STUDIO UPDATES & SPECIAL EVENTS

Empyrean Arts 9 Year Birthday Party & Showcase – METAL MELTDOWN!
Sunday, September 15th 2024 – doors at 5:30, show at 6:00!

Do you want to help out at the Metal Meltdown Showcase & be a part of this awesome show?! You will get to see the show for FREE and receive credits for classes for your help. We wouldn’t be able to have these shows without the help of our incredible volunteers and we greatly appreciate any assistance you can offer, you’re truly what makes these shows happen!!
There is a mandatory dress rehearsal on Friday September 13th at 7:30pm – MC, DJ, backstage help, Riggers & Pole Kittens MUST be able to attend for the entire rehearsal! The show is Sunday September 15th – performer & volunteer call time is 5pm, doors at 5:30pm & show at 6:00pm! If you have any questions around volunteer roles, please don’t hesitate to reach out to romine.anna@gmail.com

We will be pre-selling tickets this year. We will have 60 chair seats available, so don’t miss out and plan early – Get yours here!

Metal Muse Drop In Class with Tori Bailey
Friday August 30th at 7:30pm (108)

Unleash your inner rage in this metal themed floorwork class. This hardstyle class is choreography based with room for self expression and appropriate for advanced beginners. Students are encouraged to wear whatever makes them feel empowered plus knee pads and socks/heels. We have available knee pads if you do not have any.

PREREQUISITES: some experience and comfortable with shoulder rolls and candlestick.

Bad Mama Jama with Foxy
Saturday Sept 7th from 2:15-3:30pm in 107U
Use your class credits to sign up! Parents pay just once for them and their kiddo
Bad Mama Jama is a dance class for all parents and their little ones, whether they’re in your belly, in a carrier, or by your side. In this class we will focus on connection through movement. Connection to our bodies, connections to our babies, and connection to our community. The style will be a fusion of modern, jazz, and hip hop, but mostly just simple so that it is super accessible to your body wherever it is at on this journey. We will start with a gentle warm up and some stretching, then learn a short combination that’s been choreographed specifically to support having fun and feeling good in your body! There will be places to choose a beginner or intermediate version of a “move,” and room to personalize! This class is designed to be as easy or as challenging as you want it to be that day!

My name at birth was Kimberly, but often these days I go by Foxy! I have always considered dance my most pure way of connecting to something bigger than myself and my body simultaneously. I have danced my whole life from a studio, to competitions, and NC School of the Arts, exploring a variety of styles from Ballet to Modern, Tap to Hip Hop. My current life involves being of service to others through my job working with our communities’ most underserved folks and being a new mom to a magical little human. Over the last year, dance has been just as important as ever but in new ways as I navigate an ever changing body through pregnancy and postpartum. Dance is for everyone, especially during challenging times of expansion and that’s exactly where I am!

Spincraft Flow (Pole Levels 2+) with Mackenzie Wicker

Sunday September 8th at 3:15, use your existing class credit to sign up!

This choreography-based spin pole class incorporates simple tricks into a dark, slinky flow. Following a full body warm-up, students learn gooey choreo and are encouraged to move through it at their own pace. Some experience climbing on spin pole is required. Heels are strongly recommended.

“In The Zone” Cones

These cones are designed to be used in an open studio environment to help communicate an individual’s desire for a focused, non-communicative, private space while training or playing. Whether someone is running a piece, focusing on a workout or project, and/or they just aren’t up for chatting or engaging with others – a cone can be placed on that person’s mat to help communicate that they aren’t available for engagement at that time. Folks can easily and kindly point to their cone while “in the zone” to quickly remind others of where they are at in the moment. Zone Cones are located in both 108 and 107U, and an open studio host will be happy to set you up with one at your request. When you are finished with open studio and/or being in the zone please return the cone to your host!