Unlock the power of the Elements

You are invited to enter a 3 month online journey into learning how to wield the 5 Elements in your Dance (Starting Thursday July 23rd) . This is going to take you through a deep dive movement immersion that will give you the tools, knowledge, and guidance to help you become the most versatile & powerful dancer you can be. 


  • Learn how the power of wind, water, fire, earth, and lightning can inspire new movement & enhance your dance expression. 


  • See how your journey through exercising these elements can help you develop yourself, refine your craft, and advance your skill no matter what dance style you practice.  


  • Reinvigorate your Dance practice by having a weekly class & training regimen, along with a community to help keep you accountable.


  • Obtain the foundations of the 5 Elemental Styles (Waving, Tutting, Popping, Footwork, and Animation) to expand your movement vocabulary and infinite new ways to move energy through your dance.


  • Receive direct feedback on your dance videos to help you advance and quickly overcome obstacles




About the Training

And why the 5 Elements?


The 5 elements are an ancient teaching that have been passed down through the ages since our oldest shamanic origins. They have taken on multiple interpretations but the principle is all the same: that there are fundamental elemental qualities in life that create, sustain, and transform all of life as we know it. The elements have been talked about through the lens of spirituality, religion, even medicine and martial arts….but rarely have they ever been talked about through Dance; especially through the street dance styles of Popping and Animation. This is our focus & approach at the Dance Djedi Academy.

If we learn to channel the 5 elements in our dance then we have the ultimate palette of colors to create with. By harnessing these fundamental forces of creation, our dance then comes into harmony with nature itself.   The elements can teach us so much about the nature of energy and how it manifests through life. In our dance practice the elements can help take our craft to the next level and truly awaken our highest movement potential.

The teachings of the Dance Djedi Academy take a unique approach to the Street Dance styles while also honoring the lineages and cultures from which they came.  These teachings draw from a variety of sources including ancient medicine, eastern & indigenous spirituality, healing arts, martial arts, and personal insight. The unique fusion of this ancient wisdom applied to the practice of these urban street dance styles has given birth to this Elemental Dancer training program. 



Program Features

Here is what will be included in your Training Program!

  • Weekly live dance classes on Zoom every week, for 12 weeks. Typically 1.5 -2 hours per class. Recordings of classes will be provided.

  • Each class contains guided warm up, drills to enhance technique, introduction of new movement vocabulary, and dance choreography ranging from beginner to advanced level.

  • Bonus Dance Tutorials to help further advance your growth and movement skills

  • Educational videos providing information on street dance culture, history of movement themes, philosophy, mindset practices, and bonus knowledge.

  • Weekly challenges and suggested training tips to help you learn and embody the teachings as efficient as possible.

  • A Private Community page where we can discuss, share, and collaborate with our fellow Dance Djedi tribe!

How it Works

Here is how the structure of this 3 month immersion (starting this mid-July) will go:

  • Step 1: Weekly Live Workshop

    You will have a Live 1 hour dance workshop every week. In the Live class you will learn theory, drills, techniques, and dance choreography to expand your movement vocabulary. Once we start moving through the weekly training material, students will be able to get commentary on their dance videos for personal insights and advice.

  • Step 2: Video Tutorials

    You will then be provided with training videos for the week. This will include Dance theory education and Dance tutorials to follow along with. The Dance theory's are educational videos to help teach you about the dance culture, philosophy, and ideas behind the system. The tutorials are the main training videos to help improve your technique, foundations, and movement concepts.

  • Step 3: Weekly Homework

    At the end of the training videos, you will also receive training regimens and homework assignments for each week. This will be suggested drills and assignments to help you embody the training in the best way possible. This will also help give you a structured way to train and practice, so that you can start developing a disciplined dance training regimen. It is recommended that you go through the training at the beginning of the week so that you are ready for the next Live training and ask any questions you may have.

Course curriculum

This will give you a gist of what kind of topics we'll be covering. This is the main chunk of educational videos and tutorials that will be provided to you every week. There will be new content added as we move forward, such as Live Recordings, and bonus material.

