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Want to be part of the Swinging Air Force Flying Charleston team ?

If you want to learn or ameliorate your solo charleston (improvisation or choreography), Flying Charleston is the team for you !

We have just taken part in our first competition and our next goal is the Canadian Swing Championships.

If you are interested, write to :

Vicki Grenier

colombinedellarte@hotmail.com

Schedule : every Sunday from 1:45pm to 3:15pm

Prerequisite : Solo Charleston I or equivalence or be ready to make a levelling in private.

 

In January, Studio 88-SWING offers you the following classes : Swing I, Swing II, Swing III, Swing IV, WCS I, Solo Charleston, Aerials II, Balboa I and Musicality.

There will be a special directed practice for Balboa on Saturday January 14th at 1PM

10$ or 20$ for 5 practices with purchase of directed practice card

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

Next practices :

Saturday January 28th
Saturday February 11th
Saturday February 25th

 

 

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

JOIN US EVERY TUESDAY, EVEN DECEMBER 27TH !

 

The "JAZZ HOT" is back every Saturday!

FREE trial swing dance class offered at 9pm.

Student night the first Saturday of the Month, Studio 88-SWING student...s with a receipt in hand from a class active now, next month or last month gets 2$ off at the door + a FREE BEER (or basic non-alcohol drink)

Near Jean-Talon Metro.

 

ATTENTION : Please note that there will not be Jazz Hot evenings on Saturday December 24th and 31st.We will be back on Saturday January 7th !

 

Studio 88-SWING's Westy'S'Wing evenings every Thursdays!

NEW: Social dance starting @ 10pm every Thursday

Only $5 for the evening !

ATTENTION : There will be no Westy evening on Thursday December 29th. We will be back on Thursday January 5th 2012 with our evening and a basic lesson at 8:45pm. Bring your friends !

 

 

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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