Monday Swing is a weekly vintage swing dance practicum and social dance on Monday nights with DJ'ed music in a cozy SE PDX setting.
Lesson: $5
Dance: Sliding scale $10-20
All ages! No partner needed!
7:00 - 8:00 Lindy Hop Connection w/ Dianne & Dan
8:00 - 10:00 Social dance & practicum with DJ music
>> Lindy Hop Connection <<
In this intermediate series, you’ll learn how to better communicate with your partner non-verbally, i.e. connection. You should be comfortable with both 6 and 8 count moves (including the swingout) and switching between them. We will go over concepts such as momentum, stretch, and compression, as well as adding rhythm variations to standard lindy hop vocabulary such as tuck turns, swing outs, side passes, and sugar pushes.
8/4 Connected Side Passes and Send Outs
8/11 Connected Turns
8/18 Connected Sugar Pushes
8/25 Connected Swing Outs
>>What's a practicum and social dance?
We DJ music just like a regular social dance. You can come out and just dance like normal, or you can come planning to work on something: Ask for feedback, work on a move, play with variations, master a routine.
>>Have a specific question?
Experienced dancers and local teachers are available at practicum to help out with sticky spots.
>> Balboa? Shag? Solo? Learning swingouts?
Let the DJ know what you're working on if you have specific music requests!
This building is physically accessible to enter. If you have accessibility concerns, please contact PLS.
Hosted by Portland Lindy Society
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