With classes started and everyone settled down its time to turn up the heat! Its time for our first ballroom class for the semester. TECHnique is proud to present:

Ballroom: The Cha Cha

Tuesday 9/28/10

9pm-10pm Jacobus Dance Studio

Thats right we are learning the fiery Cuban dance known throughout the world as the cha cha. Danced to traditional Cuban music, Latin rock, or Latin pop, this style has become one of the most popular ballroom styles on the dance floor. Come to learn, come to practice, come to learn to impress that special someone!

Join Stevens TECHnique! We are the dance organization at Stevens, focusing on bringing the joys of dance to the campus. Come join us for our first dance class of the year Tuesday, September 14 in the Jacobus Dance Studio (basement of Jacobus) at 9 PM. If your an experienced dancer, come learn a new routine. If you are a beginner, come learn some basic moves. If you are interested in dance, come to meet some new friends!

If you have any questions contact us at technique@stevens.edu

After a four week hiatus, Stevens TECHnique is excited to END THE SEMESTER with guest teacher

Mark Choi

So take a break from all that final week stress and join us

TUESDAY DECEMBER 8TH

JACOBUS DANCE STUDIO

9 PM TO 1030 PM

Some info about our guest teacher:

Mark Choi, from central New Jersey, is surely a choreographer to keep an eye out for. He is the artistic director of SERCisCompany or SiC, as well as a prominent member of STFU (Styles to Finesse United) crew. He has been dancing for more than 6 years, and he continuously pushes to develop and refine his style. His ability to create and observe things that other people can’t, truly separates him from others.
He’s had extensive experience choreographing and teaching (including his position in SiC) in Kaye Lynn’s dance studio, which had dancers of the Broadway show “Stomp.” He also teaches at A.B. studio and was a feature choreographer of the “908 workshop.
His unique style and technique have only begin to show the hard work and effort that he’s put into his craft over the years. He’s always eager to learn. His love for dance and hip hop is clearly seen inside and outside the studios.

And check out some of his choreo…you might even see a Stevens TECHnique director in the background!!

TECHnique TAP Tuesday!

Tuesday 11/03/09

9pm || Jacobus Dance Studio

Interesting fact about Anne Marie:

While in the real world, October 12 is a Tuesday, but because the masters of the Stevens schedule have declared it to be a MONDAY. Therefore, to much of your dismay:

There will be NO CLASS ON TUESDAY
OCTOBER 12, 2009

But have no fear, we will be back in full force  October 20,2009 at the same TECHnique time and the same TECHnique place. But if you want to get your dance fix on this week, then come to

***SHAMELESS PLUG***
SERCis Company @
DUCK AFTER DARK
9PM @JACOBUS LOUNGE

My dance company, SERCis Company, and another break dance crew, Part Time Time Models, will be performing. Come support me! Okay… enough shameless plug. For the meantime, here is a quick link to our video of our performance:

Remember to subscribe to our fan page for updates during the week as to what classes we will be having. Our next class may or may not be a hip hop routine… maybe… >_>

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Just a quick reminder that we have a meeting tonight in the Jacobus dance studio tonight (TUESDAY) at 9:00pm. We will be going over (or teaching, if it’s your first time) a beginner hip hop, an intermediate hip hop, and a jazz piece tonight. We will also probably go over what we are about and what we have to offer. I know that EVERYONE AND THEIR MOMS has their general body meetings at 9pm on Tuesdays, but if you want to just come to ours for a few minutes then head out to your other meetings, we won’t take it personally. Or if you want to come to us after your other meetings, we won’t be insulted that we were second pick. Just show up and have some fun!

See you all tonight!

I hope everyone has had a great summer. While you may have been out eating deep fried junk and basking the hot summer sun, the directors have been hard at work to get the ball rolling for this upcoming fall semester! For those of you who did not make it to our meeting this past Tuesday, we have made lots and lots of progress and we have tons of announcements for you all!

It’s OFFICIAL

That’s right everyone! TECHnique is in the building! We are an official RSO and have taken the reigns to be the premier dance community of Stevens. We have a budget, we have a schedule, and most excitingly, we have a LOGO! Soon we’ll have banners, t shirts, hats, and all other paraphernalia (you can double check my spelling)!! Trust me! You will WANT to be a part of the Stevens Dance Revolution!

Our First Performance!

