For
all classes, no partner is required. We
rotate partners frequently in class.
Swing dancing is a great way to meet lots
of new friends!
Classes
still available 4 weeks
@ Julie's Supper Club
Discounts:
Intermediate to advances Lindy is $35 for
4 week series
or $10 per class drop in.
Beginners to intermeidate Lindy is $35 for
4 week series
Balboa is $40 for 4 week series
or $12 per class drop in.
Classes
still available Tuesday & Wednesday
clases @
Live Art Gallery 151 Potrero at 15th click
here!
Cost for each 4-week class series
Lindy is $35
or $10 per class drop in.
All
classes are progressive, with each week's
material building on the previous week's
class.
How
To Register:
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Want
a Private lesson?
We
will make every effort to keep the classes
as balanced as possible (lead/follow).
Though pre-registration is recommended,
you may also register the first night of
class, if space is available.
Please
arrive a few minutes early the first night
of class to check in.
Class
Descriptions:
Learn the fundamental basics of
Lindy Hop & Charleston, the
original swing dance from the 1930s
that features fun footwork and addictive
rhythms in both savoy & smooth
style integration. You'll learn
the basic 8-count steps that every
lindy hopper should know -- swingout,
lindy circle & charleston --
plus solid lead and follow technique.
TONS OF CHARLESTON essential into
building your Lindy Hop into intermediate
dancing with an emphasis
on acurate footwork. Some transition
6 count moves will be taught with
an emphasis on musicality toward
8 count integration! Though previous
swing dancing experience is helpful
for learning the Lindy Hop, complete
beginners are welcome in this class.
THIS IS A 6 MONTH PROGRAM!
Balboa has two main forms
and two timings:
Pure
Balboa: In this
form, dancers remain with
their torsos touching, doing
variations based on footwork.
Main footwork variations
include single-time Balboa,
double-time Balboa, and
triple-time Balboa.
Bal Swing:
In this form, dancers separate
their bodies for spins and
turns, much like in swing
dance, returning to pure
Balboa on occasion.
Basic
Balboa Timing holds
on the four and eight. Break
Time Balboa (what
some call Willie Desatoff's
Style) holds on the three
and seven.
Fun
ALL LEVELSCLASS
with no partner
and no experience is needed!
Learn the original dance
from the 1930’s by
dancers who were there and
by champions who trained
under them. Its romantic
closeness, fancy footwork,
effortless flow, simplicity
and economy of movement
make Balboa suited to fast
tempo music or slow romantic
swaying tunes. Balboa can
be danced to songs as slow
as Tuxedo Junction or as
fast as White Heat! For
beginning and intermediate
dancers the Balboa Foundation
is intended to bring you
the core principles
and 5 fundamentals!
This level is for those
dancers who have never taken
a dance class, those who
are proficient dancers of
a different type and style
but never taken Balboa,
those who have taken Balboa
classes and have learned
the Basics, those who have
taken many Balboa classes
over a period of time but
have not yet progressed
past the 5 fundamentals:
the basic, transition,
come around, inside turn,
back to close.
Build on them and build
on your own Balboa and Bal-Swing
repertoire into a more intermediate
level. If
you have taken many a class
on Balboa but need better
technique, this is the class
for you (by the
second week expect to be
challenged)!
Started
in the late 1920's to early
1930's by dancers in the
Los Angeles area such as
Maxie Dorf, Willie Desatoff,
Hal Takier and Ann Mills,
to mention but a few. The
dance was named after Balboa
Island in the Newport Beach
area which was the location
of the Rendezvous Ballroom.
Charleston
Challenge your partnered Charleston.
This class will hone your 1920's
Partner Charleston skills and apply
them to your partnered Swing Charleston,
focusing primarily on 1920's Charelston
and how to integrated it into the
1930s-style Charleston in Lindy
Hop. Musicality and lead/follow
technique will be addressed, as
well as tools to expand your Charleston
vocabulary in Lindy Hop. This is
a basic
Charleston to Intermediate Lindy
level class. You must be well-versed
in 8-count Lindy Hop basics (Swingout,
Charleston), as well as common Charleston
variations (kick-through, face-to-face,
tandem). We will expect that you
are practicing outside of class.
