Have you wanted to learn popular twerk? In Meri Niemi’s beginner course you will practice the basic techniques of twerk and get your buttocks in motion!
This course suits everyone, so you do not need any previous dance experience to join.
Time: Thrusdays 11.1.–16.5.2024 at 17:15–18:10 o’clock
Place: Flama Linnankatu, hall 1 (Linnankatu 84, 20100 Turku)
Level: beginners
Teacher: Meri Niemi
The course fee includes 19 x 55 min classes.
If you want to pay for the course partly with some sport or cultural benefits (Smartum, Edenred, ePassi), please sign up by sending an email to info@flama.fi.
Attention! In spring 2024, you can join this course with Flama’s Season Anytime without an additional course fee. In that case, sign up for the course by sending an email to info@flama.fi. In this case, please still register for the course by email.
229,00 €
You can dance with dancing shoes or socks. Normal comfortable workout clothes are fine for the class, but if you want, you can also wear something suitable for twerking, such as fishnet tights. Remember a water bottle too.
The course also includes floor work, so it is a good idea to bring knee pads or leg warmers to protect your knees. You can buy knee pads from our online shop, or at our studio (30 €/pair).
The twerk, which has gained great popularity in the world, focuses on the movements of the pelvic area. Twerk has its roots in various African American and African dances, including mapouka, baikoko, niko and chakacha. As a result of slavery, dances related to the cultural traditions of African countries, cultures and tribes have been mixed. That is why the roots of twerk cannot be associated with the dances of just one region or cultural tradition.
The concept of Twerk was introduced in the late 80’s, e.g. in the context of the bounce hip hop trend in New Orleans. Twerk moves can be easily taken to the dance floor and probably that is why it is commonly seen at 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. At the beginning of the class, there is a warm-up, after which we go through some basic movements. Twerk improves physical fitness comprehensively, especially back, thigh, buttock and abdominal muscles.
As a teacher, Meri is an easy-going person who encourages her students to go above and beyond. Classes are serious, but with a twinkle in the eye – often filled with laughter and humour as well as dance. 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.
Meri’s favourite motto, often heard in the dance hall, is: own style best style, own moves best moves and own party best party! Meri’s goal as a teacher is that every dancer should dare to be inspired by their own unique movement language and be exactly who they are at that moment.< <3
More information about the course: info@flama.fi
