PERIDANCE FACULTY
Current
Dan Lai
Heels
BIOGRAPHY
Dan Lai was born and raised in New York, NY. He started dancing when he was a teenager and fell in love right away. With the opportunity to train with top choreographers in the industry, he experimented with various styles, including contemporary, jazz, street jazz and hip hop. He has taken what he's learned and fused the different styles together to create his own unique movement. Dan has had the privilege to present his work in a few shows including Carnival and Jared Grime’s Run the Night at the Highline Ballroom, and APEX at the Salvatore Capezio Theater. He’s traveled around Europe and Asia, teaching in places like Sweden and Japan and was featured in Dance Teacher Magazine. He currently teaches heels choreography at Broadway Dance Center.
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Dan's class is a cumulation of different styles that he's learned throughout his dance career, fusing them together to create a unique blend of movement for dancers in heels. Each class starts out with a cardio warm up and a core workout to wake up the body. Class then moves into heels technique which can vary from weight shift exercises to across the floor walks before moving on to the choreography. Come dance, learn and most importantly, have fun.