Whether you’re a beginner or advanced dancer, Secrets of Solo opens the door to new possibilities in your dance
Ksenia Parkhatskaya has been unlocking new movement, creativity and expression in dancers around the world for over a decade.
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Get instant access to all 15 of our in-depth online solo dance courses, expertly tailored to help you master solo jazz, charleston, and more.
World of Turns
Ready to turn like a pro? From simple rotations to double spins, lock turns, and rhythm turns, World of Turns will elevate your jazz dancing. Discover the unique “Compass of Turns” system and gain tools, techniques, and creative ideas to master turns. Each lesson spotlights a specific turn with breakdowns, drills, and choreographies to help you spin with confidence and style.
Choreo Collection
Collection of simple, musical and groovy choreographies to the most famous and beloved swing tunes. Get dancing with easy accessible steps and deep musicality. Perfect choice for absolute beginners to start dancing jazz and a fun way to practice musicality for more advanced dancers.
Solo Jazz 101
Never danced Solo Jazz or Swing before? This course is for absolute beginners! You’ll discover the fundamentals of swing: feeling the beat, walking with groove and bounce. Ksenia will then guide you through major solo jazz dance steps and help you create your first dance routines. Advanced dancers can also benefit by firming up their basic solo jazz dance steps.
Secrets of the Charleston 20's
It’s all about the “King of the Dance” 20s Charleston. By taking this course you will learn over 30 classic Charleston moves and their variations. You’ll discover all about the styling and try out some eccentric flash steps.
World of Kicks
A course where you’ll discover how to be creative in your swing and charleston with just Kicks. You will find out how to play with kicks safely, with style and musicality. Add twists, rotations, syncopation and get an amazing new toolset to join your dance repertoire.
Variation Lab in 4 Volumes
Tired of repeating the same steps? Try this brand new course in 4 volumes. You will learn 14 variations of 4 classic solo jazz steps. You’ll find breakdown, practice videos, and “frames” – a new approach to practice footwork within set choreographies. Expand your swing dance vocabulary and learn how to connect your new footwork within a flow!
Secrets of Improvisation
This course will help you develop the skills of improvisation and musicality in solo jazz and swing dance. The course is based on Ksenia’s original methods and concepts adopted from music educators and taught alongside Irish pianist Cormac McCarthy.
Practice Games
Training solo jazz and don't know how and what to practice? This course/ collection is for you. Here you will find games to work on footwork, musicality and contrasts, all are essential elements of improvisation and performance. Ksenia will explain in detail her own original games, that she uses herself and then you can practice each game to a full song together with her.
Jazz Arms
Don’t know what to do with your arms in jazz? In this course you will discover the secrets of how to invite your upper body and arms, fingers and palms into the dance. We will work on posture, movement, image, expression, and gesture. Ideas, specific exercises and examples from the greats in theory and action. Each lesson is followed by a full practice together with Ksenia.
World of Arms in 5 Volumes
Want to open the world of possibilities of arm work outside of swing dance & learn to apply them in solo jazz? Try this course taught by dancer & choreographer Aina Lanas in collaboration with Ksenia. You will discover techniques of arm work from various styles, learn new movement & unlock yourself through free improvisation.
Plus All Recorded Masterclasses
“My dance school is for everyone, from beginner to advanced, who wants to feel more confident in solo jazz dance and find freedom in expressing themselves through movement” – Ksenia
Challenges, Playlists & Guides
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Who are these courses for?
Swing dancer Sandra practicing solo jazz dance
Never danced before?
We’ve got special courses for you such as Solo Jazz 101. Start from zero. Explore the fundamentals of jazz music, rhythm, body movement and learn your first signature jazz steps.
Dance solo jazz for a while and feel stuck?
Take our courses on improvisation, variations & creative concepts. These will open your mind and body to new ways of using the material you already have and get you unstuck.
Dance partner swing and want to improve?
No better way to skyrocket your partner dance than to work on your solo. Work on body awareness, jazz improvisation and footwork variations so you feel free to express yourself.
A pro in other styles and curious about jazz or new material?
Try 20s charleston, authentic jazz or improvisation. Browse the library to cherry pick footwork or choreographies to add to your repertoire.
Teaching solo dance, searching for new material and how to teach it?
There is no better way to improve your teaching than by becoming a student again and watching great teachers teach. Material of all courses is refined from years of international touring and teaching. Finding the best way to deliver it to students.
Not a dancer?
In 7 years we had many non-dancers joining the school to improve their well- being. Charleston & jazz are high intensity styles. They can compete with sports. Get yourself in shape, improve rhythm, develop ability to move with the music, energize and motivate yourself for life.
Instructor, CEO - Ksenia Parkhatskaya is an award-winning dancer who has worked with artists as diverse as Postmodern Jukebox, the Paris Opera Orchestra and Christian McBride.
Trained in professional ballroom dance since the age of 6, method acting, West African dances in Senegal, contemporary techniques, Ksenia became famous through her 20s Charleston show on “So You Think You Can Dance” (UKR).
Ksenia has taught workshops at over 250 international swing and jazz festivals over the past 10 years. This demand is due to Ksenia’s unique, inspirational teaching methods, contagious energy and passion for dancing.
“Her ability to break down movements using powerful imagery and visual associations for dancers of all levels has made her online dance tutorials the perfect way to learn solo dance”
- HK dance magazine