Lisa's January Workshops

New year, new workshops!  This month I am hosting a total of four classes. 

Each class costs $10 to attend, and doesn't require pre-registration or a partner.  

All workshops will take place at the Hartford Ballroom Dance Studio.

Saturday, January 3rd "A Day Of Line Dances"

1 p.m.: The Easy Ones

This is a beginner-friendly workshop, where we focus on line dances that are both fun and easy to do.  This class will be an hour long, with a chance to run through the songs again afterwards.

Line Dances We'll Cover: Cupid Shuffle, Samba Line Dance, Waltz Line Dance, Sex On The Beach, Kumbia Line Dance

2:30 p.m.: Getting Into The Harder Stuff

There are two line dances out there that I would consider to be a little difficult: the Shim-Sham and the Salsa Line Dance.  In this workshop, I plan on covering both of them.  The class will run for about an hour, with a chance to run through the songs again at the end.

Requirements? If you are a beginner, I wouldn't recommend this second class.  No partners are needed for line dances. 

Saturday, January 31st: "A Day Of Technique"

2 p.m.: "Basic Techniques For Leading And Following"

Learning the steps is tricky enough: learning how to lead the steps and follow the patterns is even harder.  This workshop is going to focus on those little techniques that we tend to overlook in a normal group class.  To keep things simple, we'll focus on techniques used in Swing, Waltz, and Rumba.  This is a class for Intermediate level students.  No partner or pre-registration is needed.

3:30 p.m.: "Reversing The Roles"

Yep!  That's right!  It's time to try swapping roles!  Leaders will try being a follower, and followers will try being a leader.  We're going to dive into the Rumba as if we're learning a totally new and different dance.  We'll start from the beginning and work our way up, and see how far we can go!

Knowing what your partner has to do helps a lot in improving your own ability to dance, so that's what this workshop is all about!  By the end of the lesson, you'll have a clearer understanding of what it's like to be on the other side, and therefore a clearer understanding of what your job is as a partner.  It'll be unusual, but fun! 

This is a workshop for Intermediate/Advanced students.  No need to bring in your own partner, nor do you need to pre-register.  The class will run for an hour, with some practice time afterwards.