About this Event
Join us for a very special Night Owls birthday weekend where we celebrate just how much we love LIVE music! We are thrilled to announce that the amazing Jessie Gordon quartet will be joining us for a live blues night AND a live swing night!
And if that's not enough, we will have a whole day of amazing workshops on the Saturday 17th to leave you challenged and inspired
Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/DAHTS
Details:
Friday 16th May: Live blues social with the Jessie Gordon quartet at Czech house North Melbourne
Saturday 17th May: A whole day of workshops in a range of styles (Details below) All at the beautiful Ela Rose studios
Saturday 17th May: Live swing social with the Jessie Gordon quartet including a very special student performance! Czech house North Melbourne
Workshop schedule:
11:00 am - 12:15 pm: Solo jazz musicality class...How a musician thinks about dancing with Jessie Gordon - For all levels - Take the opportunity to learn off an internationally renowned vocalist and jazz musician as she shares how her understanding of jazz music informs how she creates in her solo movement and dancing
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm: Adding advanced rhythms to your lindy hop with Anna and Chris - Intermediate/Advanced level - Learn from these two accomplished lindy hoppers and tap dancers as they add both individual and partnered rhythmic variations to their lindy hop.
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm: LUNCH
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm: Get fancy with your blues with Shob and Andy - Intermediate/Advanced level - An opportunity to deep dive into our favourite challenging moves and sequences that require trust and strong partner connection. For this class you'll need a dedicated partner, we won't be rotating - come ready for a challenge!
Dance Styles
Lindy Hop (50%)
Zouk (50%)
Organizer
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The Night Owls
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Andy Fodor
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Jessie Gordon
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Shobhana Nambiar
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