Iris Rosa Dance Studio

Don’t miss out on this special offer!! Link in bio to sign up for discounted tap classes by Sunday!

Class Schedule updates!!!

Sazón Mondays - a new 5-week Salsa for beginners session with begins on Monday Nov 18th! Sign up for the series and save $20 (5 classes for the price of 4 yay!) - 6:30-7:30pm

Sandunga Latin Jazz with Iris Rosa returns on Monday Nov 18th also! 7:45-9pm

Tap on in! Tap classes for beginners with continues on Sundays, including this Sunday Nov 17, 11:30am-12:30pm

Link in bio to sign up, or visit irisrosadance.com

Today’s the day we make our Bloomington premier of Cruces de Caminos/Intersections: Celebrating Movements of the Diaspora with special guest - 4pm at !! Still a few tickets left, come through!

Many roads and crosses we will meet again someday.

Cruces de Caminos/Intersections: Celebrating Movements of the Diaspora premieres Oct 13

Tickets are available in the link in our bio and at www.buskirkchumley.org

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BUSKIRK CHUMLEY THEATER OCT 13 AT 4 PM

“Cruces de Caminos/Intersections: Celebrating Movements of the Diaspora” tells stories of migration and lived experiences from Latinx and African diasporic perspectives. The concert will include an opening performance by the Indiana University African American Dance Company directed by Baba Stafford C Berry Jr., followed by a full-length performance by Indianapolis-based Seda Negra/Black Silk Dance Company directed by Iris Rosa. Through a fusion of contemporary and traditional dance forms, poetry, and music, the concert presents a creative and innovative relationship between Latinx and Black diasporic dance, spirituality, and culture. The event will also include a post-performance dialogue with audiences and performers.

WALDRON ARTS CENTER- 6 PM

The OSOGBO: Art & Heritage exhibition closing reception features some of the movement’s most prominent artists, including Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye, Rufus Ogundele, Chief Jimoh Buraimoh, Twins Seven-Seven, and founder Susanne Wenger. The Osogbo School of Art was spearheaded by two European artists, Ulli Beier and Susanne Wenger, in the early 1960s as a cultural response to the colonialism and appropriation so blatantly apparent in the European modernism of the 20th century. In an effort to highlight the strength, beauty, and originality of African art, Beier and Wenger, along with renowned Nigerian playwright, Duro Ladipo, started the Mbari Mbayo Art Club, which directly led to the founding of the Osogbo School of Art.

The reception is free and open to the public. For more information, click on www.nolaworld.org

Congratulations to Stafford Berry Jr., director of the illustrious The African American Dance Company, who has been honored as a 2024 Midwest Culture Bearer by Arts Midwest!

This award honors and amplifies the work of Midwestern folk arts and culture practitioners "...who are deeply rooted in the practice and preservation of their cultural traditions through craft, storytelling, dance, performance, visual arts, language preservation and more."

Read more: https://bit.ly/4eOXwyr

✨Cruces de Caminos/Intersections: Celebrating Movements of the Diaspora👏🏾

Witness a powerful convergence of movement, music, and culture at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on Sunday, Oct 13th, 4pm

Experience dances by world-renowned artist Iris Rosa exploring migration and lived experiences of the Latinx and African diasporas — with guest performance by the legendary African American Dance Company

🎟️Link in bio, or visit buskirkchumley.org

Photos 1,3,4,6,8 & 9 - Seda Negra/Black Silk Dance Company
Photos 2,5 & 7 - African American Dance Company

Join us Live! Learn all about the upcoming historic, collaborative concert “Cruces de Caminos/Intersections: Celebrating Movements of the Diaspora” during this inside chat with the Directors Baba Stafford C Berry Jr. and Prof Iris Rosa

TONIGHT October 2, 2024 at 8 p.m. EST

Join on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85050509693?pwd=8SmE3yUfw03Ce6RbuHaAclGxBSpbp7.1

Join on Instagram Live: https://www.instagram.com/irisrosadance/

✨We want to give a special shout out to a special person on her birthday 🎉 Cherese Dillman!✨ She’s our lovely Assistant to the Director, Seda Negra/Black Silk Dance Company, and Instructor of Beginning Tap

Here’s what Iris Rosa has to say about Cherese…

“As Assistant to the Director, Cherese just shows commitment and enthusiasm to developing the company and pushing it forward to be a viable entity, not only in performance but also community. When she started her tap classes, she took it upon herself to communicate with a particular group that she was part of, mothers in the Irvington area, because she also has two children so that’s how she’s connected with people in her community and the schools. She has skill in the tap genre and she wanted to offer people in the community an opportunity to come in and learn tap dancing and increase their knowledge about dance, rhythm, and community. She teaches at a level where all people learn so much. She understands the participants, the students that come to her class. She’s genuine, authentic, and listens to them. Yet she’s firm and gentle. She comes with creative ideas during rehearsals, ideas to push forward SNBS. The way that she communicates with other dancers is very genuine and it shows the love that she has for the dance discipline. She’s a fantastic performer in her delivery. I heard a lot about her expression and dedication. That even comes from people in other groups, like Salsa Pro. She’s a mother, a wife, a teacher, she’s a professional, and can navigate through all of that. I want people to know her from that particular perspective.”

Thank you Cherese for all that you do for the studio and our community!

Join us for a fun and flavorful fusion of contemporary, jazz, and Latin dance styles to a mix of vibrant Latin music!

📅 Date: Monday, September 23, 2024
⏰ Time: 7:45–9:00 p.m.
📍 Location: Iris Rosa Dance Studio, 1145 E. 22nd Street, Suite 201, Indianapolis
💃 Instructor: Iris Rosa Santiago

In this pop-up class, you’ll explore a unique blend of dance styles, from salsa to reggaeton, in both exercises and choreography. Whether you’re new or experienced, you’ll find the challenge and the rhythm that’ll have you moving with sabor! 🕺💃

👉 All levels welcome!
💲 $20 per class (non-refundable & non-transferable). Register online to save your spot or at the door with cash, Zelle, or CashApp. Space is limited, so act fast!

Questions? Email: [email protected]