  • 1

    Pre-Order Bonus: Warmup Dance Training

    • Greetings!

    • Tutorial: Calling in a Higher Power

    • Djedi Flow #1

    • Meditative Movement Warmup: Taiji Qigong
  • 2

    Week 1: Introduction

    • Elemental Dancer Presentation

    • Week 1 Choreography Part 1

    • Week 1 Choreography Part 2
  • 3

    Week 2: Wind Element I

    • LIVE Week 2 Class: Wind Meditation and Presentation

    • LIVE Week 2 Class: Dance Warm up

    • LIVE Week 2 Class: Tutting Combo 1

    • LIVE Week 2 Class: Tutting Combo 2

    • Section 2: Dance Theory of Wind Element

    • Wind Element Meditation

    • Wind Element Qualities

    • Wind Archetypal Style: Tutting

    • Tutting Origins & History

    • Egyptian Postures of Power

    • Modern Development of Tutting

    • Tutting OG's: King Boogaloo Tut

    • Tutting Og's: Mr. Re

    • Tutting Og's: Mr. Wiggles

    • Tutting as the Wind

    • Sacred Geometry

    • Dancing with Sacred Geometry
  • 4

    Week 3: Wind Element II

    • Week 3 Livestream Full Class

    • Week 3 Class: Breathwork Activation

    • Week 3 Class: Grooving and Tutting Warm up

    • Week 3 Class: Wind Movements

    • Week 3 Class: Soft Wind

    • Week 3: Power Wind

    • Week 3: Balanced Wind

    • Wind Bending Activation Meditation

    • Wind Philosophy - Western Occultism

    • Lie Tzu: The Wind Riding Sage

    • Daoist Wind Wisdom

    • Zaheer the Legendary Air Bender

    • Dancing with the Wind

    • Wind Bending

    • Bagua Zhang - The Wind Martial Art

    • Hand Seals, Mudras, and Fingertutting I

    • Hand Seals, Mudras, and Fingertutting II

    • Tutting Innovators: Tetris

    • Tutting Innovators: Pandora

    • Tutting Innovators: Future

    • FingerTutting Innovators: FingerCircus Crew

    • Week 3: Tutting Freestyle Training
  • 5

    Week 4: Fire Element I

    • Week 4: Opening Fire Meditation

    • Week 4: Fire Presentation

    • Week 4: Fire Groove Warm Up

    • Week 4 Fire Movements

    • Week 4 Yin Fire Freestyle

    • Week 4 Yang Fire Freestyle

    • Week 4 Balanced Fire

    • Fire Element Correspondences

    • The Popping Dance Style

    • Popping as The Fire

    • What is Popping? The Great Debate

    • Popping History & Origins

    • Hitting Technique and its Ancients Connections

    • Shaolin Gong Fu: The Fire Martial Art

    • Popping Og's: Pop Tart

    • Popping Og's: Boogaloo Sam

    • Popping Og's: Jeckle
  • 6

    Week 5: Fire Element II

    • Week 5: Introduction to Popping

    • Week 5: Popping Warm Up

    • Week 5: Popping Vocabulary

    • Week 5: Popping Choreography

    • Bonus: Hitting Tutorial

    • Fire Philosophy: Shamanic Origins

    • Djedi Fire Meditation

    • Zoroastrian Fire Temples

    • Fire Pujas of the East

    • Wrathful Deities - Destroyers of Illusion

    • Wisdom of the Sith: Turning Anger into Power

    • Dancing with Fire

    • Fire Bending

    • Path of the Sacred Warrior

    • Enter the Boogaloo Style

    • Popping Innovators: Jrock

    • Popping Innovators: Kite

    • Popping Innovators: Jaygee

    • Popping Innovators: Future & Rashaad
  • 7

    Week 5.5 (Break)

