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Brand new WCS night with a new partner : Pub Quartier Latin, metro Berri! Starting March 6th, Free intro to WCS class at 9pm, cover fee 5$. DJ Senor Dominguez - Come and practice your WCS, every Wednesday, 9pm! Stéphane Dominguez and Sonya Dessureault are WCS leaders at Studio 88 Swing and they have just won 1st place of the Open Srictly WCS at Boston Tea Party last March 23-24th! We are very proud of our teachers!
Come and Dance Every 1st Saturday of the month! Urban Element, 910 Jean-Talon Est. 9pm.

In May, Studio 88-SWING offers you the following classes: Swing I, Swing II, Swing III, Swing IV, Charleston Couple I, Charleston Couple II, Blues II, WCS I, Balboa I and Solo Charleston special.

One of our teachers is there for 1h to answer any question and help you improve your dance.

Swing I & II : from 11am to noon

Swing III and more : from noon to 1pm

 

Next practices :

Saturday May 11th
Saturday May 25th
Saturday June 8th
Saturday June 22nd 
Saturday July 6th
Saturday July 20th
Saturday August 3rd
Saturday August 17th
Saturday August 31st 

 

 

Every tuesday
FREE beginner swing dance class at 8pm
Swing DJ Charmin'Dee & Friends until 3am!

JOIN US EVERY TUESDAY!

 

ATTENTION : exceptionally, Tuesday May 7th, there will be no introduction course at 8 pm because of the hockey game. The course will take place if possible after the game according to the time. Thank you !

Every Saturday, come to practice your steps !

A teacher/Dj will be there.

Starting at 8pm, if your friends want to learn swing, bring them to our beginner class !

Then practice from 9pm tp 11pm.

Only $5 each practice (you can use your supervised practice card!!)

 

7243 St-Hubert, Jean-Talon metro

ATTENTION : Saturday May 18th practice : exceptionally canceled  

Every First Saturday of the month, come and dance with the Swinging Air Force Squad Team at the new location of Urban Element, 910 Jean-Talon Est, still metro Jean-Talon. From 9pm to 2am, 10$, great music, full bar service, plenty of good dances and smiles... come check it out! Organized by Swing Dance Canada.

Balboa

Balboa is a form of swing dance that started as early as 1915 in Southern California and gained in popularity in the 1930s and 1940s. It may owe it’s name to Balboa Island or to the Balboa Peninsula. The dance was originally a response to overcrowded ballrooms and done only in closed position (pure-bal) but includes various moves involving the open position (bal-swing). The art of Balboa is the subtle communication between the lead and follow, like weight shifts, that most viewers cannot see. As a result, Balboa is considered more of a "dancer's dance" than a "spectator's dance". Balboa is danced to a wide variety of tempos from over 300 bpm to under 100 bpm, which allows more time for intricate footwork and variations.

Studio 88-SWING not only offers classes in Balboa taught by international award winning instructors but is also where the first Balboa dance performance team of the modern age was born.

Le Balboa est une danse swing qui a vu sa naissance autour de 1915 en Californie et est devenue extremement populaire durant les annees 30 et 40. Son nom lui est donne peut-etre pour l'ile de Balboa ou pour la peninsule de Balboa. A son origine, c'est une danse qui se veut une reponse au trop grand nombre de danseurs et a l'espace restreint sur les planchers de danse de l'epoque, ainsi, le Balboa se danse principalement danse en position fermee (Pure-bal) mais il y a quelques figures qui font intervenir la position ouverte (bal-swing). L'art du Balboa est dans la communication subtile qui existe entre le cavalier et sa cavaliere dans de nombreux changements de poids que la plupart des spectateurs ne peuvent voir. Il est ainsi souvent dit que le Balboa est une danse "pour les danseurs plus que pour les spectateurs". Elle se danse sur des tempos tres varies allant du 300bpm jusqu'a moins de 100bpm, ce qui permet des mouvements de pieds tres subtiles et interessants.

Le Studio 88-SWING n'offre pas que des cours de Blaboa enseigne par des instructeurs s'etant merite de nombreux prix internationaux, mais est egalement le berceau de la premiere equipe de performance en Balboa des temps modernes.


Upcoming Sessions

Balboa I

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