Sampler Series

Juan and Sharon hail from Argentina and Australia and are visiting Pgh.

Sampler Series

Detailed class descriptions below.
April 1- That’s a Plenty: 1001 Jazz Steps!
April 8- All Wrapped Up: Mindbending Moves to Wind Your Partner Up
April 15- Spice Up Your Swingout
April 22- Hit the Breaks!
April 29- Hot Solo Charleston
May 6- Lindy Challenge: Fast & Furious

Week 1 April 1: That's-a-Plenty: 1001 Jazz Steps!
Making your solo jazz more versatile, from static jazz 'steps' to fluid jazz movement, is the gateway to creative dancing and inspired improvisation. This class will cover fundamental footwork and movement theory, giving you not only the established 'steps' in your repertoire, but infinite variations from the divinely simple to the impressively intricate. Whether you have no solo jazz experience, or you know all the classic steps, this class will open your mind and get those feet a'flying in ways you didn't think possible!

Week 2 April 8: All Wrapped Up: Mindbending Moves to Wind Your Partner Up
You've seen those moves that wind the dancers up in extraordinary ways, then pop, snap or spin out of it, with energy that seems to come from nowhere. Learn some of these tricky figures that are impossible to pick up just from watching. With that delicious rubberband stretch, these moves feel amazing and look astonishing. Leaders will learn how to lead these movements without breaking off her arm, while the followers learn the techniques to follow these rollercoaster moves without throwing up. Lindy Hop experience needed.

Week 3 April 15: Spice Up Your Swingout
Footwork variations can spice up your swingout, without compromising your partnered connection. They're also a great way to express your own personality and respond to the music and your partner. With a huge list of swing-out variations – including the classics, some old favourites and the unusual – we'll power through as many as we can and get you looking red hot with some fancy footwork! Lindy Hop experience required.

Week 4 April 22: Hit the Breaks!
Learn some of Sharon and Juan's favorite Lindy Hop breaks, for both the leader and the follower, as well as how to understand the music so that you can hit that break every time! Learn how to play with the intensity, style and rhythms of your breaks and communicate this to your partner, for exciting and dynamic musicality. Take away some cool new moves for the social dance floor, plus a whole new range of musical possibilities! Lindy Hop experience needed.

Week 5 April 29: Hot Solo Charleston
The Charleston was the dance that captured the spirit of the 1920s, danced with wild abandonment across America and the world, ushering jazz dances into their place in popular culture for the next three decades. It's also experiencing a huge revival in swing dance scenes around the world and, well, it's a heap of fun! This class will give you a flexible repertoire of classic solo Charleston movement, an understanding of musical phrasing and some killer Charleston variations to bust out on the social floor. No experience needed.

Week 6 May 6: Lindy Challenge: Fast & Furious
Prepare yourself for a challenge with this fast and explosive Lindy Hop routine, then push it all to the edge of reason as Sharon and Juan turn up the energy, the volume and the tempo! With moves and technique to help you reach your potential, you'll be burning the floor in no time. Bring water, a towel and get ready to sweat. This class is definitely not for the feint hearted! Lindy Hop experience needed.

http://www.sharonandjuan.com/

Tuesdays (6 weeks)
April 1 - May 6
7:45pm - 8:45pm

Cost: $50.00 pre-registered ($60 at the door) for all 6 weeks
Or any one class $15.00

Edgewood Club

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