UConn Swing and Blues will be having expert Ruth Evelyn leading our Beginner Bootcamp to kick off the semester on Tuesday, September 17th at the Storrs Congregational Church Parish House!
This will be our first official lesson and social dancing. This is event is free and open to all undergraduate students! Donations are always greatly appreciated. The schedule is as follows:
6-7: Teacher Training (for dancers interested in leading lessons at our weekly club meetings)
7-8:30: East Coast Swing Basics
8:30 – 9: Swing Social Dancing
9 – 10:30: Blues Basics
10:30 - 11: Blues Social Dancing
If you can't make it this Tuesday but you are interested in learning swing and/or blues dancing, feel free to come any other Tuesday! All following Tuesdays we will have a beginner lesson from 7:30-8, and then social swing dancing till 9, a begginer blues lesson 9-9:30, then social blues dancing till 10:30. All are welcome, anytime, and we will gladly teach you some moves!
Swing dancing is a dance style, or a group of dances, originating from Harlem, New York with Afro-American Roots. The feeling of the dance is "swinging", as it developed to the swing style of jazz music from the 1920s to the 1940s or 50s. It is a typically a partner dance, energetic, carefree, and joyous.
Blues dancing is an umbrella term for a family of historical and modern dances done to blues music. Rooted in African movement, blues dance places a high value on improvisation, rhythm, polyrhythm, and solo movements. Although there are many moves to be learned, it is quite improvizational at heart, and allows individuals to stylistically and creatively express the music.
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For more information, contact: uconnswingandblues@gmail.com at 860-287-5107