Caltech Ballroom Dance Club

Ballroom    Workshops

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL INT'L SAMBA & JIVE

• With ANDRE FORTIN     • Saturday, November 11, 4-6 pm. • Multipurpose Room, Braun Gym • Intermediate level workshop featuring 1 hour International-style Samba and 1 hour International-style Jive. • Cost: $10. Note there is an additional $5 entry fee to the gym for non-Caltech members. • Dance shoe policy is enforced (suede soles & heel protectors or socks).

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL INT'L WALTZ & FOXTROT

• With JONATHAN ATKINSON     • Saturday, November 18, 4-6 pm. • Multipurpose Room, Braun Gym • Intermediate level workshop featuring 1 hour International-style Foxtrot and 1 hour International-style Waltz. • Cost: $10. Note there is an additional $5 entry fee to the gym for non-Caltech members. • Dance shoe policy is enforced (suede soles & heel protectors or socks).

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL INT'L TANGO

• With Gwyneth Card & Scott Schnee     • Tuesday, November 21, 9-10 pm. • Multipurpose Room, Braun Gym • Intermediate level workshop featuring 1 hour International-style Tango • Cost: $3. Note there is an additional $5 entry fee to the gym for non-Caltech members. • Dance shoe policy is enforced (suede soles & heel protectors or socks).

ADVANCE BEGINNER LEVEL BALLROOM

• With Robert Nissen & Megan Nix     • Sunday, December 10, 12:30-2 pm. • Winnett Lounge (2nd floor) • Cost: $3.

Nightclub    Workshops

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL MODERN JIVE - Tango Styling Theme

• With SIMON COSTAIN & BROOKE VOIGHT     • Sunday, November 5, 8-10 pm. The workshop will start at 8 pm sharp!! Don't be late! • Winnett Lounge (2nd floor) • A 2 hour workshop featuring guest instructors Simon Costain and Brooke Voight who have been dancing and teaching ceroc in Australia for the past 6 years. This will be an intermediate level workshop** with a "tango styling" theme! Focusing on Tango Styling in Modern Jive moves, Simon and Brooke will show you the sexier side of Modern Jive with new moves, dips, drops, poses and timing. These moves are perfect to help you learn to dance to slower music, and spice up those faster songs. • Cost: $8 • ** What does Intermediate Level mean? It means that: - you should be comfortable dancing basic ceroc figures - you should maintain a good connection with your partner (and thus be able to lead/follow moves well) - you should be able to dance on time (at least most of the time:) ) - you do NOT need any experience with dips or drops, but be aware that the workshop will cover these so be prepared to learn!!

ADVANCE BEGINNER LINDY HOP I & II

• With LAURENCE YEUNG & LISL WALSH     • 2 Mondays, November 27 & December 4, 9-11 pm. • Winnett Lounge (2nd floor) • This 2-part workshop series will cover lindy hop, specifically Dean Collins smooth-style (aka Hollywood-style or West Coast-style). The workshops will cover: The basics Inside and outside turns Free spins Passes and send-backs Intermediate spin combinations Integrating lindy hop with other swing dances (6-count, charleston, balboa) • Cost: $3 per workshop. • Some experience with a swing dance (such as East Coast Swing or West Coast Swing) is suggested. The class will emphasize partner connection.

Argentine Tango    Workshops

Hosted by Argentine-Tango Club, these specialized workshops are geared towards intermediate & more advance level dancers, and will generally focus on advance fundamentals & technique, advance figures, specialized styles & musical interpretation.

ADVANCE BEGINNER-INTERMEDIATE MILONGA TRASPIE

• With EDMUNDO & ELIZABETH THOMAS     • Sunday, October 22, 8-10 pm. • Winnett Lounge (2nd floor) • Edmundo & Elizabeth will be teaching a 2-hour workshop on their specialty, Milonga con Traspie (techniques for dancing triple-step milonga style). Details coming soon. Syllabus: Milonga Rythmical fundaments Traspie stepping How to lead traspie Variations between milonga with traspie and milonga lisa Traspie: Walking it - Amagues (feints) - turns and sacadas - adornments • This is an advance beginner - intermediate level workshop. Students should have prior experience and solid basics in Argentine Tango. • $5 for Caltech Grads & Undergrads (with ID); $10 for Caltech affiliates & other college/university students (with ID); $15 regular.

ADVANCE BEGINNER-INTERMEDIATE VALS I & II

• With MIGUEL CARDOSO & CLAUDIA GARCIA     • 2 Sundays, November 12 & 26, 8-10 pm. • Winnett Lounge (2nd floor)

• Miguel & Claudia will teach a 2 part advance beginner/intermediate vals cruzado (tango waltz) workshop that will introduce students to the vals cruzado through fun exercises, instruction and examples. A great emphasis will be placed on interpreting and following the music (for both men and women). The different rhythms of vals will be explored in order to unite the music to steps. The itinerary for the workshops will be as follows: Workshop 1 Small demonstration Understanding the 3/4 timing of vals 1-2-3 timing and finding the 1 count, exercises Rhythm and placing it to steps Workshop 2 Small demonstration Stepping outside the 1 count Looking for the elusive 2 & 3 count, exercises Rhythm and placing it to steps You do not have to take the first workshop in order to participate in the second but it is highly recommended. • This is an advance beginner - intermediate level workshop. Students should have prior experience leading/following the basic elements of Argentine Tango. • Cost: $5 for Caltech Grads & Undergrads (with ID); $10 for Caltech affiliates & other college/university students (with ID); $15 regular.