Class Ideas
- reinventing the swingout for blues
- ballet for blues dancers
- being fluid in your movements
- leading/following clear beginnings and endings to every move
- playing without losing connection
- bodyflow (yoga + pilates + tai-chi)
-
contemporary movement
- rhythm and balance
- blues aerials
- dips
- connected hip movement
- breathing
- using your center
- creativity: breaking the mold
- tango follower technique: projection vs. translation
- how to dance inside the box
- blues/tango fusion
- blues vocabulary
- blues music / how to DJ
-
musicality to faster music
- non-violent communication in dancing
- putting ass into your lindy hop
- improvising without breaking the connection
- gliding
- how to be present (and loved)
- interesting spins in open position without interrupting
- what's so great about your favorite dance partner?
- organizing a blues scene
- how to teach blues from the ground up
- what is blues? how's it perceived?
-
jazz movement
- blues and intimacy
- momentum changes and floor connection
- the physical expression of passion and intimacy
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Fears and Concerns
- not teaching well, people not getting very much from my class
- group dynamics, not being able to get along with each other
- a sense of competition
- too much non-blues-dance stuff might be taught
- being snobby or elitist
- spending too much money
- too many outside distractions
- I might get isolated
- making decisions as a group will take forever
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Hopes and Expectations
- excited about dancing a lot
- being around people who are excited about dancing
- trying blues and tango fusion
- loves california and hasn't been there in a long time
- connecting with people
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