3rd Tuesday Dance Lab
Dancing 501
Location: Messiah Lutheran
Cost: $3 (Best deal in town)
Purpose:
Organized and run by Atlanta caller Rob Harper, Dance Labs are monthly opportunities for dancers at all levels of experience to grow creatively and stylistically. They provide opportunities to …
- Expand body/music/movement awareness
- Experiment with dance style potentials
- Utilize imaginative ideas
- Have a super cool time
Lab sessions are spent dancing, laughing, starting, stopping, smiling, speeding up, slowing down, mixing things up, parsing things out, talking things over, mapquesting dance nirvana, and having some serious Fun.
Each Dance Lab has a theme:
JANUARY 20, 2009 - Music by Free Association
Connections... to the music, ... to the hall
... to the set, ... to your hands 4
... to gents, ladies, partners, neighbors, shadows, others
FEBRUARY 17, 2009 - Music by Peavine Creek
Turbocharging Your Swing- Body dynamics
- Swinging as a contact sport
- Timing
- Velocity
- Variations (Two hand, ballroom, cuddle, same-gender, steps, smalls ‘n talls)
- Twirls
- Spins
- More Twirls
- More Spins
- Lead n’ Follow
- Suggestive signals
- Blast off
- Touch down
MARCH 17, 2009 - Music by The Oatcakes
Turn it On!- Turning your partner with style, grace, safety, comfort, and fun
- ...More details to follow
APRIL 21, 2009 - Music by Free Association
Follow Me- Who leads, Who follows?
- Dancing as a couple while dancing in a set
- ...More details to follow
MAY 19, 2009 - Music by Peavine Creek
Gender Bender- Gender swapping
- Gender keeping
- Dancing any role at any time
- ...More details to follow
JUNE 16, 2009 - Music TBA
Power Tools- Does this need a Screwdrivers or a Hammer?
- Fixing dances on the fly
- ...More details to follow