Friday, December 27th Expo Crowne 1 Crowne 2 Blue Ridge Foxfire Dogwood Challenge Yourself Solo Competition Prep Exploring Closed Position Missed Connections The ABCs of Solo Jazz pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 (Clàudia) (Nikki & Mikey) (Elze & Andrew) (Peter & Jon) (Laurel & Michelle)

Open Level, and basic familiarity with common Open Level, but dancers should have a good Open Level, but some partner Open Level, but you should be comfortable with Open Level, but students will benefit from a jazz steps is enough, but know going in that grasp of 6 & 8 count figures, be ready experience is very helpful, and we will likely at basic Lindy Hop skills like triple steps, step- familiarity with the Frankie Manning Shim Sham. 10:45 AM the intention is to be challenged and pushed & willing to participate in mock contests, and be least make references to some common Lindy steps, and outs. The Shim Shim is great beyond your normal limits. prepared for instant feedback during the class. Hop vocabulary. to know, but not required. DESCRIPTION: Looking at solo jazz movement both from a historical context and modern DESCRIPTION: This is not simply a DESCRIPTION: Distinguish the difference DESCRIPTION: We will explore how to dance DESCRIPTION: In this course we are here to application, finding out how our bodies move challenging solo dance class, but a class between the various Lindy Hop competitions and comfortably in closed position -- taking help walk you through all of the important steps best, and learning how to transition from one about strategies for facing challenges within what judges look for in each style of contest. inspiration from various old dances including of creating and maintaining solid partner move to the next. Appropriate for new jazz your dancing. We will work on a short Dancing in competitions is a skill of its own that Peabody, Two Step, One-Step, and other communication from beginning-to-end: asking dancers but also those looking to add depth and 11:45 AM sequence, first finding your own most requires training and technique. Discover your European Folk Dances like the Polka! Not just someone to dance, getting to know their nuance to their solo movement! comfortable way of moving within it, then strengths and competition style all while building a "survey" of these dances; we will give you interests and style, learning to work together improvising, and finally sharing. Everyone will confidence for your next contest. ideas to take fun movement and inspiration and listen to one another, and what to do when be invited to overcome their challenges by from these dances and incorporate them into things don't go as planned. In addition to some finding on-the-spot self discovery! your larger swing vocabulary! important discussion, the dancing parts will be focused on connecting better with our partners and building our "recovery skills" for when 12:00 PM things don't go as planned. We practice a lot to get things right, but when things go awry, we are here to help you make the best of it.

1:00 PM

Drum Speak The Musicality Was Inside You All Along Balboa Fundamentals & Core Repertoire Compression Solo Improvisation & Flow pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 (LaTasha & Josh) (Hyunjung & Jon) (Kelly & Mickey) (Nikki & Todd) (Jo)

2:15 PM Open level, no experience required, but this Open Level, but students should be familiar with Open Level. Open Level, but students should be familiar with Open Level, but it's recommended you come to will be a physically demanding class! basic Lindy Hop skills like triple steps, step-steps, basic 6 and 8 count Lindy Hop figures. class with basic jazz knowledge and a dash of and swing outs and come to class with a strong DESCRIPTION: One of the "Big Three" bravery. DESCRIPTION: World class swing drummer sense of adventure! dances at Lindy Focus, Balboa is something DESCRIPTION: Stretch and compression are Josh Collazo and multidisciplinary dance we feel like everyone should at least know the fundamental components of our partnered DESCRIPTION: Have you ever heard a swing 3:15 PM phenomenon LaTasha Barnes come together DESCRIPTION: We are going to take just a basics of! Much if not all the music here is Bal- connection. Stretch is often addressed but saxophonist who is just on fire, playing with to share this very special class about rhythm, handful of steps, lots of different styles of music, friendly, and there will be many opportunities compression not as much, so in this class we seemingly continuous breath and nonstop listening, communicating, and creating. We and stretch those steps for all they are worth. to put your lessons to immediate use. Expect will explore this crucial yet often overlooked novelty? Great solo dancing can be like that too! will talk about how specific movement to learn all the basic steps, partnering skills, element. In this class, we'll explore how to create an techniques are shared by musicians and musical awareness and styling that you need endless stream of ideas and never get stuck dancers, what it means to physically produce to begin your Balboa journey with confidence! again. 3:30 PM a rhythm in different mediums, and how to respond in your own body with rhythms that you both hear and see.

