Build on your Balboa fundamentals from September! This four week series will add additional fundamental vocabulary while continuing to develop your connection and movement. We will cover paddle turns, side scoots, crabwalks, swivels, and variations for your lollies, out-and-ins and tossouts! This class series will be taught “ELEF”: Everyone Leads, Everyone Follows.
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, as both leader & follower)
Cost: Pay What You Can – Suggested: $60 for 4-week series
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What is the legacy of the genre/form/style you are teaching?
Balboa is a swing era dance that came out of the beach communities south of Los Angeles in the 1930s. Swing jazz is an African-American art form, and Balboa like all other swing dances values improvisation, personal expression, and connection between leader and follower.
What background, training, and or relationship do you have with this style/technique/class subject?
July & Stan have been dancing Balboa for more than 20 years, and have been teaching Balboa since 2010. We love partner connection and focus on teaching connection and movement technique, to empower students to create their own dance through technique + improvisation!
Finish this statement: I am passionate about teaching this style because…
…swing jazz music makes me want to dance! And because improvisational partner dancing is the best antidote I know to the stresses of contemporary life in America, and I want that joy for everyone.
How can students learn more about this offering?
Website: https://bostonbalboa.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BostonBalboa
Contact Information
Contact:
info@bostonbalboa.org
