What: 4-week improver topics series for dancers with solid Lindy Hop experience
When: Tuesdays from 8:15pm until 9:15pm starting on Jan 7th
Class Dates: Jan 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
Where: RVA Swing dance studio, 6114C Lakeside Ave Henrico VA 23228
Instructors: Cate Rauschenberger & Mike Herring
About the class:
Cate Rauschenberg started ballroom dancing in Georgia in 2006, but it wasn't until 2014 that the music, community, and capacity for expression of lindy hop stole her heart.
Class Dates: Jan 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
Where: RVA Swing dance studio, 6114C Lakeside Ave Henrico VA 23228
Instructors: Cate Rauschenberger & Mike Herring
Format: Rotating Partner (no partner required)
Pre-requisites: Lindy 2A, 2B, 2C*
Pre-requisites: Lindy 2A, 2B, 2C*
* new level requirement for 2025, current Level 3 students may still register for Level 3
Cost: Sliding Scale of $20 to $60 per person for the 4 week series
advance registration & prepayment required
About the class:
For dancers who have completed all of Level 2, we offer a monthly Improver Topics class. Level 3 classes will focus on improving on your basic skills and making you a more confident, musical, and fun dancer!
At this level, the material is instructor's choice based on what they think will benefit students most. There is not a set syllabus. The topic/material varies every month: always changing and always fun!
Dancers should take Lindy 3 for a minimum of 6 months before moving to Level 4.
Important Level Stuff:
--This series is for intermediate Lindy Hoppers who have completed all 3 of our Level 2 units or are currently taking Level 3 classes.
-- All students must be able to easily demonstrate a lindy phrase (aka 3 swingouts & a circle), tuck turns, and side-by-side Charleston.
-- If you have taken Lindy 2A/2B/2C, but are struggling to social dance the material from those classes, we recommend that you repeat that level until you can demonstrate the material successfully.
This class is a standard Rotating Partner class, and students will change partners throughout class.
About your instructors:
Mike Herring is a tap and swing dancer, instructor, and choreographer with 30 years of experience. He started out doing shows in his living room at age 6 after watching the chimney sweep scene in Mary Poppins too many times.
Since then he has performed with the Boston Tap Company, DrumatiX, Ash Lawn Opera, the Charlottesville Ballet, Wilson School of Dance, the Greater Boston Stage Company, SwingCville, ACME Swing Mfg. Co, and Boston Lindy Hop. He has taught at many regional events such as Jammin on the James and The Process, as well as being a featured performer at Lindy Focus.
She is passionate about the multi-directional aspect of communication in partner dancing-- the conversation between musicians and dancers through the music, between a couple and anyone observing them, and between the lead and follow themselves. She loves and strives for balanced connections, playful improvisation, and musically-inspired movement in her dancing.
As a teacher, she enjoys breaking things down, building them back up, and seeing those joyful, dance "aha!" moments.
Register for Class:
advance registration & prepayment required for this series
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Registered students:
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