Balboa Park Dancers November Syllabus-Final; Coming in December

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I hope you had a good Thanksgiving. I have completed and posted the November syllabus, which can be found by surfing over to the Documents list on the right.  Please feel free to download and print it for your use.

Coming in December 

Viennese Waltz and Niteclub Two-Step. Two really beautiful dances. We are dark most Fridays this month, but we will still cover a fair amount of material. See you this Sunday.

Saturday December 11, 2010. Hustle Workshop. Intermediate to Advanced level. 11AM-1PM. Infinity Dance Center.   Go ahead. Click on it. You know you want to.

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Second Saturday at Synergy Dance Zone. I will be teaching the pre-party lesson to 7:30-8:00PM on Foxtrot. Yes, I will be there this time.

Workshop Announcement!!

Mark this on your calendar:

• Saturday December 11, 2010
• 11AM-1PM
• Infinity Dance Center

On this date I will be teaching a fun and fast-paced workshop on Hustle. The dance that began as a disco favorite from the 1970s, the Hustle has evolved to become a part of the canon of social dancing. Hustle borrows heavily from Mambo, Salsa, and Swing dancing, and can be danced to just about any popular music that has a reasonably fast beat such as Nightclub, Hip-Hop, R & B, Latin Fusion, Funk, and the list goes on.

The structure of the dance is fairly simple, but the possibilities for variations are endless. I will be teaching some new variations based on steps that will be familiar to anyone who has taken my classes at Balboa Park or SDSU, with particular emphasis placed on smooth execution.

Although I will cover some of the basics, this is an Intermediate to Advanced level workshop intended for experienced dancers.

Admission is $10 per person if registered and paid in advance, or $12 at the door. You can sign up at Infinity, 4428 Convoy Street in Kearny Mesa (San Diego 92111), or with me directly.

See you there.

Balboa Park Dancers November Syllabus-Update

Here is the material we have covered so far this month. I will post a complete and detailed syllabus in the documents list after the final class of the month.

Foxtrot

1. Open Right Turn
2. Open Left Turn
3. Weave
4. Progressive Spirals, Hesitation Developé, Continuity End
5. Open Left Turn

Samba

1. Basic
2. Reverse Turn
3. Travelling Bota Fogos
4. Basic (4 counts)
5. Whisks (4 cts)
6. Samba Walks (6 cts) Side Samba Walks (2cts)
7. Criss Cross Voltas
8. Shadow Bota Fogos
9. Whisks (4 cts)
10. Basic (4cts)
11. REPEAT FROM step 2

I will be out of town on Friday November 26, but will be back on Sunday November 28. My colleague Christian Wasinger will substitute for me on Friday.

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

BLDC @ SDSU Session 2-Final

I have posted the final syllabus for Session 2 (both classes) of this semester in the "BLDC @ SDSU Documents" list at right. I had posted it a few days ago, but I discovered some errors, which I have since corrected.

Next week we start Session 3. The Tuesday Intermediate Class will be Quickstep & International Cha Cha. The Beginning Class will be Waltz & Hustle. Please note that there will not be a class Thursday November 11 in observance of Veteran's Day. The first Beginner's class will be on November 18.

Balboa Park Dancers October Syllabus-Final

October was quite a month for exciting new material at Balboa Park. I have posted the final version of this month's syllabus in "Balboa Park Dancers Syllabus Documents" list at the right. When you download it, you will notice that the layout is slightly different. That is because we covered so much material that I could not fit it all onto one two-column page. So you now have two pages to print. Hopefully, you will still find it to be well-organized and informative.

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If you are having any difficulty with any of the material or would like to further refine your dancing, please contact me to schedule a private lesson. You can call me at (619) 322-4670 or email me at sshowers@cox.net.

For the month of November, we are doing Foxtrot and Samba. Please note that we are dark this Friday, so our first meeting will be Sunday November 7.

Viennese Waltz Workshop-Post Game Wrap Up

I want to thank all of you who came out to my workshop today and made it such a success. I hope you enjoyed it and learned some new material to add to your repertoire. I have posted the syllabus in the Workshop Syllabus Documents list below.

Mark This Date: Saturday, December 11, 2010, 11AM-1PM

On this date I will be teaching (you guessed it) another workshop. The dance will be Intermediate to Advanced Hustle. Come on out and learn some new moves for the holiday season (or, for that matter, any other season). As usual, I will hold the workshop at Infinity Dance Center, 4428 Convoy Street, San Diego, 92111. Admission is $10 per person if paid in advance or $12 at the door.

Balboa Park Dancers September Syllabus-Update

So far this month we have done quite a lot of new steps at the Intermediate Class. Here is a list of what we have done so far:

Argentine Tango

1. 8 Count Basic
2. Ochos (from step 5 of Basic)
3. Back Ochos (from step 3)
4. Molinete

Cha Cha

1. Basic
2. Cross Body Spin, end in open position
3. Sliding Doors
4. Basic open to closed
5. Offset Breaks w/ Lady's Underarm Spin
6. Overhead Walkaround Turn
7. 3 Cha Chas

I will post the complete syllabus in the documents list at the end of the month. Thanks for attending my class and for visiting my site.