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February 25th, Saturday @ What a Jazz13:00-16:00 Slow Bal class with a 10 min break
16:00-17:30 Tea dance
Teachers: Jon & Natalia
Registration: https://whatajazz.lt/know-your-slow-bal/
Come and acquire yet another tool to dance to slower tunes at a swing dance social!
Slow Balboa, or Slow Bal, is a variant of Balboa (a partner swing dance that originated in the 1920s) that is danced primarily to slow jazz music, in both closed and open positions. Smooth and elegant, known for its signature rocking-in-a-boat feeling, but at the same time rhythmical, with intense partnership, this expressive dance is a most lovely way to do justice to those dreamy slow tunes.
At this workshop you will be gently guided into the realm of Slow Balboa by Jon and Natalia, two people who are really passionate about the dance. By the end of it, you will have enough technique and vocabulary to enjoy a dance and make your partner smile.
After the workshop, there will be a little tea dance where you can put your newly acquired skills into practice.
You're also welcome to join the blues & slow jazz social dance that will happen in the studio on the day of the workshop. There will be many tunes there to satisfy your appetite for Slow Bal.
Knowledge of Balboa is not required for this workshop. We expect though that you have been social dancing (Swing/Lindy Hop/Blues/whatever) for at least six months.
The workshop will be taught in English.
The teachers' fees for this workshop will be donated to support Ukraine’s humanitarian aid.
About the teachers:
Jon is a swing dancer, community-builder and event organizer based in Copenhagen, where he also teaches regular Slow Bal classes. He's danced swing for more than a decade, and since discovering Slow Bal in 2018 he's become one of the biggest Slow Bal enthusiasts in the European community. As a leader, Jon values the comfort and smile of the follower over his own ambitions, and always makes sure that the follower has the opportunity to express themselves.
Natalia is based in Vilnius. She's danced blues and swing for 7 years. She equally loves both the fast and the slow sides of Balboa, and strongly believes that a dance is never complete without conscious, active following.
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What a Jazz dance studio, Kalvarijų g. 24a, Vilnius, Lithuania
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