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For dancers who want to develop control, clarity, and confidence by dancing to live music.

Six deep-dive musicality workshops with live musicians. Stop reacting to music. Start directing it.

2.5 hours via Zoom, or in-person | Recordings available through October 2026

 

These are full-length, 2.5-hour musicality workshops drawn directly from 12 years of the Project Band program—designed for dancers who want control, clarity, and confidence in their dance and who know that working with live music is the most reliable path.

 

Enrollment is limited by musician availability.

SAVE YOUR LAB SEAT

Want more of a year-long thing? Join the next Project Band school year.

THE REAL PROBLEM AND WHY THIS EXISTS

 

In Project Band drills classes, we spend about 30 minutes on a musicality topic.
That’s enough to introduce an idea—but not enough to change how you dance.

Especially when dancers at very different stages are training together.

These labs create the space to:

  • slow down

  • go deeper

  • work with musicians intentionally

  • and actually embody the concept

There’s no GoLive this year.
I don’t travel to teach workshops anymore.

This is how—and where—I get to dig in again.

JOIN THE PB MUSICALITY LABS NOW

WHAT MAKES THESE LABS DIFFERENT

Each Musicality Lab is:

  • 2.5 hours long (no rushing)

  • focused on one essential concept

  • structured, progressive, and embodied

  • capped with live music work in a class setting

Not performance.
Not chaos.
Training.

HOW EACH LAB WORKS

Each session follows the same clear structure:

  • We introduce the concept and why it matters.
  • We listen to and map the music.
  • We warm up and work with recorded music.
  • Volunteers receive feedback.
  • Then we bring in musicians—first with guidance, then without.

This is where musicality becomes reliable.

JOIN THE FULL SERIES

THE 2026 MUSICALITY LABS

$75 each | All are included in the Full Series for $399

FEB 7 — The Phases of Dance Improvisation - with Justin Vasquez on harmonica

Musicians tell you you look like you know the music better than they do. Identify gaps and grow.

REGISTER FOR FEB
MAR 7 — Breaking Up Is Hard to Do - with Ahmad Ghafour on keyboards and vocals

Fragment phrases without losing clarity—true improvisation in action.

REGISTER FOR MAR
MAY 2 — Combination Repurposing

Lift, stretch, compress, and reuse movement material quickly and musically.

REGISTER FOR MAY
JUN 6 — The Value and Variety of Repetition

Understand what repetition really is in music—and how to use it without boredom: compelling, expressive, and musical.

REGISTER FOR JUN
AUG 1 — Give Me a Break!

Learn the power of stillness, restraint, and contrast—and why constant motion weakens impact.

REGISTER FOR AUG
SEP 5 — The Devil Is (and Angels Are) in the Details

Timing, ornamentation, seams, ramps, and lyrical awareness that put you in control.

REGISTER FOR SEP

THE SMART OPTION: THE FULL SERIES

Musicality isn’t built in isolation.

FULL 6-LAB SERIES

$399

Save $51 vs Individual Labs

  • Live access to all workshops
  • Recordings through Oct 31, 2026
  • One cohesive training arc

 

Project Band discounts apply:
Elite 40% • Classic 30% • Lite 20% • Others 10%

Most dancers who start with one lab wish they’d taken the full series.

ENROLL IN THE FULL SERIES

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WHO THESE LABS ARE FOR

 

These workshops are for dancers who:

  • perform or want to perform

  • improvise (or want to without panic)

  • want musicians to trust them

  • value depth over dabbling

They are not choreography classes.
They are not passive.

They are training.

Got Questions? Get Answers!

 

Improvisation doesn’t fall apart because dancers don’t care. It falls apart because they don’t get enough structured time with music and musicians.

 

 That’s What These Labs Provide.

ONCE A LAB PASSES, IT’S GONE.

 
ENROLL IN THE FULL SERIES

Want more of a year-long thing? Join the next Project Band school year.