Dancehall Freestyle Intensive

Are you a Dancehall dancer? Do you want to improve your freestyle but you are not sure how to do that or where to start? Then the Dancehall Freestyle Intensive is for you! During this 2-day intensive on the 8th and 9th of February 2025, we offer you a personal approach to help you develop your freestyle in Dancehall.

There will be 4 training sessions where we will work on different elements of your freestyle. They are complemented by 3 lectures and a talk with a guest speaker.

You will get the following:

• Knowledge of (Dancehall) freestyle and its different elements, from experienced freestyle dancers: Slim B, Di, and Zach Swagga.
• Personal feedback, because there are only 5 spots, which allows us to give every dancer the attention they deserve.
• Exercises and tools that you can use long after the intensive.
• A safe space to train, make mistakes, and learn.
• A group of like-minded dancers developing their own freestyle together.

Jump to coaches and guest speaker, price, application, dates and location, timeline, important to know, and supported by DAKH.

Meet the people who will help you

Slim B (Kobo Power, Belgium)

Slim B is a member of Kobo Power and has been dancing for more than 14 years. Initially, he started with Hip Hop and Krump, but eventually he discovered Dancehall. The latter has been his focus for the last 7 of those years. Specifically, he applies himself to freestyling and battling. Up until now, he has participated in more than 80 battles in 19 different countries, including Jamaica, Canada, Greece, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal, and Germany. So far his journey resulted in 15 first places and 14 second places.

Slim B will coach 3 training sessions, give 3 lectures, and host the talk with Zach Swagga.

Di (Mad Spirit, Ukraine)

Di is the founder and leader of Mad Spirit Crew and a member of the Swedish Dancehall show “RULE”. She is known in the dance world as a dancer, DJ, and organiser.

Some of her special achievements include Special Gyal Universe 2018 (Paris, France), Dancehall Master World 2018 (Paris, France), DHI Sweden preselection 2019, Street Star DHI Sweden preselection 2018 (Stockholm, Sweden), Let’s go to the Nitty Gritty 2018 (Rome, Italy), DHI Europe 2018 (Barcelona, Spain), Dancehall or Die (Poland), Dancehall International 5 DANCEHALL ADDICT ADRENALINE FEST, World Tour Juste Debout (France) and more.

Di travelled to a large number of countries as a teacher, judge, and DJ, including Kazakhstan, France, Sweden, Poland, Italy, Estonia, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, China, Slovakia, Netherlands, Moldova, Belgium, and Finland. She also organised a number of international dance events herself such as Kharkiv Dancehall Event 2015, Mad Spirit Anniversary 2016-2021, and Mad Spirit DH camp 2019.

Di will coach 1 training session.

Zach Swagga (Kobo Power, Belgium)

Zach Swagga started dancing at a very young age. Having grown up in a family immersed in dance and music, he was quickly drawn to dance. During the 90s, he was heavily inspired by several artists such as Koffi Olomide, Michael Jackson, and MC Hammer. Having quickly become active in the world of dance through his show "BACK TO THE ROOTS", people who saw this show had the chance to discover his influences and were able to see the cultural mix in which he grew up. He decided to found a dance group called Belgium WAKE Up and a movement Kobo Power, together with Bruce Blanchard.

Zach Swagga gained more and more experience and decided to enter the international competition called Juste Debout in which he went all the way to the final. Following this great performance, the name of Zach Swagga circulated and made noise in the dance world. Zach Swagga represented and still represents Belgium in countries all over the world including the United States, Japan, France, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Greece, Croatia, and Italy. Over the years, Zach Swagga gained experience and developed an extraordinary style that he shares through the classes and workshops he gives around the world.

Today Zach Swagga devotes himself more to the transmission of his knowledge of Hip Hop Culture to new generations and supervising dancers who want to reach the top level of freestyle dance for competitions.

Zach Swagga will be our guest speaker during the intensive where we will talk with him about his experience in dance, with an emphasis on freestyle.

Price

The price for the intensive is €200. You can either pay by PayPal (preferred) or wire transfer. You will get all the details if you've been selected.

Application

Please fill in this application form to apply for the intensive. We do not apply a first-come-first-served approach: we select a maximum of 5 dancers based on their application. Thus, fill it in with care! Applications close on Friday 29th of December 2024.

Dates and location

The intensive takes place on Saturday, the 8th and Sunday 9th of February 2025. Both days start at 9:00 sharp and end at 18:00.

The location is DAKH (13 Rue Brichaut, Brussels, Belgium). It's a 10-15 min. walk from Brussels-North train station.

Timeline

• Wednesday 4th December 2024: applications open.
• Friday 29th December 2024: applications close.
• Sunday 5th January 2025: selected dancers are notified.
• Wednesday 15th January 2025: deadline for payments.
• Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th February 2025: Dancehall Freestyle Intensive!

Important

Please pay attention to the following:

• The intensive is in English.
• You have to attend the whole intensive.
• We don't provide lunch, so make sure to bring food.
• By participating, you agree with our safe space charter.
• By applying, you accept our cancellation policy, no-show policy, and privacy policy.

Supported by DAKH

We would like to thank DAKH for their support and for giving us the opportunity to organise this intensive at their location.

If you have questions, you can always contact us via email.