January 18th, 2008

HONOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.:

For many of you this coming Monday is a day off, honoring the great Martin Luther King Jr. We will be open and we hope that you will join us! Begin honoring the holiday with Community Yoga at 9:00 AM- cultivating freedom from within by aligning your mind, body, and spirit. After a day of appreciating the freedom and diversity around you, come back and enjoy a dance workout class (or two or three!) with Ashley in an Awesome 80's Dance Party workout, Jennie's Cardio Latina, and/or Leslie's Broadway in L.A.!!

Let us be grateful for the late great Dr. King- let him remind us that we CAN manifest the lives that we dream.....

"I HAVE A DREAM..."

An Excerpt From His Famous Speech

August 28, 1963. Washington, D.C

"I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.'

"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.

"I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

"I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

"I have a dream today."

"I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.

"I have a dream today."

"I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

"This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

"This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, 'My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.'

"And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

"Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

"Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California!

"But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

"Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

"When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

NEW CLASS- FREE DEMO 1/22/08!

ZWorks Martial Arts with Aimee

ZWorks Martial Arts Class will give you a deep mind body workout through the use of movement inspired by martials arts. Learn empowering kicks, punches, defense and attack moves, and train them with repetition to give your body control, awareness, flexibility, strength, and cardiovascular fitness. It's more than just kickboxing!

Come try it for FREE this Tuesday the 22nd from 11:30 AM- 12:30 PM.

Aimee Zannoni (founder of ZWorks) is a dancer and fitness expert dedicated to helping her clients achieve optimum fitness and body awareness in a safe, effective and fun way. In addition to a BFA in Dance and Body Mechanics, she has eleven years experience as a fitness trainer, teacher, dancer, and physical therapy assistant. She has designed programs for private clients as well as private spas (Beverly Hills Allure Pilates Spa, Toluca Lake Tennis Club) and public health clubs asch as Bally's and Gold's Gym. As an artist, she has performed with Diavolo and Company of Strangers, and has enjoyed numerous film and television roles. Dedicated to the art of humanity, it is the love of people that drives Ms. Zannoni's life and work.

NEW COMMUNITY YOGA

Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:00-8:00 AM with LeTania

Start your day off with LeTania's invigorating vinyasa flow class! You will be guided through a grounded warm-up followed by an ecstatic flow of creative sun salutations and strengthening standing poses. The latter half of the class will focus on deeply held stretches, twists and inversions to purify the body and prepare the mind for meditation.

LeTania Kirkland began studying yoga by way of modern dance and has never looked back. She received her certification from Laughing Lotus Yoga Center in New York City and began teaching straight away. Prior to moving to Los Angeles she taught at various centers throughout New York City as well as provided yoga to individuals in corporate settings. LeTania is dedicated to sharing the traditional teachings of Yoga while providing an ecstatic, creative flow with the breath as a means to discover the healing of movement and meditation.

Community Yoga $5

Tuesdays and Thursdays
7:00-8:00 AM

TECHNIQUE WORKSHOPS

With David

Itching to try David's Jazz Fusion and Tap Jam classes but nervous about not knowing any technique? We have a solution for you! In an effort to integrate the absolute beginner Tap and Jazz dancer into David's high-energy Saturday classes, we are offering 5 week technical workshops in both disciplines. Even if you are currently enjoying his classes but would like more focus and practice on technique- these workshops are for you too!

Starting Saturday Feb. 2nd, David will go over Tap fundamantals at 3:00 PM, then Jazz basics at 4:00 PM. Enjoy his encouraging personality in a low stress workshop that will build not just your dance-technique, but also your dance-confidence! After completion of the 5 week workshop, you will receive a FREE regularly scheduled Tap Jam or Jazz Fusion class!

5 Weeks: Feb. 2nd-Mar. 1st (Saturdays) 3:00 PM Tap Jams Technique
4:00 PM Jazz Fusion Technique

$65 Pre-Registration ($75 when you register the day-of)
$115 Registration for BOTH workshops
Yes, it's a steal. SIGN UP NOW!

Schedule Updates

Subs, Free Demo Class, New Classes, New Workshops, Upcoming...

