Blues dance Beginners’/Fundamentals 4h Saturday workshop
May 4, 2025 @ 11:00 - 16:00
The Blues dance workshop is aimed both at those who have never danced the blues and want to learn some basics and those who have taken some courses and want to practice them.
The goal is to make the beginner feel at home at a blues party and to give the more experienced dancer a chance to practice before we continue with more blues dance courses building from these basics…
- Course Language: English
- Teacher: Lea Rachel (Puck) Rieskamp
- Price: 195-325 SEK.
The course is open to everyone. Additionally, this particular course also has extra youth and student discounts.
Registration is open!
https://dans.se/heptown/shop/?event=246745
When and where
- When: Sunday May 4th 11-16 (1h lunch 13-14)
- Where: Järnåkraskolan – Gymnastiksal, Mellanvångsvägen 10A, Lund
What?
For an idea of what we will cover here is Lea’s preliminary lesson plan
- Ballrooming Basics
- Close Embrace
- Ballrooming idioms and show off moves
- Jookin´ Basics
- Jookin´ style up / idioms
Blues dancing
Blues dancing is whole a family of dances with African American roots danced to blues music, it can for instance look like this when Philippa and Vivien dance: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Philippa+Svensson+and+Vivien+Nivesse+blues
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_dance
More Blues dancing
https://www.heptown.com/blues/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BluesMLH/
