Classes at the Wortham
Adult Hip-Hop Pop-Up Class
Intro to Street Dance with a focus on Popping & Locking
with Otto “Aquaboogy” Vazquez
Open Level
Tuesday, January 14 • 7:00–8:30 p.m.
Get up and get your body moving! This pop-up class is an introduction to the principles behind Hip-Hop dance, with an open level exploration of the steps and styles that made the eras of the late 1960s to 1990s iconic. With a focus on Otto’s specialties, Locking (or Cambellocking) and West Coast Popping, you’ll explore styles such as Tutting or King Tutt, Waving, Animation, Robot, to classic Cambellocking steps of the 1970s made famous by the iconic group “The Lockers” from Soul Train. The class is an observance of technique, groove and free-style, in a weekly journey that will both challenge and elevate the participant. Join up today!
More hip-hop dance classes!
—> Hip-Hop and Street Dance Master Class with Rennie Harris Puremovement
Saturday, January 18 • 1:00–2:30 p.m.
—> Adult Hip-Hop Open Level Sessions with Otto Vazquez
Tuesdays, 7:00–8:30 p.m.
February 4–March 25
About Otto Vazquez: Otto “Aquaboogy” Vazquez is a Miami & New York veteran in the Hip-Hop dance world with over 25 years of experience. He has been granted international awards for choreography and has toured over 25 countries with the hit Off-Broadway show from NYC called Break, The Urban Funk Spectacular. Some of his credits include: Kanye West; Nice & Smooth w/ Fab Five Freddie; Kilo (a.k.a. Down) “Lean Like a Cholo” red carpet intro to the Premios Juventud Awards; Dr. Pepper’s “One in a Billion” national commercial; I-luminate, performing at the Latin Billboard Awards; The Breaking Convention, a Sadler Wells Production from London, and much more. In recent years Otto has made his mark as a writer, actor and producer bridging all his talents in an upcoming musical TV series he wrote called, “The Rebirth of Kool.” Otto is a 2024/2025 Wortham Center Artist in Residence.
Date(s):
Time
7 p.m.Venue:
18 Biltmore Ave.
Asheville, NC 28801 (map)