Blues Dance Workshop Saturday

[Ken T Takusagawa]

The MIT Lindy Hop Society hosts a

** BLUES DANCE WORKSHOP **
with Mihai Banulescu from San Francisco
Saturday, December 8, 12pm-6pm
MIT Student Center, room 407
Registration: $55 at door

Class descriptions (keeping in mind that no battle plan 
survives contact with the enemy):

12-1:30 Movement and Connection

I will focus this class on the concepts of relaxation and 
strength and apply them to posture, movement and connection. 
This class will move fast and be very concrete. I would 
really like everyone to take this class because it will 
prepare them for the rest of the workshop (and provide a lot 
of value even to intermediate/advanced dancers).


2:30-4 Vocabulary and Contrast

In a past workshop, I had the theme "it ain't what you do, 
it's the way that you do it." I find patterns in and of 
themselves pretty boring, but I do get very excited about 
changing up the patterns: smooth/sharp, slow/fast, 
big/small, etc. This is "easy creativity," a way to make 
your dance interesting while still safely thinking inside 
the box.


4:30-6:00 Creativity and Musicality

With a foundation of technique and vocabulary already built, 
we will now go outside the box to create the kind of blues 
dancing that I love: playful, expressive, musical and 
intense. There will definitely be some 
dancing-outside-the-box exercises, like threesome dancing 
and storytelling.


The workshop will be followed by a house party hosted by 
John Brooks, at 35 Warren Ave Waltham, MA, 9pm-2:30am.
  http://mit.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10017127039


Also, as part of this Blues-a-licious weekend, Gui, Jenn, 
Laura, et al., host a Blues Party this evening (Friday, 
December 7) at their house: 17 Harvard St, #1, Somerville, 
10pm.

--ken