{"id":1120,"date":"2020-05-18T16:31:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T16:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dancedispatches.com\/blog\/gaga-online-dance-classes\/"},"modified":"2023-12-26T17:46:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T17:46:16","slug":"gaga-online-dance-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dancedispatches.com\/blog\/gaga-online-dance-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaga Online Dance Classes: People and Dancer Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gaga is a distinctive style of modern dance, created by Ohad Naharin of Israel\u2019s famed Batsheva Dance Company<\/a>. Normally the methodology is taught by instructors in person, but in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Gaga dance instruction has gone digital. The company streams multiple classes live each day from both Tel Aviv an New York; and all sessions are designated for either \u2018Gaga\/ People\u2019 or \u2018Gaga\/ Dancers.\u2019 Participants will find links to the Gaga dance online Zoom meetings, as well as the opportunity to donate, on the Gaga Online GoFundMe<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re a lady who would like to learn a variety of different dances, you’re so welcome to join our new digital dance club,<\/a> where you’ll meet likeminded women. We’ll come together for Live classes and uplift each other on our dance journeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was especially thankful for the silhouette effect while practicing Gaga technique on live video with dancers from around the world.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Read about more dance at home resources amidst Covid-19<\/a><\/em>
and our review for <\/em>Batsheva Dance<\/em> Company’s<\/em> YAG \u2013 The Movie<\/a>, choreographed by Ohad Naharin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaga Online: Gaga\/ People<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I planned to participate in the Gaga Dance for weeks, and I had even designated online Gaga technique classes as one of the best digital dance activities to try during lockdown<\/a>. But I didn\u2019t actually join until the 9th<\/sup> week of Gaga online classes (after hours hunched over my laptop, completing this guide to the best online dance fitness classes<\/a>). I signed up with a few minutes to spare and spent a pleasant half an hour with Annie (an instructor based in Brooklyn, NYC) and about 100 other dance enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The task-based class was suitable for people without prior movement experience, but it felt somewhat familiar to me, since I have taken some improvisation and somatics classes. Annie led us through a flow of exercises that focused on a few key concepts, like creating curves with the body, shaking and floating. Then we would tinker with movement initiation, speed and intensity. At times it required higher exertion than I previously imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout, Annie conjured images, such as wind blowing the body or balloons buoying different parts of the body. We also played with the ideas of chewing and swallowing, observing how energy travels through the body. Sometimes I got stuck in my head and felt like I was repeatedly regurgitating the same movements; but other times I got into the flow. Those fleeting minutes were blissful, and I would be surprised if they don\u2019t increase in frequency and duration with more practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were all encouraged to participate with our videos on, and even in the layman\u2019s version of the digital Gaga dance class, I felt flashes of self consciousness. Fortuitously, dancing in front of the window turned me into a silhouette for most of the time; but it was interesting to see how other attendees reacted to the instructions \u2013 and moved in the freestyle session at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After class, I felt refreshed and much more integrated with my body (like I do after a good dance or exercise session). Good enough, in fact, to sign up for a digital Gaga Dancers session the following week…<\/p>\n\n\n\n