No partner or prior experience is required!
If you can, wear shoes that can slide. Please avoid wearing strong fragrances. Most people come to dance with everyone there (but if you’d prefer to stick with one person that’s okay too).
Special Event Thursday, April 23!
Capital Blues and DCLX are partnering to bring you a special event the night before DCLX!
Instructor Kenneth Shipp joins us from St. Louis, with a special “Blues for Lindy Hoppers” class appropriate for intermediate-and-up lindy hop and blues dancers. Perfect for blues-curious DCLX attendees! Get ready for those late night slow tunes!
Location: Bumper Car Pavilion at Glen Echo Park
Schedule:
8pm–9pm Intermediate “Blues for Lindy Hoppers” lesson with Kenneth Shipp (appropriate for int/adv lindy or blues dancers)
8:15pm-9pm Beginner lesson with Colin Hay and Moira McCauley
9pm–11:30pm Dance with live music from Nella B & the Noise
Price: Free for DCLX registrants (You can check in here for the weekend)!
Otherwise: $20 at the door for the intermediate class & dance, $15 for beginner class & dance!
Kenneth grew up dancing hip-hop and DJing breaking comps before jumping into blues. He has spent the past few years passionately studying the family of blues idioms, incorporating his nerdy personality along the way. With every class and practice, he’ll encourage you to approach social dancing with coolness, relaxation, or in other words “Chill The F$%& Out.”
Blues Foundations: Every Thursday
New to blues dance? Experienced dancer trying to level up your dancing?
We host a beginner-friendly foundations lesson every week before the dance. Come try it out or refresh your skills!
Time: 8:15pm–9pm
Location: Back Room, Glen Echo Park
Cost: $10 covers admission to the class at 8:15pm and the DJ’d dance from 9pm to 11:30pm.
No reservation, prior dance experience, or partner are required! Wearing smooth-soled shoes that slide easily will help you dance comfortably and protect our wooden floors.
Instructors and topics rotate, so each class teaches something a little different. Several instructors also offer private lessons.
Occasionally we offer class series or one-off lessons with resident and traveling instructors that dive deeper into specific blues dance styles and topics. Some of these classes require previous experience.