Current Workshops
Hip Hop DJing & Dancing Workshop
This workshop is typically facilitated by 2 DJs and 1 or 2 Dance Instructors:
- DJ Jams - Having toured the country playing every major musical city in Canada Jams is fresh off a recent move to Calgary where she has been rostered with the 403DnB crew with plans to continue spreading the Drum and Bass, Jungle and Hiphop vibes nationwide.
- DJ Mittz - In 2009 Mittz started her DJ career in Edmonton and over the past 5 years, has gone from playing weekly night's for local promoters to playing music festivals deep in the Canadian Rockies. In 2012, she joined the talented DnB Girls roster
- Other DJs as arranged by DJ Jams
- Kaleb - A Calgary-based dancer, choreographer and teacher, Kaleb has performed with artists such as the Black Eyed Peas, Snoop Dogg and Julie Black. In 2004 he joined DJD's professional training program and continues to dance professionally.
- Ryan - Ryan has travelled nationwide perfecting his skills as a dancer. He has competed in competitions like the Freestyle Sessions Special Edition in Seattle as well as the Canadian National B-boy Competition in Calgary and a ton of other comps. “It's my life and I love sharing that same feeling with the world.”
- Other dancers as arranged by Kaleb or Ryan.
DJ PROGRAM
- Equipment Knowledge
- Basic Scratching
- Basic Beat-matching
- Basic Mixing
- Stage Presence
DANCE PROGRAM
- basic knowledge of music form
- basic understanding of street styles and direct link to west African and jazz styles
- basic understanding of choreographic process and improvising
- learning a piece of choreography to perform
FINALE PRESENTATION
- Each student will have the opportunity to perform for the group a solo DJ routine
- Each student will have the opportunity to perform for the group a duo dance routine (choreographed)
- Each performance will be recorded and provided to the students
Drumming Workshops
Our most recent Drumming Workshop offering is a one day workshop with Sacred Fusion’s Trevor Nugent-Smith.
This exciting workshop opportunity involves learning an array of interesting musical mediums such as hand drums, body percussion and boomwhackers. Participants learn the importance of teambuilding and cooperation while getting hands on experience with the instruments.
Trevor is an amazing facilitator who keeps the participants engaged by teaching a short history of the drums and then encouraging participants to experiment with different rhythms and beats that can be made with boomwackers and the djembe drums. Throughout the workshop the youth continued to add to their knowledge of the instruments and compile a song as a group. This song is then recorded and made into CD’s for the participants to take home.
This exciting workshop opportunity involves learning an array of interesting musical mediums such as hand drums, body percussion and boomwhackers. Participants learn the importance of teambuilding and cooperation while getting hands on experience with the instruments.
Trevor is an amazing facilitator who keeps the participants engaged by teaching a short history of the drums and then encouraging participants to experiment with different rhythms and beats that can be made with boomwackers and the djembe drums. Throughout the workshop the youth continued to add to their knowledge of the instruments and compile a song as a group. This song is then recorded and made into CD’s for the participants to take home.
Past Workshops
Rock'N Resiliency
This incredibly unique and entertaining exploration of resiliency is the creation of Troy Payne, a musically talented individual who suffered years of extreme physical and emotional abuse as a child and youth and somehow turned those experiences into a music infused/inspirational presentation that gives young people the opportunity to explore their own challenges and frustrations and to learn about the tools that helped him move beyond extreme despair and depression and a failed suicide attempt to helping thousands of youth from across Canada come to grips with the coping skills that will help them move forward and succeed in life.
In a 90 minute presentation format chosen by some schools, Troy encouraged, engaged and empowered young people to be proactive rather than reactive by presenting his life story, as told through the perspective of Kyle...by sharing Kyle’s life and memories Troy demonstrates how young people can channel their negative energy in a manner that encourages and shows young people how to break free of past abuses and memories.
In a 90 minute presentation format chosen by some schools, Troy encouraged, engaged and empowered young people to be proactive rather than reactive by presenting his life story, as told through the perspective of Kyle...by sharing Kyle’s life and memories Troy demonstrates how young people can channel their negative energy in a manner that encourages and shows young people how to break free of past abuses and memories.