Kiki Jazz

    • Instructor: Jean Appolon

    • Day/Time: Thursdays 6-7pm ET

    • Dates:  April 9th to June 25th

    • No Class: April 23

    • Description: Step into the ultimate dance party with Kiki Jazz, your weekly 60-minute escape where classic technique meets modern, club-inspired swagger. This high-energy class is designed to make you feel fierce and free, focusing on mastering essential sharp isolations and slick traveling steps like the pas de bourrée. The music is pumping, the energy is infectious, and we create a safe space to sweat, slay, and let loose your unique style. No matter your background, if you’re ready to move and let your inner star shine, this is where you need to be. Leave the stress at the door, get ready for a full 60 minutes of jazz fire, and come through to get your Kiki on!

    • Pricing:

      • Adult: $25

      • Child (under 15): $15

      • Community Supported Rate: $12.50

        • *Thanks to the incredible support of our community, we are able to offer a limited number of Community Supported spots for each class. To ensure that this generosity is accessible to as many as possible, the Community Supported Rate may be used up to four times per season and is limited to one use per month. If financial barriers are preventing you from participating beyond this, we warmly invite you to reach out to us privately.  Your participation is important to us.

        • Promo Code: 554353Kiki

      • Neighborhood Rate: $6.25

        • JAE is proud to offer a Neighborhood Rate for community members who live nearby. To access this rate, please attend your first class in person and bring proof of address (a piece of mail or ID with a 02119 zip code).

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  • Jean Appolon, Founder & Artistic Director

    In addition to being the Co-founder and Artistic Director of Jean Appolon Expressions (JAE), Jean Appolon is a successful choreographer and master teacher based in Boston and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Appolon received his earliest training and performance opportunities in Port-au-Prince with the Viviane Gauthier Dance Company and the Folkloric Ballet of Haiti. Appolon continued his dance education in the U.S. at the Harvard and Radcliffe Dance Program (1995-1996, Boston, MA), Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (1996-1998, New York, NY) and the Joffrey American Ballet School (1998-2003, New York, NY), where he  graduated with a B.A. from a joint degree program offered by The New School.

    Appolon has also performed with Elma Lewis Productions (Black Nativity), Marlene Silva, North Star Ballet Company (Fairbanks, AK), Black Door Dance Company (Miami, FL), and the Atlantic City Ballet Company.

    Jean Appolon teaches regularly at Boston Ballet, UMASS Boston and The Dance Complex (Cambridge, MA), among other locations. Beginning in 2006, Appolon conceived and has since directed a free annual summer dance course in Port-au-Prince that serves young, aspiring Haitian dancers who do not have regular access to dance training. Since 2019, the Summer Dance Institute has been held in Lawrence, MA, in partnership with the Izizwe Dance Studio.

    Appolon’s Boston-based Haitian Contemporary dance company has performed at major venues in Boston and has toured to Washington, DC and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. JAE also has performed at many schools and colleges, including Harvard University, Lesley College and Wheaton College. JAE has been fortunate to share the stage with celebrities such as Danny Glover, Henry Louis Gates and Edwidge Danticat, and to collaborate with community partners such as Central Square Theater and Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción.