THE W.E.E. WORKSHOP SCOOPWhat Would Missy (Elliot) Do?
With Lisa Wilkinson
Be prepared to embody hip hop in a very fun, empowered, and spunky way.
Kia ora I'm Lisa from Rasa and I am pumped to come to wee treat and share some moves with y'all.
I have been learning and teaching hip hop dance for 35 years, and it's constantly evolving.
However, we will be doing the best of hip hop with a full Missy soundtrack from the 90s and 2000s, so get ready to sweat (optional) and just basically weeeeerk it.
Lisa Wilkinson
Kāi tahu / kāti pakeha
I have been teaching dance for 35 years starting my career in Christchurch with Dance Corporate in the mid 80s.
I danced with companies in Christchurch such as Dance Core, Scrambled Legs with Sheryl Robinson and Fleur de Thier before moving to Ōtepoti in 1997.
Once in Ōtepoti I obtained a Bachelor or Education (teaching and learning) Primary and a Bachelor of Performing Arts.
In 2003 I founded RASA School of Dance and starting with 15 students I now have a roll of around 450 at any given time.
I started off teaching all the classes myself in HipHop, Bollywood and Contemporary and after about 5 years started to gather teachers and train my own students to teach.
Now I have around 13 teachers many who are my students or students of my students.
My wife Tara and I run the business together and have been learning on the job for 23 years now.
Next year I hope to enrol in a Bachelor of Counselling degree to further enhance my education and combine talk therapy with what I already believe is therapeutic (dance is good for body mind and soul).