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Join us for a beginner heels class with professional dancer and choreographer Kelli Forman! This heels class will be focused on developing movement based in the feminine energy existing in both women and men. All levels are welcome to explore movement, music, and expression! Kelli has performed in heels dance performances from television to burlesque clubs for over ten years, and she teaches this heels practice internationally from India to Brazil. She loves working with all levels of dancers, because the practice is about developing the person as much as it is about developing the dance. Please feel free to wear heels for the online class, but they are not required. Comfortable athletic clothing is recommended. The hour long class will consist of an introduction, warm up, heels technique foundation practice, and learning then performing a dance routine. Please do not worry if you have limited space, as all movement will be created with our current at-home situation in mind.

Kelli Forman is an international teaching artist and choreographer from the United States. After years of intensive training in the American Midwest, Kelli danced professionally in New York City and Los Angeles, working on shows such as X-Factor, Dancing With the Stars, America’s Got Talent, and Glee and modeling for companies such as Coca-Cola and Reebok. Kelli later completed her degree in Dance at the University of California Santa Barbara, advocated extensively for diversity in K-12 and collegiate dance education, and for six years held the position of National Director for a dance non-profit organization that provided free dance to thousands of low-income youth each year across the United States. Kelli shifted her focus from community work to global work, traveling the world as a teaching artist and choreographer in Contemporary, Chicago Footwork, and Heels Dance. Kelli is a member of Creation Global, an international Chicago Footwork crew with over 70 members worldwide led by King Charles. Kelli envisions and works towards an international network of artists who will be able to creatively and collectively develop a more prosperous, fair, and healthy Earth.