This week at Blues Union

Thursday June 6

[Description]

This month we have yet another new and exciting intermediate series, courtesy of Devona Cartier, Jonathan Pechon, and Julie Brown:

All about the Music (7:30-8:30)
From the Mississippi delta to the ballrooms of New York, blues music has a rich history and a variety of styles that gives us a lot to work with as dancers. Do you know about Piedmont, Texas blues, or the musical genres that led to blues? This series will delve into the roots of blues music, its many styles, the dances that grew up with the music styles, and how a deeper knowledge of the music can enrich our blues dancing.

This series will involve plenty of dancing but will also be excellent DJ training, and will involve some time for DJs to practice DJing. For more details, email julie@newschoolswing.com.

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.

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

Thursday, April 4

This month we have Joshua Boroff and Devona Cartier showing us how to use physics to improve our dancing:

Controlling Momentum (7:30-8:30)
Dancing together, how do you make that work well? In this class we will work on creating and controlling momentum, and timing (connection and leading and following skills implied). We are going to utilize the concepts of inertia, compression, and leverage, and give you plenty of time to practice, as well as lots of feedback. Wanna lead more clearly? Wanna to follow with ease? Its all just physics.

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.

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

Thursday, March 28

Another series has wrapped up, so it’s Clinic time:

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 8:30-9:00, we have our Blues Basics class as usual, while the clinic continues in the rest of the room.

Julie Brown and Steve York will be behind the DJ booth to satisfy your Blues cravings.

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

Thursday, March 7

This month Amanda Gruhl and Chris Mayer will be turning awesome moves into awesome choreography:

Blues Performance (7:30-8:30)
This month continues the performance series. In February, Chris & Amanda taught you the cool moves and how to lead & follow them. This month, you’ll form it into a routine, which will be performed at a Blues Union dance! If you took class in Feb, you can still join in for March, even if you haven’t registered already. This month is also bring-your-own-partner, so you can practice with the same person you’ll perform with.

Register now and get the March blues clinic for free!

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 Rob Donnelly.

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

Thursday, February 28

It’s time for another Clinic, and the return of some live music!

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 8:30-9:00, we have our Blues Basics class as usual, while the clinic continues in the rest of the room.

Greg Klyma is a dancer favorite and just returned from touring, so we’re bringing him back for your dancing pleasure. He’s also put together an awesome line-up of musicians, so you don’t want to miss this! More information about Greg can be found at:
http://www.klyma.com/
Plus, Amy Kucharik will be DJing the band breaks.

Naturally, because we have a band, we’ll be going till midnight.

As always the Clinic is $5, and as with live music nights, the dance will be $10.