Workshop Descriptions

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THURSDAY - 6:30-8 PM - [STUDIO 3 DALPLEX] - BALBOA WITH DAN

Come learn the tools and techniques of this Southern California swing dance! Whether you're new to the dance or have been shuffling a while, there's something for you in here. We'll find the essential connection and make it more comfortable, explore some of the aesthetics that differentiate this dance from other swing dances, learn a basic step, and maybe add a few extra moves in there. You'll be dancing this style right in no time! 

FRIDAY NIGHT, 7:30-9 PM - [1313 HOLLIS ST.] - BLUES 103 - A BLUES ODYSSEY

The dancing we do to Blues music incorporates various skills and ideas. This class offers an overview of many core concepts of the dance. We’ll start with aesthetics, then explore lead-follow technique and how two connected partners can express themselves while dancing with each other. We’ll touch on some basic rhythms, and even work in a move or two. You’ll finish with tools to tear up the social dance floor all night!  

SATURDAY MORNING, 11 AM - 1 PM - [STUDIO 4 DALPLEX] - CHICAGO BLUES

Taking inspiration from electric guitars and crowded bars, we'll dance to some of the original Blues sounds of Chicago. We'll articulate rhythms commonly found in this music, add vocabulary across multiple dance positions, and find the ways to make your dance more bar and less ballroom.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 2 PM - 3:15 PM - [STUDIO 4 DALPLEX] - DELTA BLUES

The Delta is a region rich in history, serving as both starting point and home for multiple styles of Blues dance and music. For this class we'll look at some of the sparse but rhythmically driven songs and find ways to echo that in our dance.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 3:45 PM - 5 PM - [STUDIO 4 DALPLEX] - WEST COAST BLUES

A versatile style of Blues-- mixing electric guitar, jazz, and jump blues -- that offers new avenues for creativity. Let's do the same thing in our dance: starting from a Jukin' base we'll see how horn sections and jazzy influences can morph the aesthetics and offer new tools to play with, including stretch and a smooth look.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM - [STUDIO 4 DALPLEX] - extra fee for this workshop = $25

Intermediate/Advanced intensive: Triple Step Shaping and Articulations

Let’s explore the concept of triple steps in Blues dance! We’ll find different ways to apply this rhythm to our dancing, and how it might change along with the music. Over the course of this class, we’ll look at several ways to articulate the movement, as well how we might shape it into other movements.