Dance Classes and Services

A Jamaican Dancehall dancer and choreographer, Classic Sopreme Blazzaz, will visit Turku on Saturday, the 29th of February! Now you have an exceptional opportunity to join his dancehall class in Finland, in Turku!

Dancehall Workshop with Classic Sopreme Blazzaz
Time: the 29th of February 2020 at 11.30–13.00 (90 min)
Place: Dance Studio Flama, Linnankatu 84, 20100 Turku
Price: 25 €
Sign up by sending an email to info@flama.fi.

Attention! The registration is binding. You cancel your registration for free of charge 48 hours before the workshop takes place. After that it is only possible by showing a valid medical certificate.

Classic Sopreme Blazzaz
Classic Blazzaz is dancehall dancer and teacher from one of the biggest dancehall groups in Jamaica, Sopreme Blazzaz. Classic has created some of the most popular moves by the group in the last years, including Smile and Naruto. Classic is known for his smooth style and has been touring and teaching in Europe for most of the year 2019.

More information: info@flama.fi

Would you like to start ballet? Now it is possible, because we will organize an adult ballet course for beginners! During this 5-time course you will get familiar with the basics of ballet dancing!

Time: On March 2020, on Sundays at 11.00–12.30, exact dates: March 1, 3,15, 22 and 29.
Place: Dance Studio Flama, Linnankatu 84, 20100 Turku
Teacher: Ida Martikainen
Price: 68 € (includes 7,5 hours of dance teaching)

The course is suitable for beginners, so you do not have to have previous experience of ballet dancing.

Unfortunately this course is already full but you are welcome to join Adult Ballet classes on Fridays at 17.30–18.30.

During the adult ballet course, we will go through classical ballet technique, practise ballet-specific expression and some choreographic phrases towards the end of the class. The class includes barre exercises, centre practice and free routines. Ballet develops internal abdominal muscles and improves balance, coordination and posture. In addition, the expressive ability of the body will gain new dimensions.

The adult ballet course creates a common space in which we can, at a gentle pace, combine practice and fun. Relaxed, cheerful and bright dancing, but still keeping the main focus.

When coming to the class, you need comfortable dance clothes and socks or other soft ballet shoes.

Teacher: Ida Martikainen
Ida is a present and gentle dance instructor who loves bodily expression. She has completed Basic Education in the Art of Dance between 2004–2013 in Jyväskylä Dance Institute, majoring in classical ballet and having contemporary dance, jazz dance and repertoire dance as her minors. In addition, she has been involved in several dance projects both as a dancer and as a choreographer.

According to Ida, dancing is a journey to one’s own body and in the way to attach to a common space. She thinks that the most important element of the dance class is to stay present in the same place and time: the momentary synchronization and the common sense of the bodies. Through her teaching, Ida wants to get the dancers to feel their bodies powerful and bright.

On Saturday, the 7th of March, we will have three 1,5 hours long workshops by amazing Pauliina Latva:

Schedule, Sat 7.3.2020
11.30–13.00 Contemporary Dance (open level)
13.15–14.45 Show Jazz / technique (open level)
15.00–16.30 Commercial Dance (open level)

Price of one workshop (90 min) is 18 euros.

Register for the classes by purchasing them from our webshop:
– Contemporary Dance
– Show Jazz / technique
– Commercial Dance

PAULIINA LATVA
Pauliina is a versatile and strong dancer who has moved from Helsinki to Turku. Pauliina spent the fall 2016 in New York with her independent dance studies.

She is also a physiotherapy student and has graduated as a personal trainer (2015, South Africa). Pauliina has an extensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology, which she has also supplemented with various courses. During her dance history, she has been able to work extensively on various dance styles, such as hip hop, breakdance, jazz, show, acrobatics and salsa. However, contemporary dance has become her most important form of dancing. It has also given her room and suggestions to combine different dance styles in an unprejudiced way.

Pauliina has been working as a dancer on a wide scale, so she has been performing both in Finland and abroad (New York, Barcelona, Stockholm, Tallinn). She has danced as a background dancer for different artists, featured music videos, made commercials and dances in the opera. Pauliina’s own solo work DOES was also chosen for the Generation2017 art exhibition at the Amos Anderson Art Museum. Currently Pauliina is involved in an international art project in Italy.

