Dance Workshop with Damon and Kelsy Stone: Swag
Schedule
Fri May 01 2026 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Iris Club | Lancaster, PA
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6-8 PM Intermediate – Swag
This class will focus on what we can learn from Hip-Hop dances, including expressiveness, footwork, and body articulation, to bring new tools, ideas and inspiration to our fusion.
8:15-9 PM All Levels – Fusion Fundamental Focus: Musicality and Partner Dynamics
In this class we'll focus on the fundamental elements of partner dancing, specifically working on how to communicate what we hear in the music to our partner and how we can generate, receive, and shape momentum. Whether this is your first time dancing or you are an expert, this class is perfect to learn or refine two of the most important skills in social partner dancing.
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Kelsy brings her lifetime of dance training, a passion for vernacular dance, and a sharp eye for technique to the Blues dance world. She has brought her joy and knowledge of blues idiom dances to some of the most important and high-profile events in the US and abroad, including but not limited to: bluesSHOUT!, The Experiment, Muse, Hearken the Blues, and BluesGeek--serving as faculty, mentor, competition coordinator, and judge.
Kelsy's critical eye and love of deep technique are tempered by her love of "dad jokes," getting lost in the music, and embracing of the ridiculous. She shows her appreciation of African American culture by speaking of the history of Blues idiom dance and taking her craft seriously, but never herself. She believes every mistake is an opportunity to learn, every class an opportunity to challenge, and every dance an opportunity to pay respect to those who came before.
Damon has been dancing his entire life, starting with vernacular Jazz/Blues first taught to him at the tender age of six by his grandmother. After nearly a decade of learning at the heels of his elders, he went on and eventually studied a numerous dance forms until coming full circle in 1995 to focus primarily on the history and styles of Swing and Blues as his family danced them with a special focus on the Southern styles from the Mississippi Delta region. He has studied the development of vernacular Jazz/Blues dance across the United States learning from a number of the original dancers.
He is largely regarded as one of the foremost authorities on Blues idiom dance and has been interviewed as a dance historian in documentary, radio, and newspaper. Damon has been a featured instructor at camps, festivals, and workshops across five continents.
6pm-8pm Intermediate-Advanced Class: $20 ($10 for starving artists)
8:15-9pm All Levels Class: $10 ($5 for starving artists) and DJed music.
LOCATION & PARKING
Iris Club, 323 North Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17602
Several parking lots behind the club do not allow parking. Please note the signs. There is ample street parking, also a large parking garage on Duke.
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