Sep-Dec Block 2022 Schedule Reveal!

Dear and lovely dancer,

Making schedules is always a hectic and stressful time for our Classes Team, but they pulled it off once more! This year we decided to give it to you in a handy dandy graphic which you can find below!

You can click on it for the high resolution view, cause it’s a lot of information (hopefully all) you will need for the next block! And remember! Registration is this Saturday at 18:00!

For everyone’s convenience, here is the Themed Classes overview once more:

๐‹๐ข๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ: ๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž! (by Lisa and Rohan): Trapped between 6-count and 8-count patterns? In this class, we will explore how to make our dancing more dynamic by playing with varying levels of energy, tension and movement to create new figures and patterns. This class is suitable for people who are comfortable with all the basic 6- and 8-count figures, and want to learn how to switch gears and make their dance more varied and lively.
Level requirement: One block of Lindy 2


๐’๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž (by Jojanneke and Roberto): The swing out is the move of moves, and you can never make it perfect. However, in this class weโ€™ll try to get close to perfection! Weโ€™ll work on technique and will also discover new swing out variations like the Savoy swing out.
Level requirement: One block of Lindy 2


๐…๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  (by Malou and Federico): You find yourself on one of SiUโ€™s fast dancing HopSpots (like the one coming up next Wednesday), and you want to feel comfortable dancing Lindy on fast music. In this class weโ€™ll teach you how, but beware: this will be a workout. No need to do cardio in the gym anymore. Donโ€™t forget to bring some extra t-shirts.
Level requirement: One block of Lindy 2


๐“๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง (by Stella and Federico): At SiU we teach many dance styles, among which 30-ies Charleston. But did you know there are different versions of the Charleston? The most famous is actually Twenties Charleston. Take this opportunity to learn how to dance the 20-ies Charleston! In 4 weeks weโ€™ll teach several moves and make sure you get your technique right.
Level requirement: One block of Lindy 2


๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  (by Malou): โ€˜๐ต๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ โ€™ (Peggy Hackney). In these classes we will go on a journey where you will experience different methods to make a deep internal connection to your body. We will study movement principles that will help you breathe, ground and free the natural torsion of your spine into whole-body movement. This will improve every dance for the rest of your life. We will be slowing down and softening; moving behind the beat the way Ella sings.
No level requirement


๐๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง (by Jojanneke and Roberto): Charleston is a dance of its own, but also an important ancestor of lindy hop steps and culture. This class will help you to integrate charleston steps in your lindy hop dancing, reinforce your basic technique and expand on your movements and rhythms. The primary focus will be on making you comfortable with using Charleston during social dancing and how to transition from lindy hop into charleston and vice versa. Roberto and Jojanneke will share their favourite tips and tricks with you to make you proud of your charleston!
Level requirement: One block of Lindy 2