As a dance teacher, Pauliina is inspiring and encouraging. Her dance classes are filled with versatile dance know-how and typically different dance styles are open-mindedly combined. Floorwork and musicality are constantly present in Pauliina’s classes. “My main job as a dance teacher is to motivate my students to become interested in the versatility of their own body and the opportunities it creates.”

More information about the workshops: info@flama.fi.

Dance workshops at Flama on Saturday, the 14th of March, hosted by the visiting dance artist and teacher, Elina Valtonen.

Schedule on Saturday, the 14th of March 2020
11.30–12.45 Caribbean Party, beginners / open level (75 min)
12.45–14.00 Sexy Reggaeton, intermediate level (75 min)
14.15–15.45 Dance Technique, open level (90 min)

PRICES AND REGISTRATION
– Caribbean Party workshop 16 €
– Sexy Reggaeton -workshop, 16 €
– Dance Technique workshop 18 €

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!

SEXY 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.

WHO IS ELINA VALTONEN?
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”.

More information: info@flama.fi

On Saturday, the 14th of March at 20.30-00.30 there will be an amazing dance party at Dance Studio Flama. DJ Papi will be in charge of the music that night, so there will be salsa, bachata and kizomba music played throughout the night.

The entrance fee is 8 / 7 € (the cheaper price by showing Flama’s valid punch card or Bailes Cubanos membership card). You can pay the fee either by card or cash.

Remember to take your dance shoes or other indoor shoes with you because the shoes used outdoors will be left in the lobby.

Dance Studio Flama is located next to Turku Castle at Linnankatu 84. Bus Line 1 (Market Square –Turku Harbor) will stop just in front of Flama and the bus trip from market square to the dance studio takes around 10 minutes. Check the bus schedule at http://www.foli.fi/ to choose the right time to come. If you decide to come by your own car, there are parking options nearby.

Welcome to have fun, enjoy dance, music and above all, people!

Argentine Tango Beginners Workshop
When: Sat 21st of March 2020 at 11 am to 1 pm
Where: at Dance Studio Flama, Linnankatu 84, 20100 Turku
Price: 25 € / 1 person
Teacher: Jenna Polvi

Registrate for the workshop by sending an email to info@flama.fi. You can join the workshop without or with a partner, we will take care of the balance between leaders and followers. ATTENTION! The places for the followers signing up without their own pair have already been taken, so at the moment you can only sign up as a leader or as a couple. If you are interested in being informed about the new following spots, let us know via email: info@flama.fi.

More information: info@flama.fi

Jasmin Geselle will be visiting Turku and Flama on Saturday, the 21st of March 2020!

Schedule 21.3.2020
13:15–14:45 Commercial Dance, intermediate/advanced level (90 min)
15:00–16:30 Heels, intermediate/advanced level (90 min)

PRICES AND REGISTRATION
Register for the workshops by purchasing them at our webshop:
– Commercial Dance, 24 €
– Heels, 24 €

JASMIN GESELLE, dancer and dance teacher
Jasmin started with couple dancing at the age of 7. After a couple of years, she continued with show, disco and street dances. She started competing in 2003, when she also became Finnish champion for the first time. She has been competing eversince and gained several medals both as a dancer and a choreographer, both in Finland and in European competitions. In 2013, she won Women’s PA Solo Finnish Championship and gained the 7th place with the same solo in World Championship in Mikolajki in 2014. Jasmin was also in Nelonen’s Dance TV-program in 2012. As a dancer, she has been part of Kasmir’s, JVG’s and Benjamin’s crew, in Starsquad Dinner and Show as well as in different TV-productions (inter alia Tähdent Tähdet, Voitolla Yöhon, X Factor) and in advertisements. At the moment, she is ABREU’s dancer and choreographer.

More information: info@flama.fi

Twerk Workshop for Beginners

On Saturday, the 4th of April Flama will be all about the booty shaking! The teacher of the workshop is Meri Niemi.

At 11.00–12.30 Bootylicious! – twerk workshop for beginners
Bootylicious is a class filled with shaking, jiggle, thrusting and throwing the hip and bounce. The class concentrates on different techniques of booty shaking and easy choreography. Full speed from the beginning to the end, great sweat guaranteed!

