Our Philosophy
Dance is an innate form of expression for people, every where in the world from every culture people dance. Dance Theory asserts two things: first that the dance world in becoming enthralled by what was done in a dance has begun to lose sight of how dance is created and why we dance in the first place. Second that dance as a form of performance/choreography to look good and dance as a form of connection/improvisation to feel good have been collapsed with each other. These two things are causing people to focus on a movement rather than the technique and feeling that makes the movement come to life, the world of improvised dance, especially dances between more than one person, to be slowly forgotten, and dancers to hold styles of dance higher than simply dance.
Get a closer look at who we are.
Christopher
Christopher is an avid partner dancer who focuses on the communication within partner dancing and describes himself as a "no style all style dancer", mixing and matching any and every style and anything else that comes to mind at the moment within his dances. As an instructor he brings this same mentality to his students, guiding them to discover just what type of dancer they want to be and showing them the tools to become it. He started teaching in Philadelphia before he moved to Vienna where he learned sensual bachata, salsa on 1, as well as experimenting with zouk, Argentine tango, and other styles.
Salome
Salome is an all-around dancer, starting with oriental/belly dance when she could barely speak. This dance filled her childhood, soon she also discovered other styles like hip-hop, ballroom dancing and especially latin-american dances. Next to her uncountable performances on stage, she has been a solo dance instructor for more than ten years before joining Dance Theory and taking on social partner dancing. Today, she moves people with her artistic creations of pastries and pralines, and especially by social partner dancing. She shows how dancing is a holistic way of healing the body and supports you to connect with your body and soul.
Kata
Kata has been a passionate dancer for her whole life. She started with ballet and jazz classes at an early age, which provided her with a good general dance technique for most partner dances. When dancing, she focuses a lot on connecting with her partner and being as flowing as possible. Her goal is to share her love for dancing via providing students with the necessary technique needed. Kata has teaching experience in ballroom dancing and Brazilian zouk. Recently, she has been experimenting with other styles such as sensual bachata and lambazouk.
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