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Friday, March 29, 2024
2:00pm – 4:45pm

WORKSHOP

Slow Balboa Crash Course For Dancers
All Levels!

Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.

PREREQUISITE

NO PARTNER REQUIRED.

You already do partner dancing of some kind, but no prior Slow Balboa experience is needed. And there is no need to bring your own dance partners.

Note that Friday March 29 is the Good Friday Holiday.
Learn a great way to dance to Slow Swing music.

Slow Balboa is a smooth graceful Dance, perfect for slow swing tempos. It is a classic Swing Dance enjoying an enthusiastic modern revival, and can be adapted for many styles of slow music.

Part 1: Learn the Slow Balboa basic, repeated triples and pivots.
Part 2: Deconstructing the basic and playing with the Promenade (a follow favourite)

This workshop is also suitable for intermediate and advanced Slow Balboa dancers wishing to practice and brush up on their technique.

A partner is NOT required. It is common for people to attend by themselves. Partner rotation is allowed and encouraged in all lessons. You may register on your own or with a partner. Nevertheless, if you still 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.

Top Floor

Use Bloor St. entrance towards west side of building

Dovercourt House
805 Dovercourt Road, Toronto, ON M6H 2X4

SCHEDULE

Friday, March 29, 2024

2:00pm – 4:45pm

PRICE

Prices are per person. HST included.

Regular

$40

($35.40 + $4.60 HST)

Full-time students with ID

$30

($26.55 + $3.45 HST)

Intermediate Bal dancers: 1/2 price

$20 at door

Int Bal F/T students: 1/2 price

$15 at door

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Saturday, April 6, 2024
2:00pm – 4:30pm

WORKSHOP

Air Steps (Aerials), Lifts, Drops
All Levels!

Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.

PREREQUISITE

NOTE: You need to bring your own dance partner.

You need to be athletic. You need to bring your own dance partner (because unlike all other workshops & lessons there is no partner rotation in this kind of workshop). The leader needs to be able to easily carry the follower around.
Already being able to do Lindy Hop or another kind of partner dance is recommended.

This is some of the best and most fun stuff in dancing, or at least we think so.
This workshop has something of a Lindy Hop and Swing Dance orientation, but some of what is taught is also suitable for other partner dancing.

Partner dancing has a third dimension, up and down, from the floor to up in the air.

We might go past the stated end time.

This workshop is not a repeat of what we did in our Saturday January 27, 2024 Air Steps & such workshop. It will be entirely different.

A partner is NOT required. It is common for people to attend by themselves. Partner rotation is allowed and encouraged in all lessons. You may register on your own or with a partner. Nevertheless, if you still 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.

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, April 6, 2024

2:00pm – 4:30pm

PRICE

Prices are per person. HST included.

Regular

$45

($39.82 + $5.18 HST)

Full-time students with ID

$35

($30.97 + $4.03 HST)

*Swing Toronto partners with Stripe for payment processing.

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Saturday, April 13, 2024
3:00pm – 5:45pm

WORKSHOP

Balboa Beginner
All Levels!

Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.

PREREQUISITE

NO PARTNER REQUIRED.

No prior experience needed, absolute beginners are welcome, no need to bring your own dance partners.

Come and discover why Balboa is growing in Toronto.
We will start with the basics and cover some of the main Balboa shapes including the Come Around, Lollies, and Out and Ins. There will be a focus on basic technique including posture, a comfortable connection, pulse, and flow. Experienced assistants will dance with you and help you progress more quickly.
Intermediate level Balboa dancers who would like to brush up on their technique are welcome.

A partner is NOT required. It is common for people to attend by themselves. Partner rotation is allowed and encouraged in all lessons. You may register on your own or with a partner. Nevertheless, if you still 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.

Studio

Use Bloor St. entrance towards west side of building

Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts
427 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1X7

SCHEDULE

Saturday, April 13, 2024

The 2 Basics and the Come Around

3:00pm – 4:15pm

Break (and practice)

4:15pm – 4:30pm

Out and Ins, and Lollies

4:30pm – 5:30pm

Practice

5:30pm – 5:45pm

PRICE

Prices are per person. HST included.

Regular

$40

($35.40 + $4.60 HST)

Full-time students with ID

$30

($26.55 + $3.45 HST)

Intermediate Bal dancers

$20 at door

F/T student intermediate Bal dancer

$15 at door

*Swing Toronto partners with Stripe for payment processing.

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Saturday, April 27, 2024
1:00pm – 2:50pm

WORKSHOP

Balboa Intermediate
All Levels!

Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.

PREREQUISITE

NO PARTNER REQUIRED.

You’ve been learning Balboa for at least 3 months or have equivalent workshop experience. You have familiarity with all the basic shapes. These include uphold basic, downhold basic, come around, out in, lollies, swivels and toss-outs. Ideally you have practiced or gone social dancing a bit and have started to really ingrain these movements.

Tune-up and Variations for Social dancing.
Make your Swivels and Lollies comfortable and clear, learn and practice some variations. Improve your Toss out, and do some variations.

A partner is NOT required. It is common for people to attend by themselves. Partner rotation is allowed and encouraged in all lessons. You may register on your own or with a partner. Nevertheless, if you still 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.

Studio

Use Bloor St. entrance towards west side of building

Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts
427 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1X7

SCHEDULE

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Swivels and Lollies and variations

1:00pm – 1:50pm

Break

1:50pm – 2:00pm

Toss out tune-up and variations

2:00pm – 2:50pm

PRICE

Prices are per person. HST included.

Regular

$35

($30.97 + $4.03 HST)

Full-time students with ID

$25

($22.12 + $2.88 HST)

Intermediate Bal dancers

$20 at door

F/T student intermediate Bal dancer

$15 at door

*Swing Toronto partners with Stripe for payment processing.

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Saturday, April 27, 2024
3:00pm – 4:50pm

WORKSHOP

Laminu Slow Swing Beginner/Intermediate
All Levels!

Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.

PREREQUISITE

NO PARTNER REQUIRED.

No prior experience is needed, absolute beginners are welcome, there is no need to bring your own dance partners.

Learn or review the Laminu.

The Laminu is a form of slow swing dance, and a sister dance to Slow Balboa. It is perfect for slow swing tempos, and can be adapted for many styles of slow music. It is a classic Swing Dance.

Learn or review the Laminu basic and the Box and Ladder steps. Deconstruct the Laminu, play with rhythm and tempo changes to create an enjoyable dance partnership.

As well as being for beginners, this workshop is suitable for intermediate and advanced Laminu dancers who would like to brush up on their technique.

A partner is NOT required. It is common for people to attend by themselves. Partner rotation is allowed and encouraged in all lessons. You may register on your own or with a partner. Nevertheless, if you still 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.

Studio

Use Bloor St. entrance towards west side of building

Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts
427 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1X7

SCHEDULE

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Laminu basic, Box and Ladder steps

3:00pm – 3:50pm

Break

3:50pm – 4:00pm

Deconstructing the Laminu

4:00pm – 4:50pm

PRICE

Prices are per person. HST included.

Regular

$35

($30.97 + $4.03 HST)

Full-time students with ID

$25

($22.12 + $2.88 HST)

Intermediate/advanced Laminu dancer

$18 at door

F/T student int/adv Laminu dancer

$13 at door

*Swing Toronto partners with Stripe for payment processing.

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