You do not need any previous twerk experience to be able to participate!

Price: 20 euros

Reserve your place for the class by purchasing it from our webshop.

Bring knee pads or for example leg warmers with you to protect your knees. The classes are meant for over 15-year-olds.

If you have any questions email to info@flama.fi.

MERI NIEMI
Dance has taken Meri all over the place: it all started with Loimaan Naisvoimistelijat and their annual spring performances and through both national and international basketball leagues, she finally made her way to Twerk Finnish National Championships. Meri has dance experience in show dance, hip hop, Cuban Latin dances as well as some ballet but in recent years the love of her life has been twerk that is also nowadays her primary dance style. In twerk Meri is fascinated by its physicality, roughness and challenging techniques. According to her, the best thing in twerk is that it allows one to do an extremely hard workout and simultaneously praise one’s own body. In addition to twerk, Meri’s heart is also taken by Dancehall Queenstyle and Latin dances. However, you can find Meri in any dance classes, since her training policy says that different dance styles let one develop into a versatile dancer, and each dance style can provide something new to one’s own style.

As a teacher, Meri is a relaxed type, but she urges and encourages her students always to do their best. Her classes are filled with laughter and humor – not forgetting hard training. Meri thinks that the best thing in her classes is absolutely to see how people go beyond themselves and do something they could not even believed to be possible. Everyone can come to the classes just the way they are, regardless of the size of the butt.

At Flama, Meri works as a twerk teacher and dances in the dance studio’s own Flama Crew.

TWERK
Twerk is an engaging and fun dance style that has gained great popularity around the world. Its moves can be easily taken to the dance floor and probably that is why it is a common dance style at the parties. During twerk classes, you will get diversely familiar with various techniques, such as shaking, jiggle, thrusting and throwing the hip and bounce as well as some floorwork. In the beginning of the class, we will have a warm-up, after which we will go through some basic movements. The rest of the class is reserved for the choreography. Twerk improves physical fitness comprehensively, especially back, thigh, buttock and abdominal muscles.

Attention! Twerk classes are meant for over 15-year-olds.

Dance Fiesta is an energetic and cheerful dance class which combines movements from different dance styles such as Latin dances, oriental dance and twerk. Movements are easy to follow and the purpose of the class is to have fun moving your body!

You can come to the class without any previous dance experience. Let the happy rhythms lead you and take you out of your busy life. Dance Fiesta is the class of true great feeling!

The workshop consists of 60 minutes of dancing and 30 minutes of stretching/body maintenance. The class is instructed by Hanna Heinonen.

Time: Saturday, the 4th of April 2020 at 13.00–14.30
Place: Dance Studio Flama, Linnankatu 84, 20100 Turku
Price: 17 €
Reserve your place for the workshop by purchasing it through our webshop.

More information: info@flama.fi

On Sunday, the 5th of April, we will dance salsa at Dance Studio Flama!

Salsa Ladies Style Workshop, intermediate level
Time: Sun 5th of April 2020 at 12.30–14.00 (90 min)
Place: Dance Studio Flama, Linnankatu 84, 20100 Turku
Teacher: Anna Tolppa
Price: 17 €

Register for the workshop by purchasing it at our webshop.

Salsa Ladies Style class is all about impressive feminine body movements and music interpretation. In addition to typical body movements and technique of cuban salsa, the class concentrates inter alia on the use of hands and feminine impression, not forgetting show elements. Let yourself lose in all the sensuality!

During the ladies styling class, you can dance with dancing heels or other dance shoes. The class is meant for those who are already familiar with the basics of salsa solo.

Anna Tolppa
Anna is the founder of Dance Studio Flama and a latin dance teacher.

Anna fell in love with dancing early. She started with classical ballet at the age of five and continued her dance studies also with jazz and show dance in her childhood and adolescence.

Since 2010, she has concentrated on Latin dance. She trained to become a salsa instructor under the direction of a Cuban dance teacher, Ramón Silverio. Before opening her own dance studio, Anna has taught dance classes for example in Dance School Salsa de Cuba, CampusSport, ANNAsport, Naantali Adult Education Center, HaNi-Halli and various events. She graduated from the Humak University of Applied Sciences as Bachelor of Culture and Arts (Cultural Management) and from the University of Turku as Bachelor of Arts.

