Balboa Workshop with Jeremy Otth and Shani Brown

Name: Balboa Workshop with Jeremy Otth and Shani Brown
Start: 2025-03-01T13:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-03-01T17:00:00-08:00
Location: Carrillo Recreation Center

Schedule

Sat Mar 01 2025 at 01:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Carrillo Recreation Center | Santa Barbara, CA

Come and build your balboa skills with Jeremy and Shani! This will be a 3 hour instructional workshop with 30 minutes of social dancing at the end. Located at the historic Carrillo Ballroom in Santa Barbara.
$60 per person in advance $70 at the door. Please send payment to @centralcoastbalboa via venmo with the tag "Jeremy and Shani" to be registered for the workshop.
About the instructors:
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Jeremy Otth has amassed a great amount of knowledge on the historic essence of vintage swing dances from many of the original jitterbugs and swing dancers. His expertise if focused on the Lindy, Collegiate Shag, Balboa and Solo Jazz.
Along with his seemingly inexhaustible amount of energy, Jeremy’s natural talent and dedication led him to accumulate championship titles at many acclaimed dance competitions such as the International Lindy Hop Championships, National Jitterbug Championships, American Classic Balboa Championships, and the US Open Swing Dance Championships. He's been twice inducted into the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame. Jeremy is honored to share the breadth of knowledge and passion for these classic partner dances by entertaining and educating feet around the world from Southern California to Asia and Europe.
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Shani hails from sunny southern California. She is best known for her fast, syncopated Balboa footwork, tight swing style and soft connection—which has been said to feel like a ‘warm hug’. As an instructor, she strives to make dancing effortless, combining foundational basics with the soft skills of connection and personal body awareness to develop one's smooth flow and style.
For 25 years, Shani has dedicated herself to learning, preserving and sharing her love for Balboa and other social dances. She began swing dancing in 1998 before moving to Orange County, where she discovered a vibrant vintage swing community well connected to its local original dancers. She was immediately attracted to Balboa's smooth, rhythmic footwork and began frequenting first-generation dancers' dance floors.
Shani is honored to have honed her social dance skills and footwork under the guidance of legendary dancers Willie Desatoff, Hal and Marge Takier, Bart Bartolo, Jack Carey and many others. Although she has competed, placed and won several major competitions, she mainly enjoys social dancing and inspiring others to love Balboa and swing.