your choice
- Water
- Knee pads
ABOUT AURALIE
Auralie Wilde has been intoxicating burlesque audiences since 2011. Known as the “Smart Mouth of Burlesque”, her unparalleled energy has graced stages in London, Alaska, the Netherlands, and from coast to coast in the US. She has been a featured performer at Berlin Burlesque Week (2017), Ohio Burlesque Festival (2018), as well as the Show Me Burlesque Festival (2023). Auralie Wilde is the current and only 1st runner up of the MESStival, and 2023’s Shimmy Showdown champion. She is an instructor, producer, emcee, and all around badass currently residing in St Louis, Missouri.A lifelong dancer, Auralie studied ballet and Modern dance at the University of Iowa and has been a movement instructor since 2013. Combining techniques from multiple forms of dance, yoga, and Pilates, her classes offer tools and techniques for all levels.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Newport Theater, 956 West Newport Avenue, Chicago, United States
USD 28.52