Beginner Track with Jenni & Dee at Nevermore Jazz Ball

Learn to swing dance, or brush up on your basics, with the fabulous Dee Daniels Locke and Jenni Bevell on Saturday November 4th during the Nevermore Jazz Ball! Your beginner track pass includes three 75 minute classes, as well as the Friday and Saturday main dances at Casa Loma Ballroom. Purchase your pass at http://www.nevermorejazzball.com/ Location: Koken Art Factory Cafe (enter on Sidney Street) Schedule: 10:00-11:15 Session 1, 11:30-12:45 Session 2, 15:45-17:00 Session 3 (attend the Jazz Crawl during the break!) About your teachers: Dee Daniels Locke: Dee started Swing Dancing at the age of four with her Dad in the basement, wearing her Mom’s heels and her favorite plaid skirt. With a hiatus into hip-hop during her school years, she was called back to Lindy Hop, and co-founded her college swing dance club. She has became an influential member of the Minneapolis scene, where you can find her teaching at Uptown Swing. For over a decade she’s shared her love of lindy hop with dancers young and old, teaching and dancing nationally at swing dance events. Dee loves feeling free on the dance floor and advocates for self-expression and individual creativity as the true spirit of Lindy Hop. She loves Lindy hop's particular way of corresponding to the music and partner, priding herself on making each dance unique to the musical experience and partner, creating an authentic dance conversation. She has taught, performed, and choreographed Nationally and Internationally. She’s won several awards, but mostly she wants to have a good dance. You should ask her, she follows and leads and she wants to dance with you. Jenni Bevell: Jenni Bevell is a Lindy Hopper/Solo dancer, born and raised in the Midwest. Due largely in part to Nevermore Jazz Ball's charm and genuine ability to make attendees feel at home in St. Louis, JB decided to move from Chicago to St. Louis in 2016, and is loving the STL life! Honored to be a part of one of the best dance events ever, JB looks forward to encouraging Nevermore students to challenge themselves to move in a new way, learning to listen to the fun rhythms and melodies of the swing music genre, and discovering how to move our bodies to accompany such exciting music! So check those nerves at the door, allow yourself to try something new in a safe and comfortable environment, and come dance with us!