SUBS:
Fransini is gone for the month of January:
Samba Passion on Thursdays at 7:00 PM will be taught by Julia.
Latin Burlesque on Thursdays at 8:00 PM will be taught by our very own Jennie.
Carnival Dance Party on Saturdays at 2:00 PM will be taught by JP!

FREE DEMO CLASS:
ZWorks Martial Arts with Aimee with be FREE on Tuesday 1/22 11:30 AM-12:30 PM.

NEW CLASSES:
Dancing for the People with Jasmine on Sundays at 3:00 PM- Only $7!
Community Yoga with LeTania on Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:00-8:00 AM- Only $5!

NEW WORKSHOPS:
Tap Jam Technique Workshop with David on Saturdays at 3:00 PM- 5 weeks starts 2/2.
Jazz Fusion Technique Workshop with David on Saturdays at 4:00 PM - 5 weeks starts 2/2.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:
Beginning Flamenco Workshop with Angelita on Sundays at 6:00 PM- beginning in March... start date coming soon.
Yoga Detox Workshop with Kumbi will be held once a month...start date coming soon.

Dance Events

L.A. IMPROV DANCE FESTIVAL

LA Improv Dance Festival
Fri Jan 18 (8:30pm), Sat Jan 19 (8:30pm) & Sun Jan 20 (2pm)
where: Diavolo Dance Theatre (615 Moulton Ave, 714.979.4700)
price: $20 (friday nite is pay what you can)

Now in its fourth year, iD Fest continues to grow and
attract national talent beyond the LA dance community. Festival director Jones Welsh has assembled a rich week of workshops investigating the myriad styles of improvisational dance, culminating in on-site collaborations between participants. The individual performances will be instantaneous fusions of disciplines and styles, percolating in and around each other during the week-long event. In keeping with the festival's core values, each performance has no set course and will inevitably evolve to create a singular event unique to its space and time. - Allen Moon

Volunteer/Work Exchange

Work For Your Classes

Want to dance, but low on funds? Sign up for our Volunteer/Work Exchange Program! Help us out at the studio- cleaning, filing, errands, organizing, etc. and we'll give you Free Class Passes! Every hour and half you work, you receive a Free Class Pass- good for any of our regularly scheduled classes. Email us with your availability: heartbeathouse@hotmail.com. Our studio runs smoothly only because our volunteers are so great!

Contemporary Corner

PLAID

Every week in Jasmine's Contemporary Ballet class (Wednesdays 6:30 PM), she features new music from an indie artist playing in town- this week is PLAID:

"myspace is yourspace where these places take place. too slow to move yo, we eat grow and know no no. you've been given love love and we take it back back, beat into squeak squeak until we stomp stomp on your romp. boom bip once told me to cook whip with lipstick but this misfit ain't so elegant bitch. we bad ass like macaroni chips and take time with our inhaled whale tail till night night put up a fight. take time with bits of earth and sand, washing away lovers foot steps until all is left of left is right and we ain't gonna keep it up tonight, right? plaid brings it back through londonion tube tubes and antelopes mood moods. we'll wire up till zees connection comes on strong and all we got left is a long, long, long song. je suis enchante! et toi?

wednesday night we dance to a grandaddy duo of IDM. plaid-who will be playing live at the Disney Concert Hall Thursday nite-makes beats worth digging sofa cracks for." - jasmine

Contemporary Ballet:
Wednesdays 6:30 PM
Optional Warm Up 6:00 PM

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Atwater Village Farmer's Market

Open Every Sunday
Rain or Shine!
10 am to 2 pm
3250 Glendale Blvd.
Wells Fargo Bank Parking Lot

Free public parking across the street from the market at Larga Ave. and Glendale Blvd.

The Atwater Village Farmers' Market is supported by the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council and Councilpresident Eric Garcetti CD 13.

The Atwater Village Farmers' Market wishes to thank Wells Fargo Bank for the use of it's parking lot every Sunday.

Promotions

New Student Promotion:New Students can try any class they want their first week for only $5/class!
Birthday Promotion:
Come dance off that birthday cake with $5 classes the week of your birthday!
Referral Promotion:
Receive 20% off a 4 Class Package when you refer a new student who buys a Class Package.