Drag Blues Workshop and Party Y'all

Love that Juicy slow Jazz? Well have no fear! A drag Blues workshop followed by an awesome night of slow Jazz and slow blues. Preregister here: https://dancerfly.com/joe-demers/drag-blues-denver/. Heres the schedule ~ 1-2:30pm - Refine Your Drag Blues Technique This class will review key points of Drag Blues technique and focus on polishing movement transitions to get everyone connected and maintain that connection while dancing across the room to music. 2:30-3:30pm - Spirit Moves Connections The Spriti Moves is the leading documentary on Lindy Hop and Jazz Blues. There is a Blues chapter in which we see the Savoy Swing dancers dancing Blues. Learn Drag Blues moves that are directly inspired by the Spirit Moves! 3:30-4:30pm - Rag Doll Fun! Learn to lead and follow with some of the most relaxed frame possible in Drag Blues. Followers will be feel like they’re flying, while leaders are empowered to shape weight transfers. 4:30-5pm - Drag Blues Moves Let’s end the workshop with some really great partner movements to incorporeate into your Drag Blues. Price for Drag Blues Workshop Saturday Workshop ($30 before 5/23; $35 after 5/24; $40 at door) Saturday Toska Blues – Separate Charge ($5 class, $8 dance) Location: Savoy Event Center - 2700 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO 80205 Toska Blues Saturday Night Dance Toska is a monthly, Blues only, dance event. Toska will be featuring a "Slow Night" including Slow Blues and Slow Jazz to your hearts content, All Night Long! Class: $5 (7-8pm) TBA Dance: $8 (9pm-1am) Specials: $2 discount for driving from out of town and student discount at door Joe’s Bio: Joe DeMers is a champion Blues instructor from Denver, CO. He has toured the world teaching and performing from South Korea to France, Canada, Israel and all over the US. He loves to dance and is proud to be a dancer, performer, competitor, and instructor. He is known for bringing excellent opportunities of critical thinking and analysis of Blues to the classroom. His Drag Blues style is nicely blended with Jookin’ and captures the lively rhythms and themes of Blues music. He is known for encouraging follower expression in the dance as an equal partner to the leader. He is a proponent of Frame Matching and the creator of ΔpTed and the Hierarchy of Creating Partner Connections, frameworks for analyzing and teaching partner-dance connection. He also runs a 6-day, Blues dance instructor training in Denver, CO. For more information on him, or Frame Matching and ΔpTed, check out his website at joeandnelle.com. Also, watch his free How to Dance Drag Blues instructional videos on youtube: http://youtu.be/tuIt9ooDKXE. You can see his latest Contemporary Blue routine: http://youtu.be/ySJGx4SIBsE. Jes' Bio Jesica Cutler fell in love with Blues at a house party, and she's never been the same since. Since finishing her Massage Therapy training in 2010, she has practiced her knowledge of anatomy and diligently applied herself to her studies with master dance instructors. It has paid off. Over the course of the last seven years she has commanded respect on many dance floors and fluidly transfers her skill set to Tango, Blues, Lindy Hop, Balboa and West Coast Swing, among others. Jes is now teaching nationally and internationally as she continues to joyfully explore and study dance as an Art form. Having worked as a massage therapist for the last 7 years, she understands that every body is unique and requires masterful application of touch, integrative exercises and humor. Jes’ passion for dance is deep and her students find themselves cross training in dances they never thought they’d approach.