4:30 PM Fundamental Lindy Hop Repertoire & Solo Jazz Performance Group The World of Tandem Ballrooming 101 Solo Balboa: Technique, Rhythms & More Concepts pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 (Clàudia) (Jo & Todd) (Kelsy & Damon) (Kelly & Mickey) (Nikki & Mikey) 6:00 PM Open Level, but students should have at least Open Level, but students should be familiar Open Level. Open Level, but instructors strongly recommend Open Level. some common jazz background such as Shim with basic Charleston and basic Tandem familiarity with basic Balboa footwork patterns. Sham, Tranky Doo, or Big Apple. Charleston. DESCRIPTION: When big-bands in the Black DESCRIPTION: Alright folks, Lindy Hop is the communities took a break from their hard DESCRIPTION: A lot of folks have taken some name of the game, and if you haven't done DESCRIPTION: Take the plunge and immerse DESCRIPTION: In this course we will play swinging tunes for Lindy Hop they played Bal courses but have yet to cross over into 7:00 PM your time really getting into the nuts and bolts yourself in amazing movement! This crew will with various entrances and exits into tandem, ballads, torch songs, slower jazz songs, and "owning" their Balboa. We believe this class will of this dance, this course is for you. This learn some incredible solo choreography and as well as variations within tandem, and close Blues numbers that kept the dancers just as be a powerful tool in getting you there! You will be course will cover basic technique you can use perform it for camp. Be prepared to break a relatives of the tandem. engaged and happy. We’ll look at how to given solo practice exercises so you get in all aspects of the dance, as well as Swing sweat for the glory of challenging and rewarding approach these dances that meet at the comfortable doing this dance to the music without Outs, 6 & 8 count patterns, common dance jazz! crossroads of swing, ballroom, and blues. worrying about partnership variables, and then moves you will encounter on the dance floor, take it to the next level by adding creative and 7:15 PM and more. You can expect to walk away with a social elements. solid grasp of the language of this most exhilarating and joyous social dance!

8:15 PM Saturday, December 28th

Expo Crowne 1 Crowne 2 Blue Ridge Foxfire Dogwood Skills Assessment (10-10:15am) Skills Assessment (10-10:15am) Skills Assessment (10-10:15am) Skills Assessment (10-10:15am) 10:00 AM -- --

How to Train Your Lindy Hop, Solo Feelin' the Flow The Super Asian Routine Understanding the Bal Legacy Lindy Hop Performance Group Groovin' pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 (Jo) (Elze & Peter) (Hyunjung & Andrew) (Shani & Bobby) (Gaby & Nathan) (Irina & Todd)

