West Coast Swing Workshop, Coached Practice, and Halloween Dance

Name: West Coast Swing Workshop, Coached Practice, and Halloween Dance
Start: 2024-10-12T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Art in Motion Pittsburgh

Schedule

Sat Oct 12 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Art in Motion Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh Westie Bombers presents: Pittsburgh Westie Academy! A new opportunity to learn and improve in west coast swing.
Every Pittsburgh Westie Academy session is your chance to
1️⃣ Learn west coast swing in a beginner and intermediate group lesson.
2️⃣ Train to improve your dancing in a coached practice session.
3️⃣ Dance the night away, showing off all your new moves in a dance party til we drop!
Our next session is also a HALLOWEEN PARTY!:
Saturday, October 12
Art In Motion
1001 Main St.
Second Floor
Sharpsburg, PA 15215
Schedule:
7pm - Beginner west coast swing lesson with Michael Gehrling. Intermediate lesson with Yubin Kim
8pm - Coached Practice session for lesson attendees only
9pm - Dance party til we drop! Including mixer games, line dances, and a special Trick or Treat Spotlight at 9:30pm (see details below)
🍬 🍭 🍫 Trick or Treat Spotlight 🍫 🍭 🍬
How it works:
📋Sign up in advance with a partner to dance in front of a cheering audience! DM Michael and Yubin. Limited to the first 5 couples to contact us.
🎵 Choose your own song, or let us choose for you.
🎃 OPTIONAL: Wear coordinating Halloween costumes (that you can still dance in), and choose a song that matches the costumes
💃🏻 🕺 Dance for 90 seconds. (Lead-follow/improv only. No choreography)
🍬🍭 After your performance, your wildly supportive audience will reward you with Halloween treats!
🗣️ Get 2-3 minutes of verbal feedback from your instructors
👺👯👻 Halloween Costume Contesr!
Come wearing your best Halloween costume (that you can still dance in). We’ll pick our favorite and that person will win free admission to a future Westie Academy!

Cost:
$25 for lesson, coached practice, and dance party
$10 for dance party only (admittance after 9pm)
$5 additional charge to dance in the Trick or Treat Spotlight

More details:
No partner needed! You’ll be rotating partners throughout the evening.
This is a de-gendered dance. We welcome everyone to choose the dance role they want to learn without regard to gender identity or sexual orientation.