Blues Room in Oakland

Workshop+Dancing Every Fourth Saturday
A Collaboration with Friday Night Waltz

Schedule for August 25th Workshop with Brenda and Mihai
6:30-9:30 intermediate/advanced workshop, limited to 20 people
9:30 blues demo in the main room
9:35-12 blues dancing
9:35-10 blues fundamentals drop-in class for ballroom dancers (if needed)

Online registration is now open! Check the website for tickets remaining.

What You Need To Know
Location: Lake Merrit Dance Center, 200 Grand Ave in Oakland
Parking: free parking lot at the venue
Cost with lesson: $50/$60 prereg (5.5 hours of class and Fri+Sat dances)
Cost without lesson: $8 for dance, including both waltz and blues
No partner needed, all ages welcome
Workshop level is intermediate
Wear comfortable shoes (if you wear heels, bring another pair)

In the past
Blues in Berkeley was a weekly venue that ran on Tuesday nights from October to December 2006. East Bay Blues was a non-Beyond Blues venue that lasted a short while also.

Now What?
We have an opportunity to have a monthly blues room as part of "Friday Night Waltz on Saturday" at the Lake Merrit Dance Center. This is also a great opportunity to spread the word about blues dancing to the ballroom crowd.

Also, there are rumblings about re-opening a weekly East Bay venue. Please contact Mihai if you are interested in helping out.

Workshop Class Descriptions

Slick Styling and Fancy Footwork
In this class you will not only pick up new variations using everything from hips, to arms, to feet; but also, you will learn tricks to making your styling look confident, controlled and musical.

Collaborative Contrast and Musicality
This class is sure to get your creative juices flowing. We will focus on incorporating contrast and variation into our movements, and we will work on interacting with the style and subtlety of our partner's movements. Both lead and follow will learn to initiate and follow the stylistic elements of the dance which make our movements unified, unique and musical.