Dancehall Freestyle Intensive 3rd edition

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 28th and 29th of March 2026, 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, Kat'ia, and Popping Danys.
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, and important to know.

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 8 of those years. Specifically, he applies himself to freestyling and battling. Up until now, he has participated in more than 80 battles in 20 different countries, including Jamaica, Canada, Greece, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal, and Germany. So far his journey resulted in 15 first places and 17 second places.

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

Kat'ia (Ukraine)

Кat‘ia is a Dancehall and Hip Hop teacher, and a freestyle dancer. She is one of the first Dancehall teachers in Ukraine and has been teaching since 2009. She took a huge number of classes from Jamaican dancers and visited Jamaica to explore the culture more. She also won many battles in Ukraine and Europe.

Her main goals of teaching are how to use basic movements in a creative way, how to build your own style, and learn freestyle tools to express yourself through music. Taiwan, France, Switzerland, Poland, and Portugal are some of the countries where she already shared these valuable lessons.

Kat'ia will coach 1 training session.

Popping Danys (Oh My Funky Groove, Belgium)

Popping Danys is a self-taught dancer active since 2010, specializing in Boogaloo styles, Campbellocking and Punking/W*acking. Battles being his main focus at first, he diversified his practice throughout the years with performances, choreographic contests, art directions, and teaching. He has been putting in an effort in the past few years to build up the Belgian Funkstyles community by curating events and mentoring. He is the founder of the International crew "Oh My Funky Groove", as well as a member of Pair of Waacks, Rhythmic Mobility, and Barhal Company.

Popping Danys will be our guest speaker during the intensive. We will talk with him about musicality.

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 Sunday 15th of February 2026.

Dates and location

The intensive takes place on Saturday the 28th and Sunday 29th of March 2026. Both days start at 9:00 sharp and end at 18:00.

The location is Impulsion Dance (Rue Delaunoy 58, 1080 Bruxelles, Belgium).

Timeline

Monday 19th January 2026: applications open.
Sunday 15th February 2026: applications close.
Friday 20th February 2026: selected dancers are notified.
Monday 1st March 2026: deadline for payments.
Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th March 2026: 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.

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