Monday Swing - Slow Bal 2 with Mary and Rod

***WE ARE AT A NEW LOCATION*** Baker Building 5511 N Albina Ave Portland, OR 97217 This Month's lesson is Slow Bal 2 with Mary and Rod! Some familiarity with Slow Bal and/or Balboa is recommended. This will be a progressive intermediate series of 5 classes. We will start with a quick review of the the basic steps and add in moves and styling each week. Slow Balboa is a vintage partnered swing dance with expressive fluid body movement, a signature "floating" feel, and an intimate close embrace connection. Modern Slow Balboa is heavily influenced by three specific historic dancers. The first two are Dean and Nancy Raftery, two original Southern California swing dancers who developed a specific style of slow dancing that Dean taught in the swing dance community in the mid-2000s. The third is Ray Cunningham, a Los Angeles dancer who was highly regarded for his skill at Laminu, a form of slow dancing that was popular in Los Angeles in the 1940s through the 1950s. Slow Balboa works to a wide range of slow dance music, but it works especially well to slow swinging jazz and slow ballads (typically 70 to 100 beats per minute). Week 1: Elements of Slow Bal - The Fundamentals Week 2: Building Blocks - Common Moves Week 3: Movement & Flow Week 4: Shapes & Textures Week 5: Creativity Monday Swing is a weekly vintage swing dance practicum and social dance on Monday nights with DJ'ed music in a cozy NE PDX setting. Lesson: $10 Dance: $10 Lesson and Dance combined: $15 ** NEW! Pre-sales available through August 3rd at the link below ** https://www.portlandlindysociety.com/monday-swing All ages! No partner needed! 7:00 - 8:00 Lesson — Slow Bal 2 with Mary and Rod 8:00 - 10:00 Social dance & practicum with DJ music ________________ **PRE-SALES AVAILABLE! We are offering pre-sales for our Monday Swing classes/dances! Available through August 3rd, this promo gets you into all our Monday classes and dances for $55! Purchase through our website through the link above. Pre-sales must be purchased by July 6th. >>What's a practicum and social dance? We DJ music just like a regular social dance. You can come out and just dance like normal, or you can come planning to work on something: Ask for feedback, work on a move, play with variations, master a routine. >>Have a specific question? Experienced dancers and local teachers are available at practicum to help out with sticky spots. >> Balboa? Shag? Solo? Learning swingouts? Let the DJ know what you're working on if you have specific music requests! This building is not physically accessible to enter. If you have accessibility concerns, please contact PLS. Hosted by Portland Lindy Society