Rhythm City Mess Around 2024

Name: Rhythm City Mess Around 2024
Start: 2024-08-30T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-09-02T23:59:00-07:00
Location: Russian Hall

Schedule

Fri Aug 30 2024 at 07:00 pm to Mon Sep 02 2024 at 11:59 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Russian Hall | Vancouver, BC

Save the dates! RCMA returns in 2024 with more dancing, learning, and shenanigans...
Registration opens Monday July 1 at 10am. Put it in your calendar so you don't miss out!
Teaching at RCMA, August 30 to September 2, 2024:
Peter Strom and Naomi Uyama
Rina Pellerin
Kofi Artiabah
Damian Cade
Doug Barber
Lucy Falkner
Bonnie Northgraves & Co
Peter Strom and Naomi Uyama are one of the top international teaching couples in today’s Lindy Hop scene. After starting in the late 90’s they have decades of experience winning titles at swing dance championships and have taught across the globe to thousands of students. They love teaching and traveling together and consider it a true privilege to spend their time sharing Lindy Hop with the world. We're so excited to be welcoming them to RCMA for the first time this summer!
Returning by popular request:
Rina Pellerin!
Rina’s versatility and artistry has allowed her to perform, judge, and compete across North America and Asia. She has received several scholarships and awards throughout her training, granting her the opportunity to study under pioneers of street dance and its founders. Highlighted choreography credits include Dance Allsorts, New Works Season Launch, Dancing on the Edge, Cypher Fest, Bumbershoot, Shambhala Music Festival, Dance in Vancouver, and Seattle International Dance Festival, and Block Party.
First time teaching at RCMA:
Kofi Artiabah!
The indefatigably enthusiastic dancer from Ottawa is known at events around the world for his unstoppable positivity and his love of rhythms and great Jazz music. We're so excited to have him teaching for the first time at RCMA.
Damian Cade!
Coming from just across the border in Bellingham, Washington, Damian grew up in a household infused with jazz and is descended from jazz musicians. He has spent his adult life in the Swing and Tap dance communities- researching, listening, performing, teaching, and celebrating. He presents Jazz dance in its historical and cultural context, and connects it back to its African American roots. He competes regionally and abroad, and his awards include ‘Favorite Competitor’ from the Lindy Hop Championships in Western Canada.
And returning for a few classes with our guest instructors, from RCP:
Doug Barber and Lucy Falkner
Doug grew up listening to his father play ragtime piano but only started dancing in his 40’s when he took his first Lindy hop class with Eric Shaw. Since then he’s become an avid social dancer who’s as interested in Solo Jazz improvising as he is in partner dancing. Doug continues to practice his basics while exploring more creative frontiers but still hasn’t learned not to watch inspiring dance videos right before bed.
Lucy discovered Lindy hop in 1999, and has since travelled extensively to dance, train, and teach. She has taken up numerous other dances, all more or less in service to her first love: Lindy hop. The rhythmic and cultural roots of Vernacular Jazz dances of the Swing Era are a priority for Lucy in her teaching, dancing, and research.
Returning as bandleader extraordinaire: Vancouver's favourite diva and trumpet player, Bonnie Northgraves!