Open Level. Audition Required: For this course you should Audition Required: This Course is intended for Audition Required: Dancers should be Open Level, but partner required and Audition Required: Students will be expected to be an experienced dancer. That is, you should advanced Lindy Hop students. Get ready for 170- comfortable with Pure Bal basics, Lollies, recommended intermediate level and above. demonstrate confident and technically strong DESCRIPTION: The secret to great be comfortable in mixing 6 counts with 8 count 220 bpm hardcore Lindy Hop. Be comfortable Toss Out, Out & Ins, Texas Tommies, and Students should already know the steps of social Lindy Hop. Because the course material 10:15 AM Partner Dancing is great Solo Dancing - variations in your social dancing without with basic 4, 6, and 8 count patterns - sugar should have several different footwork Lindy Hop, including swing-out, 6 count, tuck will require a close look at the nuances of not just "solo jazz", but solo DANCING, thinking it over, or counting in your head (i.e. pushes, all manner of outside/inside turns, and variations they can execute within these turn, and Charleston. They should enjoy different styles, instructors will need to see that including Lindy Hop! Without solo practice, send outs, pass-by variations, tuck-turns, all basic Charleston patterns - side-by-side, patterns. dancing all tempos, and they should be fully students have a very solid base to work from. you're missing out on the most important swing-outs, circles). hand-to-hand, tandem. Be comfortable changing capable of: running, jumping, kicking, thing about the dance: you. In this course, footwork/doing variations within any of these DESCRIPTION: This in-depth series will delve turning/spinning, hopping, etc. It’s also DESCRIPTION: In this course we will explore we'll focus on quality of movement by DESCRIPTION: This course is all about how basic patterns. Solo Jazz experience will be deeply into the moves and philosophies from important they bring at least one nice, non- various ways of expressing and playing with the drilling isolations, Charleston, and rotation. to create flow in the way you dance with and helpful (Big Apple or Tranky Doo). different original dancers that showcase the encumbering outfit for the performance. music. Students can expect to be dancing to a And we will focus on improvisation by connect to your partner. Sometimes we learn spirit of the dance through their eyes. range of grooves, from a more New Orleans 11:15 AM drilling rhythm, phrasing, and flow. to dance by stringing together blocks of DESCRIPTION: In this class, we'll explore DESCRIPTION: Learn a Lindy Hop routine and centric vibe to early soul and R&B. moves. This class will present you with new Hyunjung and Andrew's favorite moves in the NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment perform it! Nathan and Gaby have thousands of moves, but also it will focus on the transitions form of a routine, and spice them up by adding for this course, your automatically assigned hours of experience, creating dance material for NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment for between the moves so that it looks and feels rhythmical variations. This will be a dynamic, replacement course will be "How to Train Your everything from Jazz At Lincoln Center this course, your automatically assigned seamless. The goal is to soften the sharper rhythmic, high energy Lindy Hop routine. Lindy Hop, Solo". Orchestra concerts to ILHC team-division replacement course will be "How to Train Your edges around how we connect and make the winning entries (Yeah Man/The Killer Dillers), Lindy Hop, Solo". dance feel more fluid and together. NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment for and now they need you! This will be a very 11:30 AM this course, your automatically assigned rewarding and transformative experience. NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment replacement course will be "How to Train Your Performing can give you confidence and self- for this course, your automatically assigned Lindy Hop, Solo". awareness, and it incorporates a variety of replacement course will be "How to Train Your universal dance skills. Lindy Hop, Solo".

