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NEW SESSION starts Thursday April 11, 7-8 pm, at ODSS Dance Studio. Click HERE. Starts with a single class in Swing.
(Not to be confused with the “Spring Swing” series, starting Monday April 15 7-8 at Westminster United Church.)
$125-$200, or $12 per destination.
Classes + Parties.
Partner not required. Many partners rotate.
Each class learn a sequence you can loop or vary for a whole song, while also growing towards playfully improvising together.
Video class summaries so you can review any time!
Young? Old? Highly trained? Never trained? Unless otherwise specified: All welcome. Concerned class will be too hard? Too easy? Contact us or just come try. Most classes are semi-customized – so everyone works at a level right for them.
Parties start with reviewing previous classes. Teacher(s) are available for help and to dance with you.
For the Toronto version, see dancingtoronto.ca/aroundworld.
Parties:
Friday Jan 26, 7-9 @ Mill Creek Pub upstairs, $10
Wednesday Feb 14, 7-9 @ MCC (Mono Community Centre), $15. (Valentine’s Day)
Saturday March 9, 7-9 @ MCC, $15 (postponed to Saturday April 27)
Saturday March 30, 3-5 pm @ Windrush Estate Winery, $35
Don’t have a car? Getting a ride to Mono/Windrush should be possible. If not, we’ll find a solution/refund.
Classes: Westminster United Church.
Mondays: 7-8 pm || 8-9 pm
Jan 8: Salsa || Salsa Rueda
Jan 15: Swing || West Coast Swing
Jan 22: Waltz || Waltz patterns in Foxtrot and Polka
Jan 29: Cuban Rumba vs Ballroom Rumba || Cha cha & Merengue
Feb 5: Contact Improv || Argentine Tango
Feb 12: Country Two-Step || Folk Dances – Greece/Turkey, Hungary, Sweden
Feb 26: India* – Kathak || Spain – Paso Doble
Mar 4: Traditional South African** || Contemporary African*
Mar 18: Brazil – Samba || Samba variations
Mar 25: Square Dance || Scotland Cèilidh + Irish Cèili
* with guest teacher
** with guest teacher Mafa Makhubalo, mafadancevillage.ca
Feels like too much of a whirlwind? We also love slow culture – taking things slow – but people with 3 left feet who seemed almost hopeless at the start of these classes have learned the essence of each dance and some very cool moves. I expect you will be similarly delightfully surprised.
You can choose to go only to specific “destinations”, but the intention is to grow a range of complementary skills that gradually grow freedom and fun on the dance floor to any music, so we recommend the complete journey.
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Package: any 10 classes + 4 parties: $125 per person. ($185 bought separately)
Frequent Flyer: 20 classes + 4 parties: $200. ($305 bought separately)
Deluxe: Private Lesson – add $60
Individual stops: $12 per 1-hour class, $10-$35 for 2-hour parties.
Don’t believe in the partner dance roles of lead and follow? Learn the multiple freedoms of following and the ways good leaders follow the follower, how partner dancing truly is a co-creation. Choose either role, or learn to switch between roles.
A note on the politics of dancing: Some ballroom versions of dances from around the world are distortions from the originals. We’ll mostly attempt to honour the originals – and how they have continued to evolve – while also appreciating the best of the ballroom versions. (More on this and related issues at danceorangeville.com/politics.)
Also:
We are exploring the possibility of having a member of a First Nations community come and teach. I have been invited to go – perhaps with a few others, but not a whole class at this time – to a Powwow. We would not be dancing to most dances, but to intertribal dances and perhaps round dances. If this is of interest to you, let me know.