Queer Pop! Jazz Funk Dance Class Series

During this jazz funk class, the focus is on feeling your fantasy, baby.

Jazz Funk is an industry-style dance form that pulls from many movement styles including hip-hop, jazz, heels, commercial dance, and contemporary performance. This class is all about feeling hot hot hot in your body, whether that’s soft, sharp, sultry, silly, powerful, or all of the above.

We’ll kick things off with a 10ish-minute warm-up to get our bodies ready to move. Expect cardio, isolations, stretching, and exercises designed to wake things up and get everything juicy and alive.

Then we dive into choreography.

This class is leveled at intermediate due to its quick pace and limited movement breakdown. That said, participants are always encouraged to make the choreography their own. Take what feels good, shift what doesn’t. Your body, your rules.

We’ll end each class by dancing the choreography in small and large groups, giving everyone space to fully dance while feeling supported by the collective energy in the room.

This series is designed as a 4-week progression. Across the four weeks, participants will learn two choreography phrases:

Weeks 1–2 (7/29 + 8/5): Choreography Phrase One
Weeks 3–4 (8/12 + 8/19): Choreography Phrase Two
Participants are welcome to drop in for individual classes, but attending the full series is encouraged for the fullest experience.

During the final class on Week4 (8/19), we’ll also have a videographer filming the last 20ish minutes of class. Participation in filming is completely optional. The footage is intended as both documentation and a tool for growth, reflection, and celebrating your dancing together.

This is a supportive and affirming space for queer and trans embodiment, exploration, pleasure, confidence, and performance energy.

ABOUT JESS BOZZO
Jess Bozzo (they/them) is a trans and queer multidisciplinary artist based in the SF/Bay Area. Their artistic practice encompasses drag, film, dance pedagogy, and movement-based performance and choreographic collaborations.

As an educator, Jess is committed to fostering spaces of joy, empowerment, and inclusivity. They have taught contemporary, jazz funk, and vertical dance at studios and festivals across the Bay Area, including Full Out Studios, BANDALOOP Studios, Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, and Queering Dance Festival.

Their teaching practice prioritizes consent-driven movement, body positivity, and the sheer pleasure of dance.

ACCESSIBILITY
- Joe Goode Annex entrance, lobby, bathrooms, and studio spaces are wheelchair accessible.
- Joe Goode Annex has two all-gender accessible bathrooms which also serves as changing rooms.
- This workshop will feature ASL Interpretation: please let us know when you’re coming (email melissa [at] freshmeatproductions.org)
- Loud music will be used during class. Participants are encouraged to bring earplugs or request volume adjustments as needed.
- Wear clothing and shoes that help you feel confident, comfortable, and ready to move.
- If you have access needs or questions before class, please reach out. We want you to feel held, supported, and hyped up in the space.

COVID SAFETY
- KN95 masks will be provided and required for this event.
- Participants are required to be KN95 masked for the entirety of their time inside the building. Our staff will provide KN95 masks to everyone before they enter the building (unless someone’s disability, chronic illness or health condition means they cannot wear a mask).
- By attending the class you agree to the following: 1) You do not have any signs of contagious illness (COVID or otherwise), including pink eye, that aren’t fully explained by a non-contagious health condition that you have; and 2) If you have had COVID, it’s been at least 10 days since your first symptoms or positive test if you were asymptomatic.