This week at Blues Union

This week Jenn Martinez will be bringing out the emotions behind the music:

In a Blues Mood (7:30-8:30)
The range of emotions in Blues music is as diverse as the styles themselves. In this class we’ll examine some classic moods driving the music, and explore how they can influence the way we dance to them.

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 Jan Marie and Rob Donnelly.

Amy Kucharik 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 we have a music and musicality sampler! Every week will have a different topic with a different set of instructors. First up we have Devona Cartier and Jonathan Pechon:

Classic Blues Musicality and Clashing Sentiments (7:30-8:30)
We’ll be looking at classic examples of the genres (and subgenres) of blues, breaking down some of the musical elements of how these songs move you. At the same time, we’ll also take a look at how the “near-misses” of music encourage you to move against the grain of what we call blues dance today.

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 Jan Marie and Rob Donnelly.

Steve York 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.

Another series has ended, so another Clinic is upon us:

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 Jonathan Pechon will be behind the DJ booth to satisfy your Blues cravings.

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

We have one more installment of ways to bring solo Blues to the social floor from Jenn Martinez:

Social Solo Blues (7:30-8:30)
Blues isn’t always partnered, and solo doesn’t always mean alone! This series will explore ways to expand solo vocabulary and be inspired by others in a social setting. We’ll use such staples as riffin’ and cuttin’ to turn solo movements into an awesome conversation with a partner, or even a group.

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 Steve York.

Sarah Elise and Steve York will be behind the DJ booth to scratch your Blues itch.

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

Join us as Jenn Martinez shows us more ways to bring solo dancing to the social floor:

Social Solo Blues (7:30-8:30)
Blues isn’t always partnered, and solo doesn’t always mean alone! This series will explore ways to expand solo vocabulary and be inspired by others in a social setting. We’ll use such staples as riffin’ and cuttin’ to turn solo movements into an awesome conversation with a partner, or even a group.

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 Steve York.

Susan de Guardiola and Paul Loschak will be behind the DJ booth to keep you on the dance floor.

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