Balboa
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
Suitable for all levels of dancer, as long as you are athletic.
You will need to bring your own dance partner, because there is no partner rotation in this kind of workshop. The lead needs to be able to easily lift and carry their follower.
Leads please bring shoes that have good traction especially under your heels (such as running shoes and shoes with rubber heels).
Followers please bring shoes that are good for landing from a jump (shoes that provide traction and absorption such as running shoes).
If you wish you may do the workshop in a group of three, two leads and one follower, or two followers and one lead.
TEACHERS
Learn dips, lifts, tricks, floorials, air steps, suitable for Lindy Hop and other partner dances.
This is our first dips, air steps, lifts and such workshop since before the pandemic. Our workshops of this kind are always popular and very enthusiastically received by those who attend. Come to this one and see why. We think this is some of the best and most fun stuff in partner dance.
NEED A PARTNER?
You need to bring your own dance partner. If you seek a partner, please post that at the Facebook event.
You can also ask people at Swing Toronto dances and such. You could also click the buttons above for help.
VENUE
Upper Hall
Enter the Upper Hall from Hampton Avenue, just south of Danforth.
St. Barnabas on The Danforth Anglican Church
175 Hampton Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 2Z3
SCHEDULE
Saturday, October 8
2:00pm - 4:00pm
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST will be added online.
Regular
Full-time students with ID
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DJ Brady during band breaks.
From the Boston area, we welcome Annie & the Fur Trappers as they entertain us at our dance on Saturday, October 8!
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
VENUE
The Gymnasium
Enter at east entrance on Jackman Ave
Eastminster United Church
310 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 1N6
SCHEDULE
Lindy Hop Beginner Lesson
Teachers TBA
6:15pm - 7:15pm
Swing Dance Party
7:30pm - 10:30pm
DETAILS
Absolute beginners are welcome!
DJ Brady during band breaks.
Annie and the Fur Trappers are a Boston based traditional jazz and blues band which formed in 2016. Originally founded in St. Louis, Missouri, the band currently includes clarinet, trumpet, trombone, bass, banjo, guitar, washboard, and violin. Annie and the Fur Trappers is dedicated to performing and preserving the music of the 1920s and 30s today. The band plays traditional jazz, delta blues, ragtime, and swing music. Their version of "Delta Bound" was selected to be displayed at the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience in Meridian, Mississippi. Annie and the Fur Trapper's original song "You Break It, you Buy It" was selected for the St. Louis Blues Society's 17 in 17 compilation album. Annie and the Fur Trappers have performed at a variety of music festivals including the Big Muddy Blues Festival, The Whitaker Jazz festival The Apple Butter Festival, Cherokee Street Jazz Fest, HONK!TX, Musikfest, The Cherokee Street Jazz Crawl, and The Rosebud Cafe Music Festival, to name a few.
PRICE
Same prices online and at door. Lesson included.
Prices are per person. HST included.
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Take progressive Blues Dance workshops from two outstanding, engaging and fun international-level instructors from Montreal's famed performance troupe, the Swinging Air Force.
Two venues with only a 2-minute walk between them!
The Hurndale Room is in the cool downstairs of Eastminster and has air conditiong!
The Upper Hall has an excellent dance floor and stage within a well-ventilated space!
INFO
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