You read that right! Our first meeting wasn’t just informational, it was our very first class/rehearsal! That’s right, REHEARSAL! We have our first performance at Stevens Homecoming on

Stevens Homecoming (yea we have one of those)
Saturday September26
1:30pm in DeBaun Auditorium

We will continue to have practices on Tuesdays at 9pm in the Jacobus dance studio. I want to stress though that you can still come on Tuesday nights so you can learn some routines even if you are NOT too hip to the idea of performing with us. Just come see if you like what we are doing. If you like it, LEARN IT. If you can learn it, PERFORM IT! ^_^

Ways to Contact us!

Being that we are an official RSO now, that sets us up with all the perks that comes along with that. That means if you want to email any of the directors then you can send an email to technique@stevens.edu at any time and reach us. Also we have been given a website ( www.stevens.edu/technique ); however, for those of you who have tried to go to it, you’ll find that you get redirected here. But fear not! our talented webmaster is hard at work crafting the perfect site that will fit all our needs. For the time being, this is what you get, which is still pretty freaking fantastic.

Finally, just to reiterate…

Our Next Meeting Will Be on

TUESDAY September 15th 9:15 pm
Dance Studio in the Basement of Jacobus

It will be a welcome meeting for all the new faces that are interested in stretching their dance legs. Basically, we’ll reintroduce our directors, tell you what we are all about and maybe brag about some credentials (fact. anne marie choreographed the main dance battle in step up 3d and is a praised krump master). We will also go over the routines we started last week, and work out our game plan for the next few weeks!

Hope to see a bunch of new faces next week!

Also, thanks to the power of technology, if you’d like to view and share our Google Calender, the link is provided!

I know we’ve been on hiatus for sometime, but that’s only because we’ve been working on big things for the coming weeks. 

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT! 

Tuesday we will have our triumphant return to classes! Sorry for not getting the email out sooner, and I’m sure Kathy will be upset with me, but I just wanted to make sure that we still had our guest teacher coming in. No sense in getting your hopes up if she wasn’t coming in. In any case, without further ado…

Swing Dance with Mary Kelly!

TUESDAY MARCH 24, 2009

9pm in the ATC

That’s right. THE Mary Kelly will be coming in to teach some swing dancing to the lucky few that decide to come in to learn. Aside from being an active student on campus, she still found the time to choreograph and perform in some of the American Culture Club’s various Unity performances. While i don’t really know any of her actual accomplishments, I can only assume that she was trained by the sages of swing dance in ballrooms across America. Word on the street is that she has competed in the World Swing Dance Circuit, and has featured some of her choreography on So You Think You Can Dance: Norway where she was able to bridge the language gap with the universal language of dance (for those of you who don’t know, SYTYCD is very popular in Norway, and they even have a huge hip hop dance conservatory there. but I digress). If that’s not enough, I hear that she is also choreographing Step Up 5: Ballroom Gets Buck (only because Step Up 4: Boarders Only is already in post production with choreography from our very own Anne Marie). So if you are free on Tuesday night then you definitely want to come down and take this class. i promise you’ll learn something new!

Second Announcement

We are putting something together for UNITY 2009. EVERYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN PERFORMING WITH US FOR UNITY PLEASE COME TO A BRIEF MEETING AFTER THE CLASS AT 10PM. We will be discussing schedule, vision, and requirements for participating. We’re just looking to have a good time, so come down and we’ll talk it out. We are also going to be shooting a CHALLENGE video. if anyone wants to know what that is, please check out this link

So yea, if you are down to run with our crew, stop by. We will be showcasing lots of dance styles and not much experience is necessary. We just want to have some FUN!

That is pretty much it. Thanks for reading, and see you guys on TUESDAY!

Quadpod

Facebook Invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=47876776963
Directions to Paragon: http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=291+W+Clay+Ave,+Roselle+Park,+NJ+07204&geocode=&dirflg=&saddr=07030&f=d&hl=en&sll=40.662212,-74.274001&sspn=0.010906,0.020792&ie=UTF8&z=12
Boogiezone: http://www.boogiezone.com/default.asp

For those of you that missed Katrina’s Class, here is a video!

Also… here is a video of Anne Marie transcending the levels of amazing…

Make sure to read your emails and check the blog for updates about our group and the dance community on the east coast in general. Just like I promised Katrina here are various plugs for various events you can check her out in.

For more information on:

Fresh: http://fr3shonline.com/
Main Event FEBRUARY 28th!: http://www.maineventcompetition.com/
Flash Dance Troupe Competition MARCH : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105862725443

All these dates can be found on our Google Calendar. If you don’t use google calendar, then you are foolish!

Steven’s Technique Calendar: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=stevenstechnique%40gmail.com&ctz=America/New_York

NEXT CLASS IS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 3RD 9PM in the Jacobus Dance studio… Style is TBA