![]() ![]() Have you been operating during the various lockdown levels? If so, what changes have you had to make? So the best thing about running Shut Up & Dance is seeing the realisation that people have when they come to their first class – “Oh! I can dance! I never have to run on a treadmill again!” And seeing the positive energy our participants express in our classes ripple out into their family, their work and their community.Oh yeah, and doing flash-mobs. If you can dance, feel free and not be embarrassed if you make a mistake or go the wrong way or are out of time, you can take over the world. Not because it looks good.įitness should be fun and dance should be accessible. Getting dirty, sassy, silly and sweaty because it feels good. Our mission is for people who think “oh, I’ll never be a dancer” or “I’m really clumsy” or “I hate exercise” to find power and joy in letting go in every class. What is the best thing about running Shut Up and Dance? For the full blow-by-blow account of Shut Up & Dance’s birth story, you can check out our talk at Creative Mornings. Ultimately, our classes were born out of a need for community and a passion for pop music. Now we have 9 weekly classes running across Wellington, with a growing team, and intentions to share SU&D with the rest of Aotearoa. We had no intention to start a dance company. We’d choose a body roll over a burpee any day and apparently a lot of Wellingtonians thought so too – we were expecting a couple of our friends to join us but were surprised to be met with 60 people at our first ever course. Despite all having two left feet, we’re all suckers for that feeling you get when you turn on your favourite song and you just want to dance (and lip sync). ![]() We were looking for dance classes would make us feel like professional back-up dancers. We ran a 6 x week pop-up course in Wellington in 2016 because we desperately wanted to learn the choreography to Beyoncé’s Single Ladies, how to moonwalk, and ‘That-Thing-John-Travolta-Does-In-Saturday-Night-Fever.’Ībby & Lesa were clueless, uncoordinated, but very passionate, and Clair was the dance teacher that didn’t go pro ‘cause she didn’t want to give up bread. There’s three of us – Abby, Lesa & Clair. How long has Shut Up and Dance been running, and what was the journey leading up to the first class? You’ll finish having learnt about a minute’s worth of choreography that you’ll *probably* go home and perform to your partner/children/dog because it was so god-damn fun. You learn the choreography over a 45 minute session to different music – and there’s no technical direction whatsoever, which suits all the wannabe backup dancers out there. With more than 80 routines under our belt, you’ll be as clueless as the person next to you in each session, every time! You make mistakes. The choreography is simple but super satisfying. No mirrors, no photos, no videos – we’re a dose of delusion for people who want to channel the best version of themselves through the power of pop and cheesy dance moves.Įvery class is different and a surprise. We teach routines inspired by films and music videos. What is Shut Up and Dance? Give us your elevator pitch We caught up with alt-exercise dance experience Shut Up and Dance to find out what makes them tick and the dancefloor pop. Unfortunately, we don’t have their number to say thanks, so OneMusic helps us get that message to them instead." "Britney, Bruno and Beiber give our ears a hug all the time. ![]()
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