*Friday night, February 23rd, we are teaming up with the Swing Nights for their Weekly Friday Swing Dance! All those who are registered for the weekend will also be permitted entrance into this dance! It is from 9 pm to 12 am. After, we will all be heading over to the house party to continue the fun. The dance will be a mix of Lindy hop and Blues music DJ’s by Julie Brown herself! We hope that you will join us!
Friday Night:
8:15 pm: Beginner Swing Lesson Taught by Julie Brown
9:00 pm: Friday Night Swing and Blues Dance DJ’d by Juile
- $5 entry at the door for non-registered dancers
11:59 pm: Blues House & Pool Party - Free to all! BYOB
Dance Venue - Danzforce Extreme: 11602 Lake Underhill Rd #126, Orlando, FL 32825
Party House: 2856 Broward Ct. Oviedo FL, 32765
- Street Parking most available along Lagoon Drive.
- Carpooling and Uber is strongly suggestd
Saturday:
Workshop 10 am - 4 pm - All classes taught by Julie Brown and Dana Mooney*
10 am: Blues Movement Vocabulary, Aesthetics, & Technique
11 am: A Taste of Jukin’
12 pm: Break
2 pm: Close Embrace Connection
3 pm: A taste of Ballroomin’
Workshop Venue - University of Performing Arts (UPAC): 160 Alexandria Blvd, Oviedo, FL 32765
*For Teacher Bios and Class descriptions visit www.breakevenblues.weebly.com
Saturday Night:
9 pm: Saturday Night Blues Dance
- 5$ entry at the door for non-registered dancers
Dance Venue - Learn Dance Studio: 945 N. Semoran Blvd. Azalea Park, Florida 32807
- Located 5 minutes from the Whirl n Twirl
Sunday:
11 am: Expression & Creativity in Jukin’
12 am: Expression & Creativity in Ballroomin’
Workshop Venue - University of Performing Arts (UPAC): 160 Alexandria Blvd, Oviedo, FL 32765
8:15 pm: Beginner Swing Lesson Taught by Julie Brown
9:00 pm: Friday Night Swing and Blues Dance DJ’d by Juile
- $5 entry at the door for non-registered dancers
11:59 pm: Blues House & Pool Party - Free to all! BYOB
Dance Venue - Danzforce Extreme: 11602 Lake Underhill Rd #126, Orlando, FL 32825
Party House: 2856 Broward Ct. Oviedo FL, 32765
- Street Parking most available along Lagoon Drive.
- Carpooling and Uber is strongly suggestd
Saturday:
Workshop 10 am - 4 pm - All classes taught by Julie Brown and Dana Mooney*
10 am: Blues Movement Vocabulary, Aesthetics, & Technique
11 am: A Taste of Jukin’
12 pm: Break
2 pm: Close Embrace Connection
3 pm: A taste of Ballroomin’
Workshop Venue - University of Performing Arts (UPAC): 160 Alexandria Blvd, Oviedo, FL 32765
*For Teacher Bios and Class descriptions visit www.breakevenblues.weebly.com
Saturday Night:
9 pm: Saturday Night Blues Dance
- 5$ entry at the door for non-registered dancers
Dance Venue - Learn Dance Studio: 945 N. Semoran Blvd. Azalea Park, Florida 32807
- Located 5 minutes from the Whirl n Twirl
Sunday:
11 am: Expression & Creativity in Jukin’
12 am: Expression & Creativity in Ballroomin’
Workshop Venue - University of Performing Arts (UPAC): 160 Alexandria Blvd, Oviedo, FL 32765
Class Descriptions
SAT
- 10:00 - 11:00: Blues movement vocabulary, aesthetics, & technique
To be a great partner dancer (especially in blues), you've got to be able to dance yourself! This class will cover some basic aesthetics of blues dancing (helping distinguish what is similar to and different from lindy hop), as well as some common movements and variations for blues. At the end of this class, you'll come away with a better understanding of what makes something look 'bluesy' or not, and you'll have new movements that you can bring into your partner dancing. - 11:00 - 12:00: A taste of Jukin'
Jukin’ is a sub-style of blues dancing that was danced in juke joints, house parties, and other small social spaces. Danced to guitar, harmonica, and piano-based blues, this style incorporates a lot of solo movements and has greater independence between partners. In this class, we'll bring solo movements from the first class into our partner dancing, as we explore how we lead, follow, & interact in this sub-style.
12:00 - 2:00: Break - 2:00 - 3:00: Close embrace connection
Close embrace is an important connection for blues dancing, but it's not always easy to get comfortable at first. Come learn how to create a comfortable close embrace connection for yourself and your partner, as well as how to tell if your partner is comfortable in the connection and how make adjustments to address that. - 3:00 - 4:00: A taste of Ballroomin'
Ballroomin' is the other main sub-style of blues dancing, danced in (you guessed it) ballrooms! Danced to jazz-blues, this style has more specific partnering and often moves around the dance floor. In this class, we'll learn one or two ballroomin' blues dances for traveling the floor.
- 11:00 - 12:00: Expression & creativity in Jukin'
Building off of yesterday's class, we'll explore a few of the ways we can express ourselves and bring more personal style to our dancing in Jukin', both for followers and for leaders. - 12:00 - 1:00: Expression & creativity in Ballroomin'
Building off of yesterday's class, we'll explore a few of the ways we can express ourselves and bring more personal style to our dancing in Ballroomin', both for followers and for leaders.
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