Daniel K
Lab Creator & Lead Coach
Leads the complete competition-preparation journey, connecting musicality, adaptability, strategy and performance under pressure.
DNA J&J Lab
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Perform Under Pressure.
Compete with Clarity.
Two intensive days designed to give social dancers and competitors the essential tools, practice and individual competition feedback needed for Jack & Jill.
2–3 December 2026 8 hours: 7h training + 1h J&J Simulation Maximum 40 selected dancers Balanced leader/follower ratio By application
See the Lab in action
DNA · J&J Lab
DNA J&J Lab
Your J&J Coaching Team
Raquel Abs
J&J Coach
Brings versatile styling, musical choices and practical tools for adapting your expression to different songs and situations.
Virginia Peidro
J&J Coach
Focuses on connection, communication, adaptability to different partners, playful expression and musicality.
Nico Silva
Guest Judge & Feedback · J&J Simulation
Provides focused judging and individual competition feedback during the J&J Simulation.
The DNA Team will accompany the group throughout the Lab, supporting the training flow, rotations, practice rounds and overall participant experience.
Built for the Unpredictable
You cannot choose the partner or the song. You can prepare for everything else.
Jack & Jill tests far more than vocabulary. It tests how quickly you adapt, how clearly you connect, how you respond to unfamiliar music and partners, and how confidently you make decisions under pressure.
The Lab gives participants a structured preparation process instead of leaving competition performance to chance.
What the Lab Develops
Six areas that decide a Jack & Jill round.
01
Adaptability
Reading a new partner quickly and adjusting without losing your own dance.
02
Connection
Creating clear, comfortable and responsive communication from the first moments.
03
Musicality
Making confident choices with unfamiliar songs, structures and musical changes.
04
Clean Execution
Using strong fundamentals, timing and control under competition pressure.
05
Presence
Showing confidence and personality while maintaining genuine partner connection.
06
Competition Strategy
Understanding what to prioritize, how to manage a short round and how to recover when something does not go as planned.
How the Lab Works
Learn. Drill. Simulate. Review.
Learn
Focused concepts and practical competition tools.
Drill
Partner rotations and targeted exercises with different dancers.
Simulate
A realistic J&J Simulation with heats, unknown partners and competition conditions.
Review
Individual competition feedback: a clear strength, an improvement priority and a practical focus.
Individual competition feedback — distinct from the group-based guided live coaching in DNA Experience.
J&J Simulation + Individual Feedback
Practice the pressure before it counts.
The Lab concludes with a J&J Simulation designed to recreate the decision-making, adaptability and pressure of a real competition.
Three intensive hours including the J&J Simulation and individual competition feedback. Each participant receives concise individual feedback from the coaching team, focused on:
- One clear strength
- One priority for improvement
- One practical focus for continued training
What Is Included
Everything focused on competition preparation.
8-hour intensive: 7 hours of focused training + a 1-hour J&J Simulation
Led by Daniel K with Raquel Abs and Virginia Peidro as J&J Coaches
Guest judge Nico Silva for the J&J Simulation
Partner rotations and adaptability drills
J&J Simulation
Individual competition feedback (linked to the J&J Simulation)
Clear takeaways and practical areas to continue developing after the Lab
DNA Team support throughout the Lab
Access to the private Lab community
Do not wait for the competition to discover what you need to improve.
The Lab is limited to 40 selected dancers to protect the quality of the rotations, observation and individual competition feedback.
Launch Price€269
Available to the first 10 confirmed bookings. Then €289.
Application is free. No payment is required at this stage.
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