12:30 PM Skills Assessment (2-2:15pm) Skills Assessment (2-2:15pm) Skills Assessment (2-2:15pm) Skills Assessment (2-2:15pm) 2:00 PM -- -- Click here for video reference. Trying New Things Throw Down & Slow Down Rhythm & Meter in Swing Music/Dance Whitey's Jam Culture & Performance Lindy Slow Balboa & Laminu Student Swing Ensemble pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 Hop pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 (Jenna & Jon) (Elze & Peter) (Gaby & Nathan) pt. 1-2 of 4 (Kelly & Mickey) (Anita) (LaTasha & Bobby) Open Level, but students should be Audition Required: Students should be at a Audition Required: This course is for experienced Audition Required: Students will be expected to Prerequisites: Able to read single-note lines on a familiar with Lindy Hop basic six and eight relatively intermediate level, capable of and skillful, Lindy Hop, social dancers. Students Audition Required: Dancers should know the demonstrate a working knowledge of triple staff (even if it requires some thought/working- 2:15 PM count rhythms and patterns. leading and following some 6 count and 8 must be able to accomplish basic steps/moves, California Routine from the first swing outs up steps in Balboa and ideally a Slow Bal basic through). Able to play the chromatic scale, and count variations (i.e. 6 count send out, pass- like swing-out, without thinking. They must to the barrel roll, and can dance it comfortably step. major and minor scales somewhat comfortably, at DESCRIPTION: What if we... Extend. by, and 8 count circle). Instructors will show a already be comfortable varying footwork, ad lib, at 220 BPM. least in the keys of C, G, F, Bb, and Eb. Have a Reverse. Catch. Spin. Touch the floor. few of these basic moves, and then ask the and without losing their groove/place in the DESCRIPTION: This will be an intermediate to general idea of what to do with common basic There are many ways to change up a basic students to dance the moves socially amongst meter. They must be able to dance a rhythm DESCRIPTION: The greatest performers in advanced Slow Bal class. The basics of Slow "jazz" chord symbols like C7, C-7, Cdim, etc. If shape into something new or exciting themselves for level evaluation. without step-by-step instruction (manifest a Lindy Hop history. A culture rooted deep in Balboa will be covered in the first hour to get already comfortable improvising on your feeling. We will play with different ideas on stated rhythm through improvised movement). African and African-American culture. everyone on the same page, but the class will instrument, great! If not, know that everyone will 3:15 PM how to make changes. We will share our DESCRIPTION: In this course we’re going to LaTasha & Bobby will explore the techniques move beyond that delving into styling and be encouraged to improvise at least a little at creations and you will even make your put a little routine together and jam it! Be DESCRIPTION: Take a solid survey of namable and philosophies that allowed them to dance pattern making. Expect to come away with a camp. own. ready to move, sweat, and jam together… but and unnamed rhythm elements, and practice at supreme speeds, the stylings and moves syllabus of moves pulled directly from old clips. wait! We’re then going to cool it down and try moving to them, with them, and through them. they pioneered, and the importance of the There will be one spot per position for the to find how to make it chill and connected so We will start with varieties of swing, and work our community of jamming in both their dancing NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment for following: Drums, Bass, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, that it can be done at all tempos. way up to difficult syncopations, riffs, song and their culture. Though the entire class will this course, your automatically assigned Lead/Soloing Guitar, Trumpet, Trombone, fragments, and phrasing. not be fast dancing, they should wear clothing replacement course will be "Trying New Clarinet, Saxophone (Tenor or Alto), Vocalist. NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment they can sweat in and comfortable shoes that Things". Nonstandard instruments will be considered on a for this course, your automatically assigned NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment for can both grip and pivot. case-by-case basis. NOTE: large rhythm 3:30 PM replacement course will be "Trying New this course, your automatically assigned instruments (piano, drums, bass) are *not* Things". replacement course will be "Trying New Things". NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment automatically provided -- if you are thinking about for this course, your automatically assigned choosing one of these but don't have a way to replacement course will be "Trying New transport your instrument to the event, we will Things". need to talk to make sure we can find you one to play before reserving your spot!

DESCRIPTION: Students will participate in a 4:30 PM small-to-medium sized swing combo, coached in playing the songs and instrument techniques of 6:00 PM Fundamental Lindy Hop Repertoire & Solo Jazz Performance Group The World of Tandem Charleston Ballrooming 101 Solo Balboa & Bal-Swing Concepts pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt.the 3-4'30s/'40's of 4 idiom. Prior to camp you will be sent 7:00 PM pt. 3-4 of 4 (Clàudia) (Jo & Todd) (Kelsy & Damon) (Kellysongs &and Mickey) materials to start looking at. During (Nikki & Mikey) camp you will rehearse as a group, receiving both 7:15 PM group and individual feedback.

8:15 PM Sunday, December 29th

Expo Crowne 1 Crowne 2 Blue Ridge Foxfire Dogwood 10:15 AM How to Train Your Lindy Hop, Solo Feelin' the Flow The Super Asian Routine Understanding the Bal Legacy Lindy Hop Performance Group Groovin' pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 11:15 AM (Jo) (Elze & Peter) (Hyunjung & Andrew) (Shani & Bobby) (Gaby & Nathan) (Irina & Todd) 11:30 AM 12:30 PM

2:00 PM Trying New Things Throw Down & Slow Down Rhythm & Meter in Swing Music/Dance Whitey's Jam Culture & Performance Lindy Slow Balboa & Laminu Student Swing Ensemble pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 Hop pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 3:00 PM (Jenna & Jon) (Elze & Peter) (Gaby & Nathan) pt. 3-4 of 4 (Kelly & Mickey) (Anita) (LaTasha & Bobby) 3:15 PM 4:15 PM How to Train a Choreography Classic Burlesque Texas Shuffle Smooth Criminal Moods in Solo Dancing pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 (Jo) (Nikki) (Kelsy & Damon) (LaTasha & Mikey) (Clàudia)

