Rooted & Grounded Jazz Dance with Iris Rosa

Dates: Thursdays

Time: 6:00–7:00 p.m.

Location: Iris Rosa Dance Studio, 1145 E. 22nd Street, Suite 201, Indianapolis, IN

About this Class

Rooted & Grounded: Jazz Dance Practice focuses on 3 things ...

• Expression
• Connection to the music
• Feeling the floor beneath you as your support in Jazz dance

Learn how to dance with the floor as your foundation, energy, and power. You'll harness this concept of groundedness in your ability to propel your body in movement.

This is a welcoming dance environment for all levels, bodies, and backgrounds.

Class consists of center warmup, across the floor, and combination.

You may wear jazz dance shoes or dance barefoot.

Class Fees & Registration Information

$20 Single Class / $90 5 Class Punch Card / $180 10 Class Punch Card

Dancers under 18-years-old will need permission from a parent and complete a waiver to participate.

Register online to save your spot — limited capacity! Please note that online registration includes processing fees.

You may also register at the door paying with cash, Zelle, or CashApp. Please arrive 15 minutes before class so we can get you checked in.

NOTE: Class registrations are non-refundable and non-transferrable. This also applies to missed classes.

With questions, please email info@irisrosadance.com

Meet Iris Rosa

Iris Rosa was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico, and raised in East Chicago, Indiana. She is a Professor Emerita in the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies and the former and founding Director of the African American Dance Company (1974–2017) at Indiana University Bloomington.

Her specializations include teaching dance technique, history and choreography from the perspective of the African American and African Diaspora and bridging the contemporary modern dance genre with African diaspora dance forms. Rosa has studied, researched, presented and taught dance in Ghana, Dominican Republic, Ivory Coast, Havana, Matanzas and Guantanamo, and Santiago, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica and Beijing, China. She has worked as a choreographer, dancer and actor on many community projects in Indianapolis at the Phoenix Theatre, Civic Theatre, Madame Walker Theatre Center and the Jazz Kitchen.

Rosa is the artistic director of Sancocho: Music and Dance Collage and Seda Negra/Black Silk, ensembles dedicated to researching and performing African influenced dance and music from the Caribbean and Latin America.

Rosa opened Iris Rosa Dance Studio in May 2022 in Indianapolis to expose the community to the rich diversity of dance and music from the African and African American diaspora.

Learn more about Iris Rosa Dance Studio by visiting our website: https://www.irisrosadance.com/