Monday Swing: Musicality & Jamming Month!
Schedule
Mon May 13 2024 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Tango Berretin | Portland, OR
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**May is Musicality & Jamming Month @ Monday Swing**7:00 - 8:00 Lessons focused on musicality and jamming
8:00 - 10:00 Social dancing, music provided by Jazz Jam
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>>DANCING LIKE MUSICIANS<< with Shane Allen
In this workshop, we'll practice participating in music like musicians do!
We'll listen closely to Duke Ellington's "Things Ain't What They Used To Be,"(1959) take inventory of the rhythmic vocabulary at work, and apply some of its subtle magic to our own movement. Where do we fit into this tapestry of rhythm? How can we use what we already know in clearer ways? What does it mean to "say something" with rhythm?
Along the way, we'll explore some technical vocabulary to match our embodied rhythmic vocabulary. What is syncopation, exactly? What's the big deal about polyrhythms? We'll bring these high falutin' terms down to earth and put them into conscious practice, in both solo and partnered dancing.
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>THE LESSONS<
5/6 Breckenridge Cartwright: How jazz musicians jam together
5/13 Shane Allen: Dancing Like Musicians
5/20 Mitchell Daniels: How jazz evolved from the 20s to the 50s
5/27 No lesson (dance is still on though!)
**Please note: there is no "from the top" dance lesson at this event.
Check out Thursday Swing for beginning lessons!
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>THE JAM<
The jazz jam is open to everyone. If you're a musician and you'd like to participate, bring your instrument!
There's a piano in the studio and fake books will be provided.
House Band:
Evan Landman (Guitar)
Dr. Ray Griffin (Sax, flute)
Bernardo Gomez (Bass)
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Monday Swing is a weekly vintage swing dance practicum and social dance on Monday nights with DJ'ed music in a cozy SE PDX setting.
Sliding scale $10-20
All ages! No partner needed!
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>>What's a practicum and social dance?
We DJ music just like a regular social dance. You can come out and just dance like normal, or you can come planning to work on something: Ask for feedback, work on a move, play with variations, master a routine.
>>Have a specific question?
Experienced dancers and local teachers are available at practicum to help out with sticky spots.
>> Balboa? Shag? Solo? Learning swingouts?
Let the DJ know what you're working on if you have specific music requests!
This building is physically accessible to enter. If you have accessibility concerns, please contact PLS.
Hosted by Portland Lindy Society
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Where is it happening?
Tango Berretin, 4422 SE 63rd Ave, Portland, OR 97206-3771, United States,Portland, OregonEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
