Elina Valtonen’s Workshops on Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 13

Afro-Caribbean Workshop in Flama on Sunday, the 13th of May, hosted by the visiting dance artist and teacher, Elina Valtonen. Come and celebrate Mother’s Day with us! When you bring your mother or grand-mother with you to the class, you only pay for one person, so two for the price of one!

Classes:

At 11–12 Caribbean Party
At 12–13 Reggaeton
At 13–14 Cross Style Party

Sign up for the intensive course by sending an email to info@flama.

Prices:
1 class: 15 €
2 classes: 25 €
3 classes: 35 €

CARIBBEAN PARTY

Caribbean Party Class offers a party in the Caribbean style! We will enjoy Caribbean music and body movements of soca, dancehall, salsa, reggaeton etc. We will turn the music on, set all the worries aside and just let the rhythm take us along. In the beginning of the class, we will mainly have series of steps straight to the music, after which we will create a longer choreography towards the end of the class. This class will certainly make you sweat!

REGGAETON

Reggaeton is a genre of music and dance originating from Cuba and Puerto Rico and it is nowadays the most popular dance style in South and Mid America, especially among the youth. Reggaeton is characterized by strong dynamic fluctuations, polyrhythm and playing with isolation.

CROSS STYLE PARTY

During this class, you will explore many different dance styles with simple and short series of movements. This is a solo class, so all you need is open mind. We will move from one mood to another by dancing for example cha cha cha, jive, merenque, salsa, Argentine tango and even with more traditional Finnish dances.

Elina has worked as a dance artist in ten different countries. Most recently, she worked for one and a half years in an Afro-Caribbean contemporary dance company in Canada. Alongside North America, she has also been able to tour the Caribbean. As a result, multiculturalism is one of the greatest sources of her inspiration and Elina loves holistic, sweaty and animal dance. Her passion is to combine Afro and Western body movements.
Elina is, in her own words, “passionate about sharing the liberating message of the dance that directs us towards the truth”.