Swing Dance Workshop
with Jenny & Dan
Saturday, January 27th
You are welcome to come sign up in person
no need to preregister
no partner needed
Level noted below under Class Descriptions
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Saturday, Jan. 27th
1:00 - 5:00 pm
These 2 teach all over the world and nation sharing their joy, technique, music and laughter in classes to all levels. They are an undefeated BluesShout Allstar Strictly partnership and sure love to kick up fun choreographies in both Swing & Blues.
Come join the fun and get your body dancing this winter season.
Location:
231 Ainslie Street (upstairs)
Graham Ave stop on the L line
Topic Schedule:
1:00 - 2:15 pm Swing Out Intensive
2:25 - 3:40 pm Lindy Hop Conversation & Games
3:50 - 5:00 pm Whoa, Where'd you Go (Swing Movements)
Note each class is 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Cost: (per person)
$40 Advance purchase discount (until Jan 26th)
$50 at the door for all classes
$17 per class in person
Payment types:
Cash in person
Check in person
Paypal (link above)
Credit Card in person (with $2 service fee)
Class Descriptions:
Swing Out Intensive (1:00 - 2:15 pm)
Level: ALL LEVELS Introduction through Advance
Come learn, or refine, the single most essential move in Lindy Hop! We’ll start from the beginning and cover the points that make a swing out and how to feel the most comfortable with a partner.
Follow Styling Lead Reaction (2:25 - 3:40 pm)
Level: Are comfortable social dancing with some experience.
Great dances often involve a sharing of ideas between lead and follow. In this class, follows will find different types of styling and how to add movement, ideas, and voice to the dance. Leads will learn a style of leading that offers space for follow styling, and how combining the Lead’s ideas with that styling can create something even better.
Whoa, Where’d You Go? (3:50 - 5:00 pm)
Level: Are comfortable social dancing with some experience.
Oh there you are, and here I am! This class is brought to you from a bird’s-eye view. With the concept of relative orientation between partners we’ll show you how completely new movements can be created. Follows and leads will get equal focus as we talk about common assumptions. Suspect the Unexpected!
Check out their website jennydan.com
Dan & Jenny are both full-time international dance instructors traveling to share the joy of dance. They've won many competitions around the country both separately and together in Lindy Hop and Blues. Dan & Jenny have found themselves teaching together with ease throughout events with a focus on musicality, fine movement detail, and play between partners.
Dan is immersed in the music and the movement. He constantly travels to continue learning, happily sharing his ideas along the way. In his teaching, Dan’s enthusiastic approach brings a focus on innovation, connection, and attention to your partner. Dan is also a veteran DJ, spinning for events locally and across continents on a weekly basis, and has dabbled in organizing for events and local dances. In the end, Dan is most excited to push his own dancing and to see his students break through their boundaries.
Jenny, based in NYC, is also a DJ and Director of nycBABBLE.com and Brooklyn Swings. Jenny has been training in dance for over 25 years and teaching for over 20 years, with a BA in Dance and Theater from San Diego State University. She is trained in 34 different styles of movement including Ballet, Tap, Hip Hop, West African, Capoeira, Aikido, Tango, Salsa, Lindy hop, Balboa, and Blues. Her background influences her teaching and general style through musicality, variation, expression, and an understanding of body mechanics. Jenny believes the dance floor is a 'World of Yes' where we accept and are inspired. In turn we take classes in a 'World of Intention'
to expand our 'World of Yes.' Check out more at jennysowden.com.
Dan & Jenny’s general vibe is uber playful; just watch them dance!
They like to challenge and play with their students,
sharing both classic and new approaches while keeping one’s own unique style.
Dan is immersed in the music and the movement. He constantly travels to continue learning, happily sharing his ideas along the way. In his teaching, Dan’s enthusiastic approach brings a focus on innovation, connection, and attention to your partner. Dan is also a veteran DJ, spinning for events locally and across continents on a weekly basis, and has dabbled in organizing for events and local dances. In the end, Dan is most excited to push his own dancing and to see his students break through their boundaries.
Jenny, based in NYC, is also a DJ and Director of nycBABBLE.com and Brooklyn Swings. Jenny has been training in dance for over 25 years and teaching for over 20 years, with a BA in Dance and Theater from San Diego State University. She is trained in 34 different styles of movement including Ballet, Tap, Hip Hop, West African, Capoeira, Aikido, Tango, Salsa, Lindy hop, Balboa, and Blues. Her background influences her teaching and general style through musicality, variation, expression, and an understanding of body mechanics. Jenny believes the dance floor is a 'World of Yes' where we accept and are inspired. In turn we take classes in a 'World of Intention'
to expand our 'World of Yes.' Check out more at jennysowden.com.
Dan & Jenny’s general vibe is uber playful; just watch them dance!
They like to challenge and play with their students,
sharing both classic and new approaches while keeping one’s own unique style.
