When: Saturday Nov 22nd
Instructors: Michael & Annabel Quisao
Where: RVA Swing, 6114C Lakeside Ave
Level: basic Balboa and/or Bal-Swing experience is required, see class descriptions below
Cost: Sliding Scale $15 - $70, choose your own price at registration
Pre-payment is required to reserve a spot in class. Any unsold spots will be available at the door starting at 12:30pm.
Schedule
12:30pm: Doors open
1pm- Workshop 1: Pure Bal - Beyond the Basics (completion of Intro to Balboa or similar basic pure bal experience required)
(30 min break)
3:30pm - Workshop 2: Bal-Swing Playground (current enrollment in Bal-Swing Basics or similar basic Bal-Swing experience with lollies and out&ins required)
----- Dinner break (studio closed) -----
6:30pm: Doors re-open
7pm: Beginner Swing Lesson with RVA Swing (included with any workshop registration)
8pm: Jumpin' at the Lakeside social dance (included with any workshop registration)
About the Workshops
Workshop 1: Pure Bal - Beyond the Basics
1pm - 3pm
Pre-requisites: all dancers must be able to do a pure bal basic in close embrace as well as come-arounds and common Balboa adlibs like scoots, progressives, paddles. This is not a beginner workshop.
In this 2-hour workshop, Annabel & Michael will show you how to break out of patterns in your pure bal and really get creative & musical.
Cost: Sliding Scale of $15 - $40 (choose your price at registration)
Workshop 2: Bal-Swing Playground
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Pre-requisites: all dancers must be able to do lollies and out&ins in Bal-Swing. While dancers don't need to know turns/tossouts for this workshop, this is not a beginner workshop.
It's time to open up and explore the world of bal-swing. In this 2 hour workshop, Michael & Annabel will explore some more complex & fun things to do in open position.
Cost: Sliding Scale of $15 - $40 (choose your price at registration)
Annabel Quisao is known far and wide for her huge grins and prodigious laughter on the dance floor. Always a student of music and a lover of swinging jazz, she was addicted to the communication and spontaneity of Lindy Hop upon her first exposure to it in 2003 at Colgate University. She continued to delve into swing dancing while at Penn State where she was also introduced to Balboa, Blues dancing, and Collegiate Shag. Through the years, she has social danced, taught, and competed in equal measure. She enjoys the challenge and camaraderie of competition, taking home top prizes in such events as the International Lindy Hop Championships, All Balboa Weekend, and the California Balboa Classic. Her enthusiasm for teaching began even earlier, first as a music theory instructor, and then as a swing dance instructor and curriculum developer in her local scenes from Penn State to Memphis to Boston to Washington, DC. In her teaching, Annabel emphasizes technique and critical thinking to give students the tools to explore their own abilities, inspire their partners, and have a good time!
