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When: Saturday, March 25th 2023
Where: RVA Swing, 6114C Lakeside Ave, Henrico VA
Cost: Sliding Scale of $10 - $55
Instructors: Annabel & Michael Quisao
Format: This is a Rotating Partner format workshop. No partner is needed to sign up.
Pre-requisites: These workshops require prior experience with Balboa. See description for details.
Advance registration is required (sorry, but no walk-ins for workshops)
Schedule
11:30am - doors open
12pm - Explorations in Pure Bal
1:30pm - 30 minute break
2pm - Explorations in Bal Swing
3:30pm - open floor time/guided practice with Erica
4:30pm - doors close for dinner break
6:30pm - doors open for the dance
7pm - Beginner Swing lesson w/RVA Swing (included with registration)
8pm - Jumpin' at the Lakeside social dance w/DJ Qui Nguyen (included with registration)
10pm-ish - dance ends, doors closed
About the Workshops
Workshop 1: Pure Bal Exploration
Level: Novice and up
Pre-requisites: must have prior experience with Pure Bal (close embrace Balboa). This is NOT a beginner class and will not be appropriate for those with no prior Balboa experience. If you are in our current Intro to Balboa class, this would be a good workshop for you!
Cost: Sliding Scale $10 - $30 (choose your price at registration)
In this 90 minute workshop, students will expand their knowledge of Pure Bal and starting thinking outside the box! Learn how to listen to your partner and how to add subtle textures to your Pure Bal.
Availability
Leads: 9 of 12 spaces remaining
Follows: 9 of 12 spaces remaining
Workshop 2: Adventures in Bal-Swing
Level: Intermediate and up
Pre-requisites: must have previous experience with Bal-Swing (open position Balboa) including turns, lollies, out&ins, toss-outs, etc. (Novice Bal dancers & students from our Intro to Balboa class: please note that Workshop 1 will NOT prepare you to take Workshop 2.)
This 2-hour workshop will focus on open-position "Bal-Swing" figures & concepts. Students will learn how to utilize stretch & rotation to create effortless, dynamic movements with their partner.
As in Part 1, Annabel & Michael want to strike a balance between teaching moves & technique and allowing students to work with their partner to explore their own personal expression of the dance.
Cost: Sliding Scale $10 - $30 (choose your price at registration)
Leads: 7 of 10 spaces remaining
Follows: 7 of 10 spaces remaining
About Your Instructors
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!
