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Freestyle dance is a recent dog sport
that mixes obedience, rally and other
canine movements with tricks and is
choreographed to music. Basic freestyle
techniques - heeling, back-ups, front
work, pivots and distance work - can be
found in both obedience and rally
training. Unlike obedience, the
freestyle team develops its own
interpretation of the music that shows
off the dog and the team's
relationship.
No! Freestyle is a canine sport, and as
a dog performance sport,
teamwork is essential. Since a dog's
movements are more limited than humans,
you will not dance the same as with a
human partner. Freestyle dance is about
showcasing your dog and demonstrating
your partnership.
The Novice building is set up with
gates that define a working space for
each team to use during class. If your
dog is not ready to work off leash, you
can still join the freestyle class.
Your team will have its own defined
area to practice and play without the
worry of interfering with the other
teams.
You can bring your own music. We rotate
though the CDs brought by the students.
This offers you the opportunity to see
what style of music best fits your dog.
We have breaks in the lessons to have
discussions and demos before going back
to work (or play) with our dogs.
While there are organizations that
offer competitive freestyle with trials
and titles, we are currently offering
exhibition freestyle. This is an
anything goes format designed to
experience musical freestyle dance. As
a new class in a very new dog sport, we
are learning the basic moves and
developing our relationship to our
dogs.
That would be wonderful! We will be
happy to help you select music, develop
a routine, and assist you in submitting
your routine to the titling
organization of your choice. All the
titling organizations offer video
competitions.
We meet on Sundays at noon. in the
Novice building. This is a small class
so everyone has sufficient space to
train. We ask that students bring lots
of delicious, motivating treats, plenty
of water for both team members (dancing
is a LOT of work), music if desired,
and a willingness to have fun.
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Want to know more about Canine
Freestyle? Check out these
resources:
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| Freestyle Classes |
Offered To:
Regular club members
Start Times:
Anytime!
This class is ongoing for all levels.
Where:
Novice Bldg
When:
Sundays
Noon - 1 p.m.
Instructors:
Mary and Debbie
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