Continuing Balboa

 

What can students expect from this class?

Continuing Balboa classes will build on your fundamentals, expanding your vocabulary and refining your technique and style so you can have even more fun on the social dance floor!

Prerequisites: Intro to Balboa Fundamentals 1A & 1B or the equivalent (familiarity with Pure Balboa connection & figures, out-and-ins, lollies, tossouts, and swivels)

 

Registration:

https://bostonbalboa.org/instruction/weekly-classes-private-lessons/

 

Cost of Class:

Pay What You Can (Recommended: $15 Single Class or $60 for a 4 Week Series)

 

Accepted Payments:

Cash

Venmo: @BostonBalboa

PayPal

 

What is the legacy of the genre/form/style you are teaching?

Balboa is a vernacular swing dance from Southern California in the 1920s and 30s, and is indebted to the African-American roots and culture of Swing Jazz and Swing dancing. We encourage everyone to explore the history of this dance, the dancers that created it in Southern California, and the music and musicians that made it possible. Balboa today is an improvisational, joyful partner dance with a vibrant worldwide community, evolving into the present while honoring its origins.

 

What background, training, and or relationship do you have with this style/technique/class subject?

July & Stan have been dancing Balboa since the early to mid 2000s, studying with dancers who learned from the original dancers from SoCal. We have taught Balboa since 2010, with a focus on helping students build the skills to connect with the music and their partners on the social dance floor.

 

Finish this statement: I am passionate about teaching this style because…

…it is incredibly fun to do and enables connection and collaboration with both other humans and the music, and there’s a chill, welcoming community of Balboa dancers all over the world!

 

How can students learn more about this offering?

Website: https://bostonbalboa.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BostonBalboa

 

Contact Information

Contact: [email protected] or https://bostonbalboa.org

 

Tue, Sep 10 @ 08:00 pm
8:00 pm — 9:30 pm (1h 30′)

Studio 2

Boston Balboa, July Belber (she/her/hers), Stan Yen (he/him/his)

Street shoes are not allowed in the studio at any time.