There will be open social dancing
after class to practice your fresh
new Charleston skills.
For
further information call (415) 305-8242
or
email
at sfbalfest@yahoo.com
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Map
to Julie's Supper Club
Plenty of street parking, and easy access to public
transportation.
Close to Market & Mission Street MUNI routes and
the Civic Center BART Station.
Monday
January guest Instructor Bios:
Emily
Elizabeth Wood
A professional ballerina as a teenager and ballet teacher
she brings a new perspective in Balboa, Lindy and Charleston!
Lynne
Koehlinger
2007 & 2008 Norh American 1920's Partnered Charelston
Champion
Cheryl Burke Dance Teacher
and guest teacher at many venues in San Francisco!
Christin
Noel is an amazing dancer well versed in most
swing dances: Balboa, West Coast & Lindy...
2007 Novice Jill, SwingDiego WATCH HER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YfTqpNi9H0
2007 Monterey Swing Fest 7th place with Ferdinand (Eddie)
Valdez
2005 Balboa Battle winner with Scott Russell
2005 Nor Cal Bal Jill
2005 SF Nor Cal Balboa Swing Champion with Scott
2005 Nor Cal Same Sex Bal Swing 3rd place all genders
(1st place women overall) I kicked her but and was 1st
overall...
2005 Irvington High School Social Dance Program, Next
Gen
Instructor/Organizor:
Organizor
of the SF Bal Fest, Swingdependance Weekend, North
American Open &
Northern California
Open Swing Championships.
Burnie is well versed in many styles of Lindy Hop, Charleston,
Balboa Swing, Collegiate Shag, Carolina Shag, Saint
Louis Shag, Salsa, and bunches of Ballroom dances. (Lindy
Hop is shortened to Swing to fit)...
2009 Teacher Swingn with the Stars, Phoenix, AZ
2009 Teacher & Head Judge in Buenos Aires, Argentina
(LHIAF)
2000-2009 Swing, Salsa & Ballroom Teacher classes
in studio @ Live Art Gallery.
2000-2009 Choreographer for Troupe.
2009 Tabulator International Balboa Championships, Bal
Rendevous.
2008
SFLX committee member.
2008 Teacher Istanbul to Ankara, Turkey @ Vintage Swing
Workshops with Burnie.
2008 1st to compete in International Lindy Champonships
(ILHC) w/same gender partner.
2008 California Same Sex Lindy Hop Champion.
2008 Lindy Hop Teacher University of California San
Francisco.
2008 Troupe class teacher, Tuesday Night Jump Verdi
Club.
2008 Teacher Swing'n with the Stars, Phoenix, AZ.
2007 1st North American to teach Bal plus Head Judge
in
Buenos Aires, Argentina at Lindy Hop International Argentine
Festival (LHIAF).
2007 American Same Sex Swing Champion.
2007 Swing Performer Sutter Health.
2007 Teacher & trainee Vima Dance Ballroom, San
Francisco.
2006 Swing Performer Sutter Health.
2006 Nor Cal Same Sex Balboa Champion.
2005 California Same Sex Swing Champion.
2005 Judge Team Challenge Swing Central, Redwood City
2002-2005 Various California Same Sex Dance Champion
titles...
2002 Balboa Swing & Collegiate Shag teacher Metronome
Ballroom.
2001 Dance Teacher Training College.
His mom says he was conceived on Balboa Island (eeww)
Hep
Jen
Hep Jen has been teaching Lindy Hop full-time since
1997. Originally from Seattle, she moved to San Francisco
in 2004 and quickly established herself in the Lindy
Hop scene. Jen is particularly known for her Charleston
skills and styling, and she is excited to offer these
special classes on Monday nights this January!
Kevin
Munroe
Kevin started dancing Lindy Hop in San Diego, and upon
moving to San Francisco, he has become an instantly
recognizable dancer on the social dance floor. Kevin
has taught with Hep Jen at UCSF and at the Verdi Club.
Off the dance floor, Kevin is a stand-up comedian. Jen
is delighted to have Kevin return to teach with her
in the New Year.
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