6:00 PM Open Level, but knowledge of the Al & Leon Open Level. Open Level. Open Level, but dancers should have a good Open Level, but students should have some Shim Sham or the Big Apple is recommended. handle on 6 & 8 count Lindy Hop basics and be experience with Charleston and kicking patterns. DESCRIPTION: This course will cover Bump, DESCRIPTION: Leading up to WWII Blues ready to try new things that may be out of the DESCRIPTION: We will learn a section of solo Grind, Shimmy and beyond with a focus on musicians from Texas traveled to California to box. DESCRIPTION: In this class we will learn a short choreography, and then learn how to train it to sensual improv movement. record blues records and tour and by the end practical sequence using different types of 7:00 PM perfection. of the war many had moved to the West DESCRIPTION: Get inspired to move in new movement and then learn to shape it differently Coast. As their Texas Blues morphed and ways by taking ideas from other dances and by exploring more into our physical movements changed incorporating more jazz applying them to Lindy Hop. and how this might effect the mood of our improvisation and taking on a more urban dancing. We will also take time to boost your sound their music became known as West comfort and creativity in solo dancing so you can Coast Blues and a new dance evolved with it. express yourself more easily! 7:15 PM Join us for Texas Shuffle a cool, footwork centric, dance with a stretch and compression connection that creates a full body groove.

8:15 PM Monday, December 30th

Expo Crowne 1 Crowne 2 Blue Ridge Foxfire Dogwood Skills Assessment (10-10:15am) Skills Assessment (10-10:15am) Skills Assessment (10-10:15am) Skills Assessment (10-10:15am) 10:00 AM -- --

Level Up: Physical Training for Dancers Any (and all) Swing Goes Principle of Progression Struttin’: Next Level Balboa: Making the Classics Your Own Dance Through It pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 (LaTasha) (Jenna & Jon) (Nikki & Mikey) (Kelsy & Damon) (Kelly & Mickey) (Laurel & Michelle)

Open Level, no experience required, but Audition Required. Students should be Audition Required: During the skills assessment, Audition Required: Students should be Audition Required: Students should be able to Open Level, but students should have a solid this will be a physically demanding class! comfortable with Lindy Hop (Swingouts, students should be ready to demonstrate a capable of dancing with the blues aesthetic to demonstrate, with clean technique and reliable grasp of common 6- and 8-count rhythms and Circles, Send Outs, Tuck Turns), Charleston dance routine created by Mikey & Nikki designed a wide tempo range for an entire song. timing, the basics of Balboa and Bal-Swing, shapes (swing outs, send outs, circles, tuck turns, 10:15 AM DESCRIPTION: For many social dancers (Side by Side, Tandem), Balboa (Pure Bal Up to show strong Lindy Hop basics and basic including Pure Bal basics, Come Around, Toss sugar pushes) and be comfortable dancing at and students, the key to getting to the next or Down Hold, Come Arounds and Toss Outs variations among other skills. Video of the DESCRIPTION: Struttin' is an energetic dance Outs, Lollies, and Out & Ins, at a wide variety of different tempos. level is as much about physical movement from Embrace or Open) and Shag (Collegiate routine, along with a breakdown, will be provided with improvised rhythmic footwork from tempos. training as it is about repertoire and artistic - Double Rhythm Basic, Outside Turn or St. in the coming months. Students must be Memphis and one of our favorite dances for DESCRIPTION: We'll use musical phrasing to knowledge. This class aims to improve Louis - Triple Basic, Kick Aways) basics. You comfortable dancing from 90 to 200+ bpm. tight spots and up-tempo music it is perfect for DESCRIPTION: In this in-depth series, we'll be experiment with ways to change our basics to fit your stamina, dexterity, flexibility & strength will be asked to demonstrate social dance bars that play Country or Texas Blues with a talking about where Bal has come since we the mood of the music, to create dynamics in our through several exercises that will improve skills of each of the dances to various tempos. DESCRIPTION: Lindy Hop is a dynamic dance chunky base-line rhythm. We’ll teach the started, how we developed our style based on partnership, and to always make our own fun as your physicality in the moment, but that with fluctuating moods and tempos. Slow, basics of this blues idiom dance and then our interpretation of what the old timers did, dancers. you can also take home with you for long DESCRIPTION: This class will explore the Medium, and Fast dancing all require their own swiftly transition into follower and leader what elements do you keep vs. what elements 11:15 AM term improvement. idea of Swing Dancing, blending the various training. This is a course geared towards the footwork variations, rhythm changes, and high do you throw out when you're trying to create idioms such as Lindy Hop, Balboa and Shag more experienced dancer and we will focus on amplitude turns, and how to use flash to your own style & still keep it "balboa", what is (s). We will focus on transitions between building and adapting content to work for varying spotlight the music. "balboa" these days, etc. dances, explore the musical influences of our tempos with an emphasis on having a clear and choices, how to balance mixing dances and effective partnership. Come prepared and willing NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment for preserving them, plus more. to give and receive feedback. for this course, your automatically assigned this course, your automatically assigned replacement course will be "Level Up: replacement course will be "Level Up: Physical 11:30 AM NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment for Physical Training for Dancers". Training for Dancers". for this course, your automatically assigned this course, your automatically assigned replacement course will be "Level Up: replacement course will be "Level Up: Physical Physical Training for Dancers". Training for Dancers".

