The Garrison Experience: 2Inspire - 2Influence - 2Inform
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Founded by Kyle Garrison Shawel is the emerging Jazz Dance Company in Charlotte, North Carolina. Th
Join me for the Horton Experience at Open Door Studios — the only Horton Technique class in the Carolinas! Discover the beauty, strength, and power of this legendary modern dance technique.
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There is something deeply meaningful about witnessing dancers not only learn movement, but begin to understand the lineage behind it.
Guiding my adult dancers through Horton Technique at Open Door Studios has been such a fulfilling journey. As they develop strength, clarity, and intention, they are also connecting to a codified technique rooted in history, discipline, and expression.
Being able to offer Horton Technique—especially as the only studio in the tri-state doing so—is something I do not take lightly. This work carries legacy, and these dancers are honoring it with their commitment and growth.
I am incredibly proud of each of you.
Thank you to Open Door Studios for creating space for this technique and this community.
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02/18/2026
The Invitation
This Black History Month, we’re offering a workshop that centers jazz dance as cultural history—not just technique.
An embodied exploration of lineage through Horton Technique, Giordano, and vernacular jazz traditions, woven into one powerful experience.
This is about lineage, not just lines.
This space is for dancers who want more than choreography.
More meaning.
More connection.
More history.
Join us for Lineage in Motion: Horton Technique, Giordano, & Vernacular Jazz—where movement honors those who came before and carries their stories forward.
Spots are limited—register now. https://opendoorstudios.com/workshops/adult-workshops/
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02/07/2026
Jazz dance is history in motion.
This Black History Month, we’re offering a one-of-a-kind 2-hour workshop that blends Horton technique, Giordano jazz, and Black vernacular roots—not as separate styles, but as living lineage.
Lineage in Motion is not a technique sampler.
It is an embodied experience grounded in strength, groove, context, and purpose.
This workshop centers jazz as cultural inheritance—where movement carries memory, technique carries history, and the body becomes the archive.
Register:
https://opendoorstudios.com/workshops/adult-workshops/
⌚2 hours
💷$30
Come move with context.
Come move with purpose.
Two hours. One space. One chance to move with history.
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