A Professional Dancer

 

“Dance like no one is watching or dance like everboy is.”

ABOUT ME 

My name is Rose Emilie and I ve been dancing since my body is capable to move. I grew up in Rodrigues, a little island in the indian ocean, where dancing is such a huge part of the culture, a way of how the community comes together and share love and passion. I ve been living in switzerland for more than 24 years.

My mom once told me that when I was a child whenever there was a sound that could be used as a beat, as my grandfather sharpening a knife, I would be dancing tot he beat of it. And this hasn’t changed since day one – whenever I can dance, I will.

Coming to Switzerland I started to take different dance classes starting from Hiphop and Jazz following by different Latin styles, where I fell in love with my very first love – Salsa. I fell so deeply in love with the dance that I shortly after started to perform, national and international, was a part of different dancegroups, teaching Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba and Reggaeton in many different schools and of course taking as many national as international classes. But still I felt like something was still missing. There is a home for everyone and let me tell you, you ll feel it to the depth of your soul when you’re there. There was this urge that I felt to be more creative, to be capable of being fully the authentic me. I loved salsa but being this very energetic, sensual and creative person, I ve always been feeling that I cannot fully embrace my energy and creativity.

I remember seeing the first Aliya Janell video on Youtube and I knew: This is it, this is my home – this is what I want and where I belong. I saw all the women and men being so confident about themselves, supporting each other, being super sensual and sexy but still so technical, showing some skin and not being afraid of giving it all – like I said: They were dancing like nobody is watching or everybody was. And this got me inspired.

I finally found a style where everything was included what I need, felt and what I had to offer as a person an as a dancer. But there were no classes yet in Switzerland, that I knew about and that would offer this kind of style. In 2020 the pandemic started and there and couple classes as salsa and bachata were not possible anymore and this is when my heels journey started.

Instead of waiting this thing to end, I wanted to take the situation as an opportunity to take all the different trainings that I could find, workshops wherever I could find them – taking literally every opportunity that I got. Started with twerking, with Hiphop again, House and different styles in Heels. And I fell so deeply in love with the heels& commercial world that I literally felt reborn and I knew I wanted to create this space and feeling for everybody. This got me thinking like: “You know what – let s go for it, if there is nothing, I will create the space for it. If I cannot go to Los Angeles I will bring Los Angeles to Switzerland and create a thing. A space where technique, creativity, confidence, sexiness and authenticity will be build – where everybody can be unapologetically be themselves.” The moment the “feminity class” was born. Since then I had the opportunity to work with different artists or for events, to create choreographies for musicvideos, to work as a dancer for artists and to perform with the feminity class or by myself.

VISION OF FEMINITY CLASS

In 2020 I started with the feminity classes, I wanted to offer myself but especially to all the people a space and a ventile to get all these energies out. To create a safe space where you could be as confident as you want, be sexy, sensual, feminine, powerful and vulnerable as much as everybody wants to be without anyone judging you. Create a space, where it is safe and supportive, full of positivity and inspiration, where everybody feels comfortable to get out of their comfortzones and where this is celebrated.

The goal and vision of feminity class is to create a space, where you can be fully you but still learn all the proper technique that you need for the Heels & Commercial. It is a space where you can live yor feminine, sensual and sexy side in your own unique way – embracing yourself to the fullest. Regarding your style there is no right or wrong, there is only you and this is enough – and this is what we train. We train our body and our mind.

In all our trainings people support each other and we help each other to grow. It is not only about taking classes and getting better, it is also a lot about training your mindset and creating a community. I always try to bring aswell different inputs from different teachers, that give workshops and classes and collaborations with different dancers are made.

During the 2 hours we focus on:

Technique: As it is most of the time more commercial, there will be a fusion of floorwork, commercial, urban and sensual styles.

Adaption: You will learn how to freestyle, to dance to different music, to adapt your dance to different situations (videos, classfootage, performance etc.). Whatever goal you have, that you ll be capable to adapt your dancing to the situation.

Style: That you can find your own style of performing while you respect and adjust the proper technique.

Pick-up & Musicality: That you learn to get ready for international as national trainings with other teachers. The last hour of the 2 hour class is always choreography, where we try to get as much of the choreography as possible and learn to use and understand the different layers of the music.

Videoperformance: Most of the time a video will be created after some weeks of training for you to see your progress and your beautiful performance. That you can cherish yourself and to see how it ist o work as a professional. A videographer will be invited, a concept will be made and we will dance as we would be in a musicvideo.

There are professional lights during the class, sometimes videographers will be invited to record the class and to do some professional videos.

Experience it yourself, let s get the floor heated!

Be confident, it is beautiful