New to blues dance? Experienced dancer trying to level up your dancing?
- Blues Foundations classes:
Every week at 8:15 p.m., prior to the dance. Appropriate for all experience levels, from total beginner on up. - Beyond Beginner classes:
Occasional class series and 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.
Admission to classes before a dance also includes admission to the dance that night unless stated otherwise.
Blues Foundations Classes: Every Thursday
8:15pm every Thursday
Back Room, Glen Echo Park
$10 covers admission to the class plus the dance after at 9
Beginner-friendly, all-levels lessons every week. 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.
The Feb. 6th Blues Foundations class will be taught by international blues instructor Grey Armstrong.
Beyond Beginner Classes
Blues Connection Clinics: January
January 9, 16, 23, & 30, 2025
Rooms 202 & 203, Arcade Building, Glen Echo Park
$20 drop in. Cash preferred.
Topics:
January 9: Close Embrace (dancing with torso contact) with Rachel and Dr. Jesse
January 16: Body Awareness, or letting go of unnecessary noise in our bodies and doing more with less, with Rachel and Dr. Jesse
January 23: Lag, with Tall Jesse and Dr. Jesse
January 30: Partner Conversation, with Dr. Jesse and Catherine
Description
Dr. Jesse and a varying cast of teachers are here to improve your connection with your dance partners. Each week will be a one-off workshop on a different aspect of blues connection – take the full series or pick and choose. Admission fee also covers entry to the dance at 9. Prerequisites: at least a couple months of blues, or substantial experience in other partnered dance style.
Anything you personally want to learn or practice in this series or in future? Tell Dr. Jesse, DM Capital Blues on Facebook, or email the teachers at capitalblues.info@gmail.com.
Groove and Expanding Vocabulary with Grey Armstrong
Feb. 6, 7 – 8 pm
Back Room, Glen Echo Park
$20 (cash preferred)
Take your dancing to the next level by adding in some rhythms and grooves. If you ever feel like you run out of ideas in Blues or feel bored with the basic step this class is for you! Sometime you don’t need more moves but grooves!
Grey is a national blues dance instructor as well as the author of this excellent Blues Dancing 101 blog post and other learning resources.
Grey is also teaching the blues foundations lesson afterwards at 8:15 pm.
