Welcome to a konpa choreography workshop with Janita Ilona
The focus of the class is to learn a choreography, but along the way we will practice konpa and gouyad basics, bodymovement and styling. We recommend stretchy clothers for the class.
Level is open. You do not need to know any konpa to participate, but we recommend you to have some dance background
📹 We will film the choreo, but it is not mandatory to join the filming
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Date & Location 📅
Date: 14th of January
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Location: Serendipity Studios, Coolhaven 558, 3024 AR Rotterdam
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Price 💶
19 EUR /person
29 EUR /two people
No refunds. Name changes allowed. Exchanges to another Konpassion event within 6 months allowed, but please contact us about transferring your ticket by the 14th of January
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🌺 About the artist 🌺
Janita Ilona is a Finnish konpa teacher based in Rotterdam. She is the founder of Konpassion, the first dance school in the Netherlands to focus on konpa. She was introduced to konpa in 2017 and has been teaching weekly konpa classes and boot camps since 2021.
Her goal is to increase the visibility and knowledge of konpa around the world and help more dancers enjoy it on the dance floor.
Janita Ilona has been mentored to dance and teach konpa by various Haitian teachers, such as Danse Select Canada and Konpa On The Rise. She has brought many international konpa dance instructors to Europe to share their knowledge.
Janita Ilona has danced kizomba since 2016. She was a member of Mode Zéro from 2020 to 2022. Prior to that, she gave weekly kizomba classes in Scotland for two years.
Before shifting her focus to social dances, she taught commercial dance and danced in the music and entertainment industry since 2010.
Check out her social medias: @janitailona