House Dance Class with Sean Bjerke

All are welcome to participate in this House Dance class with Sean Bjerke. Come dressed to move! Sean Bjerke has had the privilege to study under many pioneers of house dance and music culture including Shannon Selby, Sekou Heru and Tony McGregor. After a 15-year career in biotech, Sean is a full-time movement educator and wears several hats as a performer, choreographer, teacher, director, event coordinator and small business owner. He served as an adjunct dance professor at Connecticut College, and taught programming at other institutes such as Boston Conservatory, Boston College and Tufts University. Sean is also an instructor at the JH Kim Taekwondo Institute in Cambridge, and is the school's only student to earn the 5th dan black belt ranking. Sean is the co-artistic director of the award winning Boston dance company, CONcept ARTists, for whom he co-organized the CONcentrate on the ARTistry performance showcase, a celebration of New England performing artists and musicians, from 2016-2019. Sean's other event productions include the Sambanismo Experience Dance Festival (2023-2025), Vaudeville Funk, a celebration of locking and Don Campbell in 2016, and Circles, a performance showcase as part of Unyted Stylz Productions from 2009-2012. Sean Bjerke will also be teaching a History in House Dance class on April 9th in the same room at 1:40pm-2:55pm.