On the One

Class Description

Instructor: Champagne Sugar Sundays • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Explore the African diaspora of the Caribbean with live local musicians honoring the legacies of Cuban, Brazilian, and Haitian dance; infused with contemporary flair. Afro Caribbean inspired. Dunham informed. Bay Area blessed. This is an experimental class of fusion. Bring your skirt and your spirit. No shoes required. Live musicians Bare feet Bring a hoodie to tie around the waist. BIO: Champagne Sugar grew up dancing in the Mojave Desert; performing, teaching and choreographing competitively. Her BA in Theatre and Dance cum laude from Sacramento State University, specializing in Afro-Caribbean and Dunham Technique included training with: ACDF, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Rene Harris Dance company, Katherine Dunham Seminars, International Association of Black Dance (IABD), Evidence/Ron K. Brown, Alvin Ailey school, nicholasleichterdancecompany, & CalArts innerspark. New York City training included masters Baba Richard Gonzales, Denys La Mora Perez, Baba Chuck Davis, Nadia Dieudonné, Jean-Sebastian, Roseangela Sylvestre, Madame Penny Godboldo & Ms. Rachelle Tervanier. Champagne performed, taught and choreographed with Sacramento/Black Art of Dance (S/BAD) as a company member, AfroCaribbean Soul Collective at SXSW, and rumba group Quimbata based in Austin, Texas; as Shauna S. Segler. She also was a gogo dancer in the Latin club circuit of the Bay Area. Shauna was a guest instructor with ACDF Phoenix & CSUS. With a MA in Deaf Education from Gallaudet University Shauna taught Deaf youth for 10 years, she now gets to travel as a dance artist, nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter, and a proud performing musician of Egbe Sekere Atlanta. Champagne continues to spread her bubbly personality, among other things, across the stage with the Atlanta Burlesque Academy, keep an eye out for upcoming performances!