12:30 PM Skills Assessment (2-2:15pm) Skills Assessment (2-2:15pm) Skills Assessment (2-2:15pm) 2:00 PM ------

Partnering Technique Charleston to House Hallelujah Rocks and More! St. Louis Shag Grab Bag Balboa Flow Sparking Movement with Music pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 pt. 1-2 of 4 (Gaby & Nathan) (Clàudia & Jo) (Hyunjung & Andrew) (Jenna & Todd) (Shani & Bobby) (Elze & Peter)

Open Level, but students should be Open Level, but students should consider Audition Required: This course is intended for Audition Required: Students should have a Audition Required: This course is intended for Open Level, but students should to be familiar familiar with the six-count basic, simple themselves at an intermediate or above level Int-Adv and above Lindy Hop students. Be ready solid understanding and execution of St. Louis an Int/Adv level and students should be with basic Lindy Hop 8 count and 6 count rhythms 2:15 PM turns, basic lead/follow goals, and at least in their jazz dance study, be comfortable to comfortably social dance to tempos between Shag Basics, Kick Aways, Sliding Doors, comfortable with a social dance demonstration and expect to jump in to class material mixing a cursory knowledge of the swing-out. dancing Charleston, balancing on one foot, be 130-170 bpm, with natural transitions through the Crossovers, and Fall of the Logs. You will be of Pure Bal basics, Lollies, Toss Out, and Out & step step and triple step rhythms. Students with more experience than that ready to sweat, and come to class with lots of following patterns: basic 6 count send outs, asked to demonstrate socially transitioning Ins. will get even more out of the class. enthusiasm. passes, and sugar pushes, as well as 8 count between these shapes to uptempo Swing and DESCRIPTION: Every now and then we have Students with less experience than that swingouts, outside and inside turns. Be Jump Blues. DESCRIPTION: This course will take a those nights where we think, “AHHH I’m stuck! I’ may struggle to find context for the DESCRIPTION: Learn the steps, the groove, comfortable exploring closed position. comprehensive look at techniques, moves, and m doing the same 5 freakin' moves!” Well the classroom exercises. and how to make your jazz look good in a DESCRIPTION: A variety of classic and footwork-play, all within the context of flow, an goal of this class isn’t to give you different moves, 3:15 PM fresh context. This solo dance class will take DESCRIPTION: In this class, we'll take a simple modern ideas to spice up your shag. essential element to Balboa and Bal-Swing. but instead to get you out of your head and into DESCRIPTION: This course will cover you through the ages and show you how a few move rocks aka hallelujah rocks or lunges - and the music! In other words, it’s to re-orient your critical partnering skills, from small changes to a move can change you from apply it to various types of music, and change the NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment for thoughts away from what you’re doing, and allow leading/following to shared improvisation. a vintage dancer to a modern mover. groove according to the feel of each song. We for this course, your automatically assigned this course, your automatically assigned you to focus more on where you are in the music. We will try to give a complete picture of will also dig deeper into rocks and find ways to replacement course will be "Partnering replacement course will be "Partnering In this class, you’ll learn about the structure of the practical connection, including the anatomy further utilize and explore the move in the closed Technique". Technique". music and how to rely on it when you feel “out of of leading/following a single step. Students position, taking inspiration from vintage era ideas.” This is an open class. Whether you’re a who specialize as followers or leaders will dances. beginner, or an advanced dancer, it’s not about 3:30 PM also spend some time learning the reverse how you move, but how you can hear the music of their habitual role. This course could NOTE: If you don't pass the skill assessment for in new ways. change your life (but I guess that’s always this course, your automatically assigned true, isn’t it?). replacement course will be "Partnering Technique".