Welcome to dance salsa with us!

Couple Salsa Beginners’ Intensive Course – learn the basics of salsa dancing in seven weeks!

Would you like to learn to dance couple salsa? This intensive course starts from the very basics, so you do not need any prior knowledge about salsa dancing. Anna is always instructing in English when there are people who don’t speak Finnish. Start a new great hobby and come and have fun with us!

During the course, you will get familiar with the basic steps of salsa and we will practice rhythmics, simple figures as well as techniques of both leading and following.

Time: Every Tuesday during 14.4.–26.5.2020 at 19.15–20.15
Place: Dance Studio Flama, Linnankatu 84, Turku
Price: 79 €
Teacher: Anna Tolppa

Register for the course by purchasing it at our webshop:
– leaders
– followers

The principle of the class is to change the pair all the time, so that everyone gets to dance and this way we learn to be better dancers.

And yes, you don’t need to have had any previous dance experiences prior to this course.

Welcome to have fun and to learn some basics of couple salsa!

On Saturday, the 18th of April, we will have dancehall workshops at Flama with Anna Saarikivi!

Schedule, Sat 18.4.2020
13.00-14.30 Dancehall Queenstyle, technique (open level)
14.45-16.15 Dancehall Queenstyle, choreography (open level)

Register for the workshops by purchasing them from our webshop:
– Dancehall Queenstyle, technique (open level), 18 €
– Dancehall Queenstyle, choreography (open level), 18 €

More information about the classes: info@flama.fi.

Afrobeats Dance Workshop at Flama on Sunday, April 19!

Schedule for Sunday, the 19th of April 2020
12.00–14.00 Afrobeats, open level

Place: Dance Studio Flama, Linnankatu 84, 20100 Turku

Sign up for the workshops by purchasing them from our webshop:
– Afrobeats workshop (2 hours) 22 €

Come and bring your Afrobeat knowledge up to date! Afrobeats is an umbrella term for urban African dances and music genre that inspire many dancehall artists nowadays. Afrobeats in return is influenced by Jamaican dancehall, western street styles and from many other dance styles. Afrobeats is also danced in Finnish clubs today.

During the AFROBEATS workshop, you will get to know how to dance inter alia hit dances like Gwara Gwara, Shaku Shaku and Zanku. Based on these dances, we will create a choreography. During the workshop, you will learn the latest Afrobeats figures and simultaneously get a real sweat and have fun.

More information about the workshop, send an email to info@flama.fi.

Welcome to celebrate vappu and dance in a relaxed atmosphere with lovely people! Dj Papi will play his best salsa, bachata, kizomba and semba tunes and we will offer some mead and doughnuts!

What: Social dancing night (salsa, bachata, semba & kizomba)
When: on First of May 2020 from 7 pm to 11 pm
Where: Dance Studio Flama, Linnankatu 84, 20100 Turku

Entrance fee: 7 € (card or cash)

Remember to take your dance shoes or other indoor shoes with you because the shoes used outdoors will be left in the lobby.

Dance Studio Flama is located next to Turku Castle at Linnankatu 84. Bus Line 1 (Market Square–Turku Harbor) will stop just in front of Flama at the bus stop called Satamakatu and the bus trip from market square to the dance studio takes around 10 minutes. Check the bus schedule at http://www.foli.fi/ to choose the right time to come. If you decide to come by your own car, there are free parking spaces behind the dance studio and other parking options nearby, such as chargeable parking lots or ones requiring a parking disk.

On Saturday, the 9th of May, we will dance with lovely Tiia Kerttula at Flama!

Schedule for Saturday, the 9th of May 2020
11.00–12.15 Cha-cha, open level, solo class (75 min)
12.15–13.30 Slow rumba, open level, solo class (75 min)
13.45–15.00 Jazz dance, open level (75 min)

Register for the workshops by purchasing those from our webshop:
– Cha-cha, 15 €
– Slow rumba, 15 €
– Jazz dance, 15 €

CHA-CHA
During the class, we will learn basics of cha cha, such as the right use and language of the body. You will get familiar with the basic steps and variation of cha cha. During the class, we will also rehearse a choreography that includes elements of cha cha and show dance.

