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Dive into decades of expertise with an online course designed to deepen your connection with your music and enhance your performance skills.

Dive into decades of expertise with an online course designed to deepen your connection with live music and enhance your performance skills.
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What You’ll Learn

  • Improvisation Mastery: Confidently adapt to any music.
  • Movement Integration: Refine and expand your repertoire.
  • Music Connection: Develop a deeper appreciation of the details of your music and how it can help you.
 

Karen Barbee brings over 40 years of experience to her teaching, blending technical precision and artistic soul.

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Does This Sound Like You?

  • I want to feel confident improvising...

    To recorded music (starting safe)
    To live music (feeling daring)
    To live, improvised music (ready for the ultimate challenge)

  • I want to better understand the similarities and differences between choreographed and improvised performances.

  • I have an upcoming live music performance and want to feel fully prepared.

  • I am feeling plateaued or bored in my dance journey and looking for a new, exciting challenge

  • I am a veteran dancer seeking fun, energy-packed inspiration that rekindles the excitement of the “good old days of live music”.

  • I'm a dance teacher searching for fresh, innovative ideas for my classes

  • I have heard about Karavan’s Project Band live music curriculum but am not sure how to participate or get started.

  • I am interested in attending GoLive! but concerned about my preparedness for live music.

You've come to the right place!

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Charlie (Noraia) - Dallas, Texas

"As a dancer that has been on hiatus for over a decade, my hesitation was that I was not ready technically. To be honest, I would not have been motivated enough to put in the work without the opportunities in Project Band."

Emi

"I joined Karavan Studios about 5 years ago, and have been a part of Project Band for about a year and a half now. I love it! I finally feel connected to the music and connected to my own movements through the music. Project Band has given me a whole new confidence in myself both as a dancer and beyond dance!"

Suzanne Suzanne

"Because of Project Band I hear music differently. I now slow down and enjoy my performance; connect w/audience as I attempt to improvise a story thru dance. I'm more confident with improv to live or recorded music and no longer afraid of musicians."

Basic

$150

Lifetime Access to the Course

  • Lifetime access to The Lessons of Live Music course
    - 8 modules
    - 54 individual classes
    - Workbook
  • Early bird pricing for future live music courses
  • Early invitation to join Project Band 2025-2026

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Premium

$210

Course + 1 Private Lesson

  • Everything in the Basic Plan
  • 1 private lesson with Karen for:
    - Performance critique
    - Deeper discussion of course content
    - Personalized “homework” (music selections, purpose-driven performance assignments)
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Elite

$310

Course + 3 Private Lessons

  • Everything in the Basic Plan
  • 3 private lessons with Karen to:
    - Refine improvisation techniques
    - Assimilate concepts across lessons and music genres
    - Receive linked performance/video reviews and assessments
    - Gain tools for assessing tangible progress
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GoLive! Exclusive

$490

Course + GoLive! 2025 Full Package

  • Everything in the Basic Plan
  • Full GoLive! 2025 Package, including:
    - 5 workshops taught to live music by experts like Cassandra Shore, Georges Lammam Ensemble, and Michael Ibrahim & the National Arab Orchestra Takht Ensemble
    - Performance opportunity with a featured ensemble (space limited)
    - Premium seating at all live music dance concerts, lectures, and panels

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Karavan Online Add-On

$300

Course + Karavan Online Membership

  • Everything in the Basic Plan
  • 1-year membership to Karavan Online for:
    - Exploration of Karavan dance concepts, choreographies, and exercises
    - Continuous growth and learning year-round
    - Inclusion in the Karavan Community for events and opportunities

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