Workshop Descriptions
The Beauty of Doing Nothing Most of us move more often than we need or mean to. This class is designed to show you how doing less movement in your dancing will allow for so much more to happen!
Musicality: Ain’t Watcha Do… Whether you are a beginner hearing about feeling the music for the first time or you are an advanced dancer always looking for new ways to become even more musical, this class will teach you some creative, easy, and fun ways to increase your musicality.
Dips & Tricks This class will stress the actual lead and follow for some basic lifts, drops or tricks. You’ll leave with a better understanding of how to create moves displacing your partners’ weight. You’ll also increase the connection between you and your partner on the regular social dance floor. This is a rotating class so you don’t need a partner.
Making Your Night Out Dancing Amazing Sometimes you go out dancing and the energy in the room is amazing! Other nights at the same venue, with the same people, and the same music, sometimes it is just NOT amazing at all. This class will teach you the things that can make your night (and many other people’s nights) change from not so great to “Remember the time when we…, Wow, that was one heck of a night!”
101 Styles of Connection Those of you that have already danced a lot with partners from other dance scenes will know that there are many ways to lead and follow. Dancing Relaxed or with Tension, Using Body Leads or Arm Leads, In Counterbalance or Not, these are just some of the things that start to change the style of your dance. In this class you will learn to understand when to use some of these different techniques, how to switch between them, and also how to react to a partner who is dancing with a specific technique.
Charleston and Rhythm Variations As well as giving you some stylings to make your Charleston look better, this class will also give you some new ideas on how to make your Charleston more interesting by adding both rhythm and lead changes to some old and new variations.
It Takes Two Dancing is often thought of as one person leads and one person follows. Although this is often a great way to communicate, Andrew believes even for people who are trying to lead or follow 100% of the dance, this is NEVER the case all of the time. The question then becomes how often do you recognize whether or not you are taking on the “other” role AND are you doing this on purpose or by accident? By exploring each other’s roles, Andrew will help you to see when you are taking on the other role and how this can help or hinder the dance depending on the situation.
Stealing Games Normal dancing consists of you and a partner and the music. Imagine a dance where you are no longer connecting with just one other person but you are connecting with the entire room. In this class, you will learn several fun and easy moves to start you on your way to dancing with 2, 3, 4 or 50+ people. On a simplified level, these moves can also be used to steal the lead or follow, whether it is during a Birthday Jam, a Stealing Jam, or just between you and some friends on the social dance floor.
Baltimore Challenge (Partner Required, Advanced, but all levels are welcome to participate) This class is partner required and will go at the pace of the top 2-3 couples in the class. A challenging repertoire class – any couple is allowed to take this class, but be forewarned that it is possible that you will not finish the class having learned all the moves.
