Hustle, a partner dance originating in the Latino community of The Bronx, New York City, emerged in the early 1970’s. With its roots in Mambo and Salsa, it ignited the Disco scene of the 70’s and 80’s. Hustle has emerged today as a genre that speaks to a wide array of dancers. Hustle can be danced to music across the spectrum of classic disco, hip-hop, house, R&B, Afro, Cuban and more.

Daniel is a master teacher, bringing his vast knowledge to dancers all over the US and abroad. A two-time World Hustle Champion, with over 25 years of Hustle experience, he is known for his extensive knowledge of the subject and for communicating that knowledge in a fun and relatable manner.
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In this series you will learn the timing, footwork, and basic figures of Hustle, coupled with the ability to dance comfortably at your next club night, party, or jam session. There will be no traditional gender-specific lead-and-follow roles. Anyone may lead and anyone may follow. 

DATES:
February 4-25

​WEDNESDAYS
​7-8pm - INTRO TO HUSTLE
8-9pm- HUSTLE LEVEL 1- BEYOND BASICS 
@ 812 Chestnut

PRICING/ REGISTRATION
$80 for 1 class/week in Feb
$140 for 2 classes/ week in Feb (this is if you want to take both levels back to back!) 
$22 for single drop in (however, we recommend taking the full series, especially if you are new to Hustle!). For the drop in option, you can head to the schedule page to book your class

​Placement Process Experience “Mock Audition” Saturday January 31st 5:30-8pm at 812 Chestnut St 

This will be a combined audition date for both collectives. Please pre-register by filling out the registration form! It is a FREE audition/ level placement.

Placement process will determine who gets placed in what level. 

We are evaluating based on effort and ability to execute choreography, technique of the focused forms, adaptability, awareness of space, and this student questionnaire. 

This experience is meant to simulate how a traditional Audition would go, we do not want to turn anyone away, but we only have the capacity/resources to fill each level with a certain amount of people especially since this is our mid-season placement.

If people want to enroll into the program at a later date it would be by a case by case or invite only basis if space permits that. We also do a full season audition every August.
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Level Upgrades throughout the season would come from leadership otherwise students would wait until the next open placement process.


Thanks!
UMA Team 

PRICING:
​MEMBERS
$110 Member registration
$15 add on
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NON MEMBERS
$140 Non-member registration
$25 add on
*If you are a member of UMAMI Collective or UMA Groove Collective, you receive 40% off your registration
*If you are a member of BOTH UMAMI Collective or UMA Groove Collective, you receive 50% off your registration



REHEARSAL SCHEDULES
You can sign up for one or multiple pieces

CHELSEA MURPHYSaturdays Feb 14- April 25th
10am-11:30 @ First Unitarian Church


TAMAR GUTHERZ
Saturdays Feb 14- April 25th
11:30am-1pm @ First Unitarian Church
*April 4 is RESCHEDULED to March 29th 2:30-4pm @ First Unitarian Church


CHACHI PEREZSaturdays Feb 14- April 25th
1:00-2:30pm @ First Unitarian Church
*March 14 and April 4 are RESCHEDULED to March 8th and 29th from 1-2:30 @ First Unitarian Church


JOSH CULBREATH

Saturday Feb 14- April 25th

2:30-4:00pm @ First Unitarian Church 

PIECE DESCRIPTIONS:
CHELSEA:
About Chelsea’s Piece: Attentional Drift is a dance piece about the amount of time we spend on our phones and the consequential loss of focus, creativity, and deep thinking. Through the use of imagination, improvisation, and rhythm we will explore what it means to pay attention and connect in a time of constant disruption and disconnection. We will ask the question, when was the last time I let my mind wander?

TAMAR:
About Tamar’s Piece: This piece will be about good-byes, and about dance as a ritual of transition. As
we move we allow things to move through us and leave us—opening a portal into
new eras, new ways of being, new versions of ourselves.

We’ll explore the idea of transitions in various ways, playing with musicality in the
beginnings and endings of movements, the dynamic of the floor dropping out from
under us and learning how to adapt. We’ll also explore the physical sensation of
absence, an emptiness inside the chest stemming from grief or loss. The dance that
comes out of this abandon, letting go and leaning into the freedom that comes with
loss.

CHACHI:
About Chachi’s Piece: This movement work is a ritual in motion, an offering to collective resurrection, shared breath, and culture as liberation. Flowing through contemporary, social, and folkloric dance forms, the piece invites the body to remember what community feels like when it moves together. Rhythm becomes prayer, hips become storytellers, and presence becomes celebration. If you want to move ya hips, reconnect to communal pulse, and add a little sazón to your life, you’re invited to step into this work!

JOSH:
Josh's piece will use Homer's Odyssey as inspiration, the rehearsal process will focus on themes of reclaiming/ understanding space and memory through character work and explorative movement scores. While Josh specializes in breaking, he welcomes folks from all movement backgrounds into this collaborative process. Participants can expect embodied writing, character works and movement exploration.