iris peremees, mirjam leesalu
K-POP
anna kavtaradze, LORA Lane
IRIS PEREMEES
Iris is a KPOP adults FUN and adults DETAIL coach. Dancing, performing, and music have been part of her life since childhood. Iris attended Nõmme Music School for nine years to learn to play the piano, which has strongly supported her dancing endeavors. Exploring the dance world, she has tried various styles, including Vogue, ballet, hip-hop, and since 2019, KPOP. Iris is a member of the studio's KPOP representation group called LoVe2 Dance Crew, since its inception.
She has completed the supplementary training program for dance teachers organized by the Estonian Dance Education Association.
Iris won 3rd place in the solo category at the Crazy-K-Christmas KPOP festival and 2nd place in the duo category a year later at the Crazy-K Festival with Mirjam.
For two years, she collaborated with Julija and the Embassy of South Korea to organize a successful KPOP festival at the Kaja Cultural Center.
She has maintained ongoing collaboration with the Anixi store and the Korean Cultural Club at the Tallinn Central Library to conduct KPOP dance workshops.
Iris has participated in masterclasses by top Korean choreographers such as Centimeter and Jay Kim.
Iris welcomes KPOP enthusiasts of all ages to join her in Monday and Wednesday evening classes, where everyone can share their enthusiasm for this exciting and colorful world of dance and music!
mirjam leesalu
Mirjam has studIed at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EMTA) in Tallinn, and at the joint program for music teachers at the Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School (BFM) of Tallinn University. Currently, she continues her studies at the Tallinn Music and Ballet School (MuBa), focusing on singing.
Mirjam has been involved in dancing since the age of eight. She danced for four years in competitive dance at the Maarja club, participated in the baroque dance classes and folk dance sessions of the legendary dance teacher Virve Kurbel, and spent three years at the Kpop Free Flow Studios. In the past year, she has also tried contemporary and jazz dance. Additionally, Mirjam has taken part in masterclasses by top Korean choreographers such as Centimeter and Jay Kim.
Mirjam is a member of the Kpop studio's representative group called LoVe2 Dance Crew. She has participated in Kpop competitions both as part of a group and as a soloist, enjoying creating performances where she can sing and dance simultaneously.
LORA LANE
What LORA loves about K-pop is that you can never get tired of it. It combines so many different dance styles that everyone can find something for themselves. You not only rely on the beat and tempo but also on the lyrics. What is the song about? How do you express the feelings conveyed in the lyrics? She goes through all of it when prepping for her next performance.
LORA'S love for this genre started with "My Pace" by Stray Kids, and since then, she’s kept it going. She joined the Love2 performance team for three years, became a member of the Stray Souls dance crew, and never forgot to enjoy every moment at rehearsals and on stage. Dancing is an addiction, and at some point, you just can’t stop.
AnNA KAVTARADZE
Performing has always been an integral part of Anna's life, starting with acting in theater and now dancing. For her, dance is primarily a passion, a skill to live a whole life in a few minutes, and a way to make music visible.
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The song "Boombayah" by Blackpink opened up the world of K-pop for her, inspiring her to dance K-pop, which has made her life better. K-pop training sessions are a great opportunity to meet people with whom she can share her interests and perform together!
Anna believes that the most important aspect of teaching dance is to help students enjoy dancing and not worry about how they look while dancing. In addition to K-pop, she also dances styles such as Hip-Hop, High Heels, and Georgian national dances.
But what is K-pop?
K-pop (short for Korean pop) is a popular music genre from South Korea. Kpop, formerly known as Gayo (가요), started in the 90s, but became popular in 2000. K-pop is "popular music" in South Korea, the term is also often used in a narrower sense to describe a modern form of South Korean pop influenced by styles and genres from around the world, such as experimental, rock, jazz, gospel, hip hop, R&B, reggae , electronic dance, folk, country, classical and traditional Korean music. K-pop style is actually a broad style that varies from feminine movement to vigorous choreography. Our goal is to create a positive and free atmosphere in the class, where we can share the joy of Korean music and dance. We can try different choreographies, go to performances and competitions.
k-pop advanced
| mirjam |
k-pop juniors challenge
| anna |
In these trainings, each class is dedicated to a new K-pop challenge, which allows students to quickly develop their dance skills and learn many different K-pop choreographies. Filming days are organised a few times a month, during which individual videos of K-pop challenges are recorded at the request of each student. Participation in filming is optional. The most difficult challenge is to get to the first training, and then it's easy and fun.
K-pop Advanced crews, both Juniors’ Guardianas de la Luna and Adults’ LoVe2 Dance Crew, learn full length choreographies, where each dancer fulfils the role of an idol group member. We learn the movements at home from videos and the training time is dedicated to developing technique, cleaning and synchronising the moves and setting dance formations. The studio’s representative K-pop teams can be joined through auditions. Both groups aim to represent the studio at competitions and festivals and film dance videos.
K-POP juniors
| lora |
k-pop adults
| iris|
Join our K-pop dance class for ages 14 and up, where we explore a variety of dance styles through partial choreographies from popular K-pop songs. You'll build confidence by practicing in front of peers and participating in group exercises that foster teamwork. Our goal is self-improvement, with a focus on exploring your potential and refining your technique to level up your skills by the end of the season. Self-discipline is key, as some routines will span multiple lessons, and you'll be expected to rehearse at home to stay prepared.
In our K-POP adults FUN training group we mostly learn challenges of different K-POP choreos, chosen by the students themselves. The focus is to switch choreos faster, so each lesson or each week we have a new choreo depending on the learning speed and wishes of our students. Mainly we dance to have fun and express ourselves through many different popular choreo bits!
In our K-POP adults DETAIL training group our goal is to learn full choreos and learn dances in a more mindful, focused and slower way. We repeat movements and parts alot, so that everybody gets to train as much as they need to feel confident in their mastery of the chose choreo. Sometimes when opportunity comes we also perform with this group!