4:30 PM Sharing the Voice The Mini Super Asian Routine In The Basement! - Party Dances Turns & Spins Clinic Solo Rhythmical Flow pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 pt. 1-2 of 2 (Jo) (Hyunjung & Andrew) (Kelsy & Damon) (LaTasha) (Clàudia) 6:00 PM Open Level, but students should be familiar Open Level, but intended for students who are Open Level. Open Level, but not recommended for those Open Level, but students should have at least with send outs, pass-bys, tuck turns, and confident in their Lindy Hop and fluent in a wide with vertigo or who easily get dizzy! some common jazz background such as Shim swing-outs. variety of 6- and 8-count repertoire, basic jazz DESCRIPTION: This class will focus on Sham, Tranky Doo, or Big Apple. steps and partnering terminology. teaching various blues party dances, great for DESCRIPTION: This class is all about owning 7:00 PM DESCRIPTION: This course will focus on late nights, house parties, and funky blues your rotational skills, both rhythmically and DESCRIPTION: Focusing on precision, this class creating a better conversation between DESCRIPTION: We will do a tiny routine built off bars. We’ll work from the ground up teaching fluidly, upright and low-down, and in all will have a training emphasis in which we look for Leaders and Followers. Note that this is not of current favorites from Andrew and Hyunjung's specific idiom dances as well as how to take directions! A lot of us don’t take the time to think the flow in our own body movement. We will just about leaders "making space", nor just collage of Lindy Hop knowledge, expect some your freestyle blues to the next level. about how to get around until suddenly we have explore how there’s nothing wrong with looking about followers "claiming" it, but engaging in a fun variations, a couple of fancy moves, and a to do it! In this session the aim is to give you the different from one another even while dancing the 7:15 PM genuine shared interaction that creates an touch of jazz steps in a mini routine! tools to greatly increase your control and same piece! artistic expression that is greater than the sum intentionality so you can approach turns and of its parts. spins with greater mastery.

8:15 PM Tuesday, December 31st

Expo Crowne 1 Crowne 2 Blue Ridge Foxfire Dogwood Level Up: Physical Training for Dancers Any (and all) Swing Goes Principle of Progression Struttin’: Next Level Balboa: Making the Classics Your Own Dance Through It 11:00 AM pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 (LaTasha) (Jenna & Jon) (Nikki & Mikey) (Kelsy & Damon) (Kelly & Mickey) (Laurel & Michelle) 12:00 PM

12:15 PM

1:15 PM

2:15 PM Partnering Technique Charleston to House Hallelujah Rocks and More! St. Louis Shag Grab Bag Balboa Flow Sparking Movement with Music pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 pt. 3-4 of 4 3:15 PM (Gaby & Nathan) (Clàudia & Jo) (Hyunjung & Andrew) (Jenna & Todd) (Shani & Bobby) (Elze & Peter) 3:30 PM 4:30 PM