March 2022: Solo Jazz Dance with LaTasha Barnes!

Learn how to move your body to Jazz music from the best! In partnership with the George Mason University Center for the Arts, we are fortunate to have LaTasha Barnes as a special guest instructor!

LaTasha Barnes is an internationally recognized and awarded dance artist (a 2021 Bessie Outstanding Performer Award winner and New York Times critically acclaimed Best Dance and Breakout Star of 2021), an educator (Asst. Prof of Dance ASU), and a tradition-bearer of Black American Social Dances including House, Hip-Hop, Waacking, Authentic Jazz, and Lindy Hop. Currently operating between New York and Phoenix, Barnes’ expansive artistic, competitive, and performative skills have made her a frequent collaborator to arts organizations around the world. She is also honored to serve on the Brain Trust guiding the ground-breaking stage production SW!NG OUT, as well as the visionary creator and Artistic Director of the critically acclaimed intergenerational and intercommunal cultural arts experience ‘The Jazz Continuum’.  Visit www.latashabarnes.com to learn more about her journey, achievements and cultural efforts.

Across all her work Barnes' eternal purpose is to inspire fellow artists and arts enthusiasts to champion æffective artivism through cultivating an authentic sense of self and intention in their creative expressions and daily lives.