House dancing

Course with Yeliz Pazar

House dance originated in the early 1980s in underground clubs in Chicago and New York and was influenced by a variety of dance styles. It is primarily a social dance that thrives on freedom, improvisation and groove.

These are precisely the main components that will be taught to participants in the course. First, the basics and foundations will be introduced, and then floorwork and creative concepts will be added to help participants develop and consolidate their freestyle and their own dance style. Above all, the focus is on having fun dancing and loving the music. 

Yeliz Pazar

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Yeliz Pazar is a dancer and choreographer. She is founder of nutrospektif dance collective (2012) who were tanzhaus nrw Factory Artists in 2020. The work is focussed on making hip hop culture, breaking, house dance, popping, locking and waacking more visible on stage to explore new creative approaches in dialogue with the contemporary dance landscape. Choreographic works include „Kinder der Nacht“ Schauspiel Köln, „Get Together“ Opera Cologne and „NUTRO 10 – a neutroperspective“ at tanzhaus nrw. In collaboration with Bahar Gökten as part of the collective and tanzhaus nrw they curated the festival „Moving Concrete,“ „ocean notion“ and „the weirdness is consistent“ were choreographed as a coproduction with „Step by Step“ Ballett am Rhein and tanzhaus nrw. Yeliz is a first generation waacking dancer in Germany and organized „THE WAACK OFF“ at tanzhaus nrw, the first festival of its kind with several internationally renowned guests.