The BC hip-hop workshop held by dance teacher Eve-Lyne Thomas and instructor Tamell Smith successfully brought female and male students out to experience a taste of dance with a little bit of free-style flavor.

“I was excited that we had 22 people and a good turn out. It was mostly women, but we had a couple of men which was our goal,” Thomas said. “I personally feel that Tamell did an excellent job and he worked well with the level that he had, which was mostly beginners so he was very sensitive to that, yet he challenged them to a really nice routine.”

The workshop was a preview for students who want to extend their interest in hip-hop. Thomas encouraged students who enjoyed the workshop to attend new classes opening up at her private studio, one for all males and another class for teens/young adults.

Kristen Ferreira, 21, attended the hip-hop workshop held on Nov 17.

“I’ve been a dancer my whole life and I enjoyed the dance class,” Ferreira explained.  “The steps were pretty easy, but overall I liked the workshop and it was very easy to follow along.”

Thomas also observed that students did not find difficulty in following Smith and the routine.

“Everyone seemed to keep up well with him and he attended to those who had some difficulties,” Thomas said. “One thing I really liked about his mannerism of his teachings is that he had three or four rows and after a while he would move the front row to the back. He took all of those who were on the left of him and made them to the right of him.

“He transposed this group from the left to the right of him.”

Thomas was pleasantly surprised with the outcome of the workshop and how much the students were involved with the class from warm-ups to actually performing the routine.

“Tamell made sure to make everyone feel comfortable and I enjoyed his enthusiasm and the group was enthusiastic as well,” Thomas explained.  “You could see they were comfortable in learning this new material and new style, even those who had never been in a dance class before.”

Thomas encouraged students that want to continue with hip-hop to contact her to enroll in her new classes opening up at Eve-Lyne’s Dance Studio located off of Truxton on Thursday nights.