Honey Blues dancing workshop and social with Dexter Santos
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Two-day, all-levels blues dance workshop, with social dancing and a live band on Sunday evening.
We’re very excited to present the opportunity to learn from international blues dance teachers Heidi Fite and Dexter Santos.
Over the past 25 years, Heidi has taught blues dancing and served as faculty, mentor, lecturer, and competition judge at premier blues events in major cities across the U.S.—from New York to Chicago to Los Angeles—and nearly everywhere in between. Internationally, she has brought her years of experience and deep knowledge of blues-idiom dances to communities in Australia, Canada, England, France, Sweden, Israel, South Korea, and beyond.
Heidi teaches blues dance as a living tradition shaped by the history, cultural values, and aesthetic principles of Black American vernacular dance, not just steps or patterns. Her classes emphasize both the dances themselves and the cultural context that gives them meaning, helping students become respectful participants in the tradition while experiencing the joy and personal expression of the dance. Her classes will put some serious “boom boom boom” and “aw haw haw haw” in your dancing.
Dexter discovered Blues dancing in 2005 in the culturally diverse city of San Francisco, California and found himself immediately drawn to the rhythms and sounds of the Blues. The emotional depth and range, the varied subjects and stories, the gut-wrenching
and the hip-shaking, the gritty and the smooth would give new inspiration and expression to his dancing. With a background in Lindy Hop, Dexter has learned, studied, performed, and
collaborated with leading figures in the global Blues dance community. Over time, he has earned a reputation as one of the most respected and engaging instructors in the international scene.
As a teacher, Dexter aims to inspire dancers of all levels with the possibilities that Blues dancing has to offer while preserving its cultural roots, historic identity, and art form. Dexter travels around the world spreading his passion and joy for Blues dancing through his fun, inspiring, and challenging classes.
Saturday workshop and social: All-Saints Church, Stockport
12:00 - 13:00: Posture & Pulse: The Foundations of the Blues Aesthetic
Lunch break
14:00-15:00 Blues Aesthetic: Behind the Beat with Lag & Drag Dancing
15:15-16:15 Piedmont Blues : beyond the Triple Step
16:30-17:30 TEXAS SHUFFLE
19:30 - 23:00 Social dancing to DJs
Sunday workshop and social: The Klondyke, Levenshulme
12:00-13:00 The Groove
Lunch break
14:00-15:00 Funky Butt
15:15-16:15 The Rolling Pulse: Polycentric & Polyrhythmic Movement
16:30-17:30 When the Lights are Low & the Music is Slow
19:00 - 19:30 Social dancing to DJs
19:30 - 21:30 Social dancing with live music from Southpaw Slim
21:30 - 22:00 Social dancing to DJs
Price list:
Whole weekend EARLY BIRD: £80 ** Only available from 7th - 14th June **
Whole weekend: £90
Swing North member whole weekend: £85
Saturday ONLY workshop and social: £50
Sunday ONLY workshop and social: £50
Saturday social ONLY: £8
Sunday social ONLY: £10
Pay what you can afford is available, please contact Honey Blues on Facebook or e-mail [email protected].
Tickets available at: https://honey-blues-dancing.square.site/
Register to become a Swing North member at https://swingnorth.org.uk/join_swing-north_become-a-member/
Dancers with all experience are welcomed, including complete beginners. Heidi and Dexter have a wealth of experience and will tailor the classes to the audience.
At Honey Blues we usually like to teach both roles to all dancers, so you can feel free to dance in any role during the socials. However, due to the nature of some of the classes, Heidi and Dexter would like dancers to stick to a role (lead or follow) for some of the classes. There are also some classes which will be taught as an ‘each lead, each follow’ class, so you can experience each role. For this reason we are asking you to select ‘mainly lead’, ‘mainly follow’ or ‘switch’ when you buy your ticket. In the classes in which dancers are sticking with a role, we ask switch dancers to correct the balance of the class.
Saturday venue (classes and social):
All-Saints Church
Manchester Road
Stockport
SK4 1QA
Sunday Venue (classes and social):
The Klondyke
1 Burnage Range
Manchester
M19 2HQ
There are plenty of eating establishments near the venues.