TIIA KERTTULA
Tiia started to dance at the age of ten, when she got into show dancing. That is the dance style she has been dancing ever since, but other dance styles have come along on the way. Soon after show dance, competitive ballroom dancing, Finnish lavatanssit as well as rock and swing dances came to the picture. Dance hobby has taken Tiia far, as she has already been studying dance teaching with show dance as her major in Oulu University of Applied Sciences.

Tiia has been teaching for several years, and she has taught both adults and children. As a teacher, Tiia is happy, qualified and inquisitive. Her classes are versatile and challenging, but the atmosphere is still positive and encouraging. Active attitude and the joy of dance are the most important things in Tiia’s classes.

Johanna Sallinen and Omar Bakr will come to Flama in May with their Cuban Salsa and Sensual Bachata Workshops.

Schedule for Saturday, May 16
11:30–12:30 Bachata Ladies Style, open level (solo class), 60 min
12:30–13:30 Salsa Ladies Style, open level (solo class), 60 min
13:45–15:15 Cuban Salsa, intermediate (couple class), 90 min
15:30–17:00 Sensual Bachata, intermediate (couple class), 90 min

PRICES AND REGISTRATION
Sign up for the classes by purchasing them from our webshop:
– Bachata Ladies Style, 15 €
– Salsa Ladies Style, 15 €
– Cuban Salsa, intermediate (couple class), 25 € / person
– Sensual Bachata, intermediate (couple class), 25 € / person

Follower spots for the couple salsa and bachata classes are full at the moment. There is still room for leaders and couples at both classes. There will be continuous rotation of the partners during the classes. The couple classes will be held in English.

JOHANNA & OMAR

Johanna and Omar are versatile and experienced dancers and teachers and they teach i.a. bachata, cha cha, kizomba and salsa together. Through their I Dance Helsinki -organization, Omar and Johanna have long been building the Afro-Latin scene in Helsinki by teaching, bringing foreign artists to Finland and arranging festivals and parties in a weekly basis.

Johanna has danced several different dance styles. Johanna won Salsa European Championship in 2010, so she has a lot of knowledge about dance technique and that knowledge she wants to share with her students. As a teacher, she is known for her demanding but encouraging and clear teaching.

Omar’s dancing career has begun with ballroom dance, but it changed later to Afro-Latin dances. Omar’s strengths are musicality as well as his smooth and clear lead. He encourages and provides tools for each individual student’s progress and improvement.

For Omar and Johanna, it is important that everything learnt during the classes can be applied in a social dance setting. They emphasize the importance of leading and following as well as the learning of the basics, not forgetting musicality. Above all, dancing should be fun and feel good.

Roosa Ouvinen will come to Flama for Lyrical Jazz and Contemporary Dance Workshops on Sunday, the 17th of May!

Schedule on Sunday, the 17th of May
11.00–12.30 Lyrical Jazz, open level (90 min)
12.30–14.00 Contemporary Dance, open level (90 min)

Register for the workshops by purchasing those from our webshop:
– Lyrical Jazz, 17 €
– Contemporary Dance, 17 €

More information: info@flama.fi

We will celebrate the end of Flama’s spring season on Friday, the 29th of May from 9 pm to 1 am at Dance Studio Flama!

We will have two dance floors where salsa, bachata, reggaeton, kizomba and semba will be played late into the night. DJ Papi will play his best tunes and we will guarantee that we’re gonna have great time together!

We will have an amazing dance show where Flama´s dance groups will perform. The showtime is at 22.30 so come early!

The entrance fee is 9 / 7 € (the cheaper price by showing Flama’s valid punch card or Bailes Cubanos membership card). You can pay it by card or cash.

Remember to take your dance shoes or other indoor shoes with you because the shoes used outdoors will be left in the lobby.

Dance Studio Flama is located next to Turku Castle at Linnankatu 84. Bus Line 1 (Market Square–Turku Harbor) will stop just in front of Flama at the bus stop called Satamakatu and the bus trip from market square to the dance studio takes around 10 minutes. Check the bus schedule at http://www.foli.fi/ to choose the right time to come. If you decide to come by your own car, there are free parking spaces behind the dance studio and other parking options nearby, such as chargeable parking lots or ones requiring a parking disk.

Welcome to have fun and enjoy the best people, music and dances! ♥