Lindy Hop Beginning and Intermediate 5 week course
Schedule
Thu May 02 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
DanceWise Dance Studio | Phoenix, AZ
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Learn the original swing dance!Join us every Thursday night in May at Dance Wise Studio in Uptown Phoenix for a 5-week progressive Lindy Hop Fundamentals and Beyond course followed by a social dance practice time.
Dancewise Dance Studio: 5555 N. 7th Street, Phoenix, AZ
7:00-8:00pm Lindy Hop lesson
8:00pm-8:15pm: Practice to swing music
All ages welcome, no partner needed.
$15 per class (class cards available to bring the price down to under $11 per class).
These classes are progressive and build each week.
About Lindy Hop:
The Lindy Hop (or Lindy) is a partner dance that originated in 1920's and 30's Harlem, New York. The Dance itself consists of both 8 and 6 count steps and it includes footwork influenced by Charleston, Black Bottom and Tap.
The dance can be wild and spontaneous, with fast kicks and body movements, or it can be smooth and sophisticated. The most important aspects of it are that it is danced with your partner, to the music, and that you enjoy it!
The Lindy Hop is considered a cultural phenomenon that broke through the race barrier when segregation was still the norm. Although the lineage and history of Lindy may be muddled, it is certain that it was born from the blending of African rhythms and movements with European structured dance.
The Lindy Hop has enjoyed a revival since the mid 1980's, when Swing Legend Frankie Manning, an influential choreographer and performer of the era, was rediscovered. Frankie was still teaching at age 94 and passed just weeks before his 95th birthday. Now the Lindy Hop and other Swing dances and variations are part of a world wide movement to get back on the dance floor.
Lindy Hop is pure joy, set to music!
About instructor:
Steve Conrad is the founder and director of the Arizona Lindy Hop Society and has been teaching Lindy Hop and swing dancing for more than 27 years. He has traveled around the world teaching with tours across the US, Europe, and China. His first Lindy Hop teacher was the legendary Frankie Manning and Steve produced the Arizona Swing Jam workshop with Frankie in AZ for 14 years until Frankie's passing at age 94.
Steve was featured on ABC's "The Bachelorette", HGTV's "House Hunters", Arizona Highways TV, and NBC's "Little Big Shots: Forever Young", dancing with the legendary Jean Veloz.
Steve helped lead a pilot program for teaching ballroom dance to people experiencing homelessness at the Human Services Campus in Phoenix and has used dance as a healing modality for children in the foster care system by teaching for Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona.
In 2021, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego declared April 29th "Steve Conrad Day" for his contribution to dance and the arts in Phoenix See less
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Where is it happening?
DanceWise Dance Studio, 5555 N. 7th St., Suite 112,Phoenix,AZ,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