We’re very excited to present the opportunity to learn from international blues dance teachers Heidi Fite and Dexter Santos.
Over the past 25 years, Heidi has taught blues dancing and served as faculty, mentor, lecturer, and competition judge at premier blues events in major cities across the U.S.—from New York to Chicago to Los Angeles—and nearly everywhere in between. Internationally, she has brought her years of experience and deep knowledge of blues-idiom dances to communities in Australia, Canada, England, France, Sweden, Israel, South Korea, and beyond.
Heidi teaches blues dance as a living tradition shaped by the history, cultural values, and aesthetic principles of Black American vernacular dance, not just steps or patterns. Her classes emphasize both the dances themselves and the cultural context that gives them meaning, helping students become respectful participants in the tradition while experiencing the joy and personal expression of the dance. Her classes will put some serious “boom boom boom” and “aw haw haw haw” in your dancing.
Dexter discovered Blues dancing in 2005 in the culturally diverse city of San Francisco, California and found himself immediately drawn to the rhythms and sounds of the Blues. The emotional depth and range, the varied subjects and stories, the gut-wrenching
and the hip-shaking, the gritty and the smooth would give new inspiration and expression to his dancing. With a background in Lindy Hop, Dexter has learned, studied, performed, and
collaborated with leading figures in the global Blues dance community. Over time, he has earned a reputation as one of the most respected and engaging instructors in the international scene.
As a teacher, Dexter aims to inspire dancers of all levels with the possibilities that Blues dancing has to offer while preserving its cultural roots, historic identity, and art form. Dexter travels around the world spreading his passion and joy for Blues dancing through his fun, inspiring, and challenging classes.
Saturday workshop and social: All-Saints Church, Stockport
12:00 - 13:00: Posture & Pulse: The Foundations of the Blues Aesthetic
Lunch break
14:00-15:00 Blues Aesthetic: Behind the Beat with Lag & Drag Dancing
15:15-16:15 Piedmont Blues : beyond the Triple Step
16:30-17:30 TEXAS SHUFFLE
19:30 - 23:00 Social dancing to DJs
Sunday workshop and social: The Klondyke, Levenshulme
12:00-13:00 The Groove
Lunch break
14:00-15:00 Funky Butt
15:15-16:15 The Rolling Pulse: Polycentric & Polyrhythmic Movement
16:30-17:30 When the Lights are Low & the Music is Slow
19:00 - 19:30 Social dancing to DJs
19:30 - 21:30 Social dancing with live music from Southpaw Slim
21:30 - 22:00 Social dancing to DJs
Price list:
Whole weekend EARLY BIRD: £80 ** Only available from 7th - 14th June **
Whole weekend: £90
Swing North member whole weekend: £85
Saturday ONLY workshop and social: £50
Sunday ONLY workshop and social: £50
Saturday social ONLY: £8
Sunday social ONLY: £10
Pay what you can afford is available, please contact Honey Blues on Facebook or e-mail [email protected].
Tickets available at: https://honey-blues-dancing.square.site/
Register to become a Swing North member at https://swingnorth.org.uk/join_swing-north_become-a-member/
Dancers with all experience are welcomed, including complete beginners. Heidi and Dexter have a wealth of experience and will tailor the classes to the audience.
At Honey Blues we usually like to teach both roles to all dancers, so you can feel free to dance in any role during the socials. However, due to the nature of some of the classes, Heidi and Dexter would like dancers to stick to a role (lead or follow) for some of the classes. There are also some classes which will be taught as an ‘each lead, each follow’ class, so you can experience each role. For this reason we are asking you to select ‘mainly lead’, ‘mainly follow’ or ‘switch’ when you buy your ticket. In the classes in which dancers are sticking with a role, we ask switch dancers to correct the balance of the class.
Saturday venue (classes and social):
All-Saints Church
Manchester Road
Stockport
SK4 1QA
Sunday Venue (classes and social):
The Klondyke
1 Burnage Range
Manchester
M19 2HQ
There are plenty of eating establishments near the venues.
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