| Saturday, March 14 ----- AMC Club, 420 Orange Ave, West Haven |
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These classes are geared towards intermediate/advanced dancers. As a reminder: the teachers have been encouraged to not dilute any of the material, but regardless of your skill level, you will find a challenge in each class you take. Be prepared to push the boundaries of your knowledge and skill set! |
Registration & Warm-up Dancing 10:30-11:00 Go to costs and registration page for early registration, all workshops, student and CSDS member discounts. Joanna Lucero: Happy Feet! 11:00-12:15 "Every movement has a sound... even if it isn't audible." Express yourself like a hoofer! Explore the different "sounds" of solo jazz steps through rhythmic variations. Joanna will show you how "learned" solo step rhythm can match and compliment different parts of the music. Carol Fraser: Wrap it Up 12:30-1:45 Are you intrigued with how the pros can wrap up their partner and then seamlessly roll right out of it and dance? Ever wonder why the follower doesn't lose her neck when her leader ducks her under his leg? Would you too like to learn the tricks of the wraps? Then join Dave and Carol in learning about connection, framing, partnering and balance as they teach you some signature moves executed by the pros. Lunch Break 1:45-2:45 Noelle Gray: Gray's Anatomy to Phrase Emphasis: Dance Like a Panther! 2:45-4:00 Learn when to pounce and when to hold back! Play with techniques that explore syncopation and height to reflect musicality and acknowledge the end of the phrase while enhancing the groove and flow of the partnership. Damon Stone: From Kintae to Krump: The Black Aesthetic of Cool and Hot 4:15-5:30 This class will discuss and discover through solo and partnered movement the values of the Black communities that created Swing, Blues, and Jazz dance and how it brought together technique and artistry to influence not just contemporary American dance but our ideas of what is hot and cool. |
| **Saturday Night Dance** featuring Gordon Webster! With guest DJ Rob Szarka! Basic Swing lesson at 7:30 p.m. • Dancing from 8:30–11:30 Try out your new moves at the dance! Ballroom Experience 215 Pepe's Farm Road, Milford Dance Admission: $12, CSDS members and workshop participants taking the whole package $10, students $5 Followed by a late night DJ dance party! 12:00 midnight to 2:00 AM Admission: $5 (free to workshop participants taking the whole package) |
| Sunday, March 15 ----- AMC Club, 420 Orange Ave, West Haven |
Registration & Warm-up Dancing 12:00-12:30 Go to costs and registration page for early registration, all workshops, student and CSDS member discounts. David Graybill: Partner Charleston Syncopations 12:30-1:45 "Taking the Charleston basic and turning it on its edge." Using a Charleston basic as our jumping off point this class will focus on finding intricate rhythms through footwork, connection, and the transitions used to move through all the shapes of Partner Charleston. Shawn Hershey and Amanda Gruhl: Thinking Outside the Box 2:00-3:15 In this class, we'll restrict the way you dance in order to expand it. Prepare to have your thinking about leading and following turned upside-down! Carl Nelson: The Dizzy Glide 3:30-4:45 Slippin', slidin' and glidin'. Get your Dizzy on with footwork that follows the flow. |
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