    • Community Check in and Q&A
  • 8

    Week 6: Water Element I

    • Week 6 Announcements And Meditation

    • Week 6 Water Presentation

    • Week 6 Water Groove Warm up

    • Week 6 Water Movements

    • Week 6 Water Freestyle Training

    • (Bonus) Waving Foundations: The Arm Wave

    • (Bonus) Waving Foundations: The Body Wave

    • (Bonus) Waving Foundations: The Trace Wave

    • (Bonus) Waving Foundations: Combination

    • Enter the Water Element

    • The Waving Dance Style

    • Waving Style History & Origins

    • Modern Waving Development

    • Waving as Water

    • Water Element Correspondences

    • Waving Og's: WaveOMatic

    • Waving Og's: Stokes

    • Waving Og's: Pop'N'Taco
  • 9

    Week 7: Water Element II

    • Week 7: Water Prayer Opening

    • Week 7: Water Grooving and Waving Warm Up

    • Week 7: Waving Drills

    • Week 7: Waving Combination

    • The Daoist Way of Water

    • Dancing the Water

    • Water Bending

    • The 3 Waving Lineages

    • Waving Innovator: Frantick

    • Waving Innovator: Jsmooth

    • Waving Innovator: Elsewhere

    • Taiji Master: Sujin Chen

    • The Snaking Style

    • Liquid Hands: Digitz

    • Week 7 Livestream Replay ( 9-10-20)
  • 10

    Week 8: Earth Element I

    • Livestream Week 8 Earth Element Training

    • Earth Element Meditation

    • Earth Element Correspondences

    • Footwork and Floorwork Styles

    • Footwork in Popping Dance

    • Foot/Floor work as Earth

    • Earthing

    • Shoes vs. Barefoot in Dance

    • Footwork Og's: Tiev

    • Footwork Og's: Mori 516
  • 11

    Week 9: Earth Element II

    • The Heavens and the Earth

    • The Body as Microcosm

    • Absorbing Earth Energy

    • Earth's Energy Grids

    • Power Spots & Vortex's

    • Dancing the Earth Element

    • Earth Bending

    • Tribal Shamanic Dances

    • Footwork Innovators: Greenteck

    • Footwork Innovators: Jordan

    • Footwork Innovators: NonStop

    • Livetstream Earth Part 2 Training

  • 12

    Week 10: Metal-Lightning I

    • Livestream Week 10 Class

    • Lightning Metal Meditation

    • Lightning Metal Correspondences

    • Enter the Robot Style

    • Modern Development of the Robot Style

    • The Djedi & Technology

    • The Animation Dance Style

    • Miming Fundamentals

    • Sound in Movement

    • Robot Og's: Robert Shields

    • Robot Og's: Bop'N'Andre

    • Robot Og's: Flattop
  • 13

    Week 11: Metal-Lightning II

    • Livestream Week 11 Class

    • Lightning Metal Activation & Toning

    • Lightning Symbolism & Mythos

    • Touched by the Gods

    • The Magnetic Body

    • The Electric Body

    • You are Supernatural

    • The Pineal Gland

    • Dancing the Lightning and Metal

    • Lightning and Metal Bending

    • Robot Pioneers: Madd Chadd

    • Robot Pioneers: Salah

    • Robot Pioneers: Umin

    • The Vibration Technique

    • Time Space Jutsu: Speed Changes
  • 14

    Week 12: 5 Element Conclusion

    • Week 12 Livestream Class

Pricing:

To join this training you can choose to do a 1 time payment or break it up into monthly payments. This is currently the Early Bird Special! Prices will go up as the launch date draws nearer. $197 (Starting July 23rd)

Bonus Course!

In addition to the 3 month training, you will also get access to the Dance Shaman/Healer mini-course!

  • All Courses, The Dance Paths

    The Healer Shaman

    Enter the Art of Therapy and Ritual. In this course you will learn information on Dance Therapy Process, the Healing benefits of Dance, The history and way of Shamanic Dancing, how to dance with a higher power, and so much more.

