Fundamentals 1A & 1B — Oct/Nov 2024

1A:
This is a four week series that will get you up to speed with basic vocabulary and connection techniques for Balboa, and get you out on the floor dancing socially. This class series will be taught “ELEF”: Everyone Leads, Everyone Follows. Starting your Balboa journey with ELEF helps you understand the mechanics more quickly and more deeply. Though many dancers do choose to specialize in one role, starting out with ELEF helps you better understand how both roles work and feel, so that beyond this series, you can choose the one that suits you, or choose to keep dancing in both! No partner is necessary, as we will rotate partners in class. We recommend shoes with relatively slide-y soles such as hard leather or suede; sticky sneakers will make it hard to do some movements.

1B:
Build on your Balboa fundamentals! This four week series will add additional fundamental vocabulary while continuing to develop your connection and movement. This class series will be taught “ELEF”: Everyone Leads, Everyone Follows. Starting your Balboa journey with ELEF helps you understand the mechanics more quickly and more deeply. Though many dancers do choose to specialize in one role, starting out with ELEF helps you better understand how both roles work and feel, so that beyond this series, you can choose the one that suits you, or choose to keep dancing in both! No partner is necessary, as we will rotate partners in class.
Prerequisites: Intro to Balboa Fundamentals 1A or the equivalent (familiarity with Pure Balboa connection & figures — simple rhythm changes, uphold & downhold basics — and simple out-and-ins, lollies, and tossouts)

Dates:

1A: October 1, 8, 15, 22

1B: October 29, November 12, 19, 26 (no class election day Nov 5 – go vote!)

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Pay What You Can (Recommended: $15 Single Class or $60 for a 4 Week Series)

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Balboa is a vernacular swing dance from Southern California in the 1920s and 30s, and is indebted to the African-American roots and culture of Swing Jazz and Swing dancing. We encourage everyone to explore the history of this dance, the dancers that created it in Southern California, and the music and musicians that made it possible. Balboa today is an improvisational, joyful partner dance with a vibrant worldwide community, evolving into the present while honoring its origins.

July & Stan have been dancing Balboa since the early to mid 2000s, studying with dancers who learned from the original dancers from SoCal. We have taught Balboa since 2010, with a focus on helping students build the skills to connect with the music and their partners on the social dance floor.

…it is incredibly fun to do and enables connection and collaboration with both other humans and the music, and there’s a chill, welcoming community of Balboa dancers all over the world!

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