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We are SO stoked to fly out Lindy Hop instructors Andy Reid and Andrea Gordon to San Francisco for a workshop just for our Bay Area/Northern California community!
We are excited about Andy and Andrea not just for their competition or performance bona fides, but because they are two of the best social dancers around! Their understanding of body mechanics, connection, musicality and groove have a lot to offer dancers at all experience levels.
This workshop is for YOU if you:
- Have been dancing Lindy Hop for at least a year
- Are hungry for ways to improve and things to practice
- Are interested in new perspectives on the dance that you don’t usually get in weekly classes
Cost: $90 for the day, with sliding scale options upon request.
We hope to see you there!
Instructor bios:
ANDY REID
Andy Reid is one of the most well-known and influential swing dancers out there. Since he started dancing in the late nineties, Andy has left an indelible mark on the dance scene. Andy’s style is a balance of the refined and the eccentric. His proficiency with rhythm and partnering makes his dancing rich and inspiring to watch and experience. While Andy’s dancing has many influences, Andy credits his greatest influence as the Harlem-born Black American social and performance dance called Lindy Hop – the original swing dance.
Since 2002, he has performed and taught in countries around the world including Korea, Australia, Japan, and all over Europe. Always striving for harmony with the music, Andy’s experience playing music in his current hometown of New Orleans affords him the opportunity to give his students a deeper musical connection to their dance. Andy’s teaching aims to bring the best out of his students both physically and mentally.
Andy has been a part of numerous very prominent dance teams. He is a founding member of Silver Shadows–undoubtedly one of the most influential Lindy Hop dance teams. He is also a member of the highly innovative troupe Minnie’s Moochers. Finally, Andy is also a founding member of Mad Dog!, a Lindy Hop Crew who is infamous within the Lindy community for some reason.
Andy currently resides in New Orleans, LA, where you can regularly see him playing bass with local traditional New Orleans bands.
ANDREA GORDON
Andrea Gordon’s journey started in the late 90s, when she decided she hated jazz, but much like her taste in Brussels sprouts, she discovered she loved jazz when prepared with a little flavor. She has since become an award-winning lindy hopper and performer, a cast member in the stage show Sw!ngOut, a celebrated Master of Ceremonies, and a sought-after voice in the discussion of inclusion and equity in jazz dance spaces. Andrea enjoys improving her art as a practitioner of African American vernacular jazz dances and actively works toward creating a community that values safety, love, and appreciation for all its members.
As a serial hobbyist (and sufferer of ADHD), Andrea also has interests in road cycling, playing clarinet, getting distracted, yarn crafting, her dog Murphy, lists, cleaning, whatever hot people are into these days, spreadsheets, ooh … burlesque, awkward silence, moments where you realize you preferred the awkward silence, Jeremy Allen White (amirite?), key lime pie, WebMD, friendship bracelets, enemy chokers, ordering things from Amazon she knows she’s not going to like with the confidence of knowing she can return it (but never ever actually returns anything)), wasting money, and her stagnant but promising career in stand-up comedy.
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