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What You’ll Learn Inside the Level 1 + Level 2 Bundle
✨ Foundational Technique & Body Mechanics
- Core grips, techniques, timing, and the mechanics that make every movement feel clean and intentional
- Foundational ballet elements that support balance, lines, graceful movement, and integrated full-body flow
- Clear pathways that prevent tangles and help you move with ease as the techniques become more complex
✨ Intermediate Skill Building & Flow Expansion
- Intermediate and intermediate-advanced weaves, rotations, and tricks
- Technique-based drills that build fluidity, muscle-memory, and control
- Choreography that layers skills together, so you integrate moves and transitions and develop artistic expression
- Growing your musicality, internal rhythm, and expressive timing
✨ Transitions & Flow Architecture
- Transition-focused drills in both Level 1 and Level 2 to strengthen fluidity, so your flow feels seamless and natural
- Building clean entry + exit pathways between moves
- Using choreography to deepen your understanding of transitions and inspire your own creative connections
- Developing momentum-based flow so your movement feels continuous rather than “piece-by-piece”
✨ Advanced Weaves, Moves & Technical Precision
- Advanced weave patterns (including cross-body weaves, waterfall weaves, 3-beat weaves, and other multi-directional sequences)
- Advanced grips, directional changes, and more complex turns
- Bringing ballet technique into silk fan movement for expanded lines, precise pirouettes, and technical full-body movements
- Refinement work that elevates your execution and detail
✨ Full-Length Choreography
- Choreographies that expand your technique, transitions, and artistic expression
- Embodying emotion, intention, and story through movement
- Introduces new ways to weave movements and tricks, building muscle memory and inspiring your own unique flow
✨ Performance, Expression & Stage Confidence
- Emotional expression techniques that help your movement land with depth and meaning
- Presence training: how to hold an audience and command a space
- Exercises for building confidence that is felt by you and your audience
- What to do on stage when unexpected things happen — drops, wind, tangles, or fans in the “wrong” hands
✨ Your Signature Flow & Artistic Voice
- Practices to help you discover your own movement language
- Explorations to develop creativity and visual interest in your movement
- Blending technique with intuition so your flow feels expressive, alive, and authentic to you
- Tools to cultivate confidence, creativity, and artistic identity
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Meet Your Teacher, Rae Chrysalis
Rae is a professional silk fan teacher, embodiment coach, classically trained dancer, and captivating performer with over 30 years of dance and performance experience. She has toured with artists like Seven Lions and Ayla Nereo and performed at large-scale festivals, including Envision Festival, Shambhala, and Lightning in a Bottle. As the founder of Chrysalis Silk Studies, Rae has guided thousands of students in over 60 countries worldwide to explore the art of silk fans – blending classical dance technique, flow arts, and soulful expression. Known for breaking down complex movements with clarity, Rae makes mastering challenging techniques feel intuitive and accessible. Students rave about Rae’s ability to create a safe and empowering space where they can dive deep, connect with their bodies and movement in new ways, and unlock their most authentic expression.
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