    11 Lessons $25.00 / month

Your Instructor

Founder of the Dance Djedi Academy

Adrian Lobo

Adrian "Lobo" Miramontes is a visionary movement artist utilizing the art of dance to inspire mastery of body & self. He specializes in the urban dance styles of Waving, Tutting, Popping, Animation, and more. He also is a practitioner of the energy movement arts such as Qi Gong and Daoist Internal Arts. Lobo gracefully weaves urban street dance with the methods and philosophy of Internal Martial Arts, Ancient Dance styles, and Sacred Movement into a unique form he has created called the D.J.E.D.I. Method. He artfully wields the beauty of movement and dance through innovative performance art and immersive workshops to help awaken our highest potential. Outside of Dance, Adrian Lobo is a certified Yoga & Qi Gong Instructor, Daoist Internal arts practitioner, Energy Medicine Therapist, Artist, Musician, and Content Creator. He assists people in healing and empowering their beings through natural medicine and ancient wisdom.

Testimonials

David Elsewhere

Street Dance Legend, Pioneer, Personal Dance Coach for Michael Jackson

I love Adrian Lobo's teaching/speaking style. He's calm and eloquent, which makes him more credible and easy to learn from. The lessons are easy to understand and get right to the point. I also enjoyed the mystical twist Lobo has fused with dance, so it will take those who are ready and open minded to recieve these ideas and philosophies. I love the break down of the styles into different elements as well. It makes it a fun and easy to learn in this format. Overall excellent course. I would highly recommend this to anyone wanting to learn. I learned a lot myself. Adrian Lobo is very knowledgeable and skilled in all these styles, I was really impressed by that. Best of luck with this project.

Richard H

Online Dance Student

I learned about Adrian Lobo, not through word of mouth, but by actually watching his popping street dance Youtube videos back in the mid-2000's. With a straight face I can tell you that Lobo has been one of my favorite dancers ever since I've watched him; and has been an inspiration of mine even before he started coaching me around 2015. During this time, what I also had the honor of learning was how much Adrian took pleasure in helping me out. How much knowledge he has on different aspects of dance, how he was able to present it in teachable ways, how we were able to talk and how I was able to ask any question I had to him. A lot of dance insights he's taught me I still am mindful of to this day. I would recommend Adrian Lobo to anyone interested in learning from a truly mesmerizing dancer, and a patient, positive teacher. Many blessings Lobo!!!

Leeron Liftik

Non-linguistic Communications Specialist, Movement Provocateur, Dendrophiliac

Lobo is a phenomenal instructor. Regardless of whether or not his style resonates with you, his ability to break movements down to their most basic components, teaching pupils how to drill and grind each area until it becomes an unconscious effort manifested purely through personal self expression has been a profound and unique contribution to my dance experience and life. I have taken several online dance courses and his has by far had the greatest impact on me. Highly recommend.

Jax

Dance Entertainer

I'll never forget the first time I saw Lobo perform for Clozee 2017 at the Crystal Ballroom. His perfection in his movement is beyond eye catching and hypnotizing! It was then I knew I must meet this being and learn his movement discipline. Taking classes with Lobo has been amazing and so helpful. I have been able to hone down a stillness in my dance movements and start perfecting the rhythm the way I've always wanted. Lobo is a master of dance, the Bruce Lee of Dance, the Pop lock Jedi Ninja! If you haven't checked out his dance performances, then you must asap. Also encouraging any dancers who want to bring out their own special unique dance power from within, should also take his courses!

FAQ

  • How long will I have access to the training?

    After enrolling, you will be able to have lifetime access to your training content.

  • How Do I access the Livestream Classes?

    Livestream classes will be hosted on Zoom. Information on how to join will be included in your course material.

  • What if I miss the livestream class?

    No worries, there will be a replay available the next day that will be uploaded to your course material. You are welcome to review and access the classes at your own time & pace!

Are you Ready?

There are only 30 spots available to join this training. If you feel the call, jump in as soon as you can! You don't want to miss out on this rare opportunity.

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