Author: jmartinez

For our second partnership and connection installment, Ruth Evelyn and Mike Grosser bring:

Momentum and Stretch (7:30-8:30)
Use momentum and stretch for exciting, dynamic, feel-good moves. Learn to move seamlessly into, out of, and through momentum-based movements. Explore ways of using a stretch connection to create different effects, both as leads and as follows.

Blues Basics + Beginner Clinic (8:30-9:30)
This weekly drop-in class is designed for new-to-blues dancers or anyone wanting to focus on the fundamentals. It will provide enough moves to have fun on the dance floor, as well the opportunity to hone and polish the core techniques behind the dance. Each week, we’ll cover something new, so you can come every week, or just drop in for a class or few. This class includes the beginner clinic, where you can work on your dancing one-on-one with instructors and advanced dancers. This month it will be taught by Julie Brown and Claire Davis.

Ruth Evelyn and Paul Loschak will be behind the DJ booth to keep you dancing all night.

As always, the lesson is $5 and the dance is an additional $5.

This month will be a partnering and connection sampler, with different instructors each week! First up is Mike Legenthal with:

Visual Connection (7:30-8:30)
Visual connection gives context for the many other layers of connection. It can maintain a partnership in breakaway, set up a meaningful moment, or be used to adopt complimentary characters. Come join us to learn how to read your partner and to telegraph your own movement.

Blues Basics + Beginner Clinic (8:30-9:30)
This weekly drop-in class is designed for new-to-blues dancers or anyone wanting to focus on the fundamentals. It will provide enough moves to have fun on the dance floor, as well the opportunity to hone and polish the core techniques behind the dance. Each week, we’ll cover something new, so you can come every week, or just drop in for a class or few. This class includes the beginner clinic, where you can work on your dancing one-on-one with instructors and advanced dancers. This month it will be taught by Julie Brown and Claire Davis.

As always, the lesson is $5 and the dance is an additional $5.

We’ve been silly for art’s sake all month, and now it’s time once again to Clinic:

Blues Clinic (7:30-9:30)
The Blues Clinic is an opportunity to work one-on-one with our Blues Union instructors and to work with your friends and peers. Music plays in the background as people work together, and the instructors move around the room, working with people one-on-one or in couples. When not working with instructors, people work with peers, dance with each other, try new things they’re working on, or try things the instructors have helped them with. You can work on material from that month’s series class, workshops you took recently, or anything you like! From 8:30-9:15, we have our Blues Basics class as usual, while the clinic continues in the rest of the room.

Plus, someone will win a free month at Blues Union! Attending the Clinic comes with a raffle entry.

And if that’s not enough, our Halloween costume contest is back. Come in costume before announcements at 10:30 and you will automatically be entered in the contest. The winner will also receive a free month at Blues Union.

Paul Loschak will be behind the DJ booth for your Blues pleasure.

As always, the Clinic is $5, and the dance an additional $5.

There’s one more chance to get silly for style’s sake with Jenn Martinez and Forrest Rogers-Marcovitz:

Being a Goofball (7:30-8:30)
There is a lot to be said for silliness. It can entertain, and it can inspire. Whether you’re looking to have more fun on the dance floor, or further develop your own style, exaggeration is a great artistic tool. In this series we’ll use fun exercises and games to help release your creativity. Come prepared to laugh and to get weird!

Blues Basics + Beginner Clinic (8:30-9:30)
This weekly drop-in class is designed for new-to-blues dancers or anyone wanting to focus on the fundamentals. It will provide enough moves to have fun on the dance floor, as well the opportunity to hone and polish the core techniques behind the dance. Each week, we’ll cover something new, so you can come every week, or just drop in for a class or few. This class includes the beginner clinic, where you can work on your dancing one-on-one with instructors and advanced dancers. This month it will be taught by Jenn Martinez and Forrest Rogers-Marcovitz.

Julie Brown and Paul Loschak will be behind the DJ booth to whet your Blues appetite.

As always, the lesson is $5 and the dance is an additional $5.

We’ve got more silliness from Jenn Martinez and Forrest Rogers-Marcovitz

Being a Goofball (7:30-8:30)
There is a lot to be said for silliness. It can entertain, and it can inspire. Whether you’re looking to have more fun on the dance floor, or further develop your own style, exaggeration is a great artistic tool. In this series we’ll use fun exercises and games to help release your creativity. Come prepared to laugh and to get weird!

Blues Basics + Beginner Clinic (8:30-9:30)
This weekly drop-in class is designed for new-to-blues dancers or anyone wanting to focus on the fundamentals. It will provide enough moves to have fun on the dance floor, as well the opportunity to hone and polish the core techniques behind the dance. Each week, we’ll cover something new, so you can come every week, or just drop in for a class or few. This class includes the beginner clinic, where you can work on your dancing one-on-one with instructors and advanced dancers. This month it will be taught by Jenn Martinez and Forrest Rogers-Marcovitz.

Amy Kucharik will be behind the DJ booth for your Blues pleasure.

As always, the lesson is $5 and the dance is an additional $5.