Three workshops to tune-up your Nightclub 2-Step
with Ari Levitt and Lilli Ann Carey

September 16, 2009

Get your dance running smoothly, looking good, and feeling confident on the dance floor. If you've taken a Night Club workshop with Ari at any time in the past, these beg/intermediate classes will remind you what you forgot, polish with tips and tricks what you already know, and add variations to make your dance feel fun and fresh.
1. Wednesday, September 9th: Nightclub 2-step Beginning Review
The basic, right turns, left turns and embellishments.

2. Wednesday, September 16th: Checks and Pivots
Checks are the set up to gently power your moves and pivots can be fun on their own….

3. Wednesday, September 23rd: Variations To Add a Little Wow
Not really complicated but sure to become favorites.

Where/When:
"Exit Space Dance" in Greenlake (East side of the lake), 8-10pm
414 NE 72nd Street
Seattle, Washington 98115
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Go here for a map: exitspacedance.com/contact.htm

Cost:
Each workshop is $20, pay at the door with cash or check!

Location

414 NE 72nd Street
Seattle, WA 98115

or visit: www.meetup.com/Eastside-Swing-Ballroom-Blues-Dance

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TANGO CABARET

September Friday 11th and Saturday 12th, 2009

Starring Julio Marino and Mirabai Deranja and Daniel Diaz - Bandoneon
Special Guests Carlos Barrionuevo and Mayte Valdes

Century Ballroom - 915 E. Pine $30
Doors open at 6:00 for dining with reservation $65
Show is from 7:30-9:00
Social Dancing from 9:30-1:00 Tango on Friday — Salsa on Saturday

Julio and Mirabai have taught and performed around the world to rave reviews. You can also see them performing every week in Plaza Dorrego in Buenos Aires when they are home.

Special workshops and group classes are being offered.
Details please contact: Michelle Badion
Office: (206) 525-5928, Cell (206) 334-7496

or please visit: www.brownpapertickets.com

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Bachata Workshop
Due to our up coming Bachata Dance competition at the end of July, the time for a workshop is now! On Saturday, July 18, I, Jim Chow, will be collaborating with dance instructor Katie Lake to teach a 2 hour workshop.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Beginning level…1pm-2pm $12 in advance $15 at the door.

Intermediate level…2:15pm-3:15pm $12 pay in advance $15 at the door.

Both at: $22 in advance, $28 at the door.

A little history of Bachata dance and the music

The creation of bachata dance was the brainchild of servants, who were the first to embrace this form of movement. The music was generally played after returning home from a hard day at work. Dancers performed to music created with the use of everyday items that were commonly found in the backyard, including garbage cans and fences. In some parts of the Dominican Republic, the term 'bachata' actually means trash, while others view the term to suggest a celebration or party. Another theory regarding the history behind bachata dance and music is that it came from the Italian Ballata, a formally popular music that once thrived many centuries ago in Italy.

Throughout the years, bachata dance and music held close ties to the pan Latin- American style called bolero, which was also romantic in nature. Later, merengue and salsa served as an influence for bachata dance, which infused a faster pace and the use of various guitar styles. As a rule of thumb, male singers provide the lyrical accompaniment of the dance with early icons including Jose Manuel Calderon, Ramon Cordero, and Rafeal Encarnacion. Today, an electric guitar is used to supply dancers with music that is full of rhythm. Overall, the use of electric instruments are much easier to groove to than earlier styles.

Belltown Dance Studio
2521 4th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98125

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