Lindy Hop Workshop this weekend at MIT

[Ken T Takusagawa]

This weekend, June 19-20 (Sat-Sun), Adam Lee from San 
Francisco will teach a Lindy Hop Workshop.

LOCATION: MIT building 36, room 112.  (This is a change from 
the previously announced 24-407.)
 http://whereis.mit.edu/?mapterms=36-112

Classes will be taught in blocks of two classes of an hour 
and half each, one being geared to lecture and one to 
movement, both for dancing!

.....Saturday Class Descriptions and Schedule.....

Beginning/Intermediate: 11:00am - 2:00pm
*Defining Characteristics of Music - Explore Melody, 
Harmony, and Rhythm and how to identify musical styles using 
these markers. Also, how to use musical structure to 
anticipate changes in the three elements.
*Building Distance - The key to connection through posture 
and solid body mechanics.

Intermediate/Advanced: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
*Swing Rhythms - Fundamental and basic rhythmic patterns in 
swing music, and what we can do with them.
*Cool Moves - Weight and momentum changing movements.

.....Sunday Class Descriptions and Schedule.....

Open Levels: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
*Roles in Big Band Music - Learn what each section in the 
band is doing, and how to respond to them. Listen to the 
evolution of the big band sound through time and space from 
New Orleans to New York to Kansas City.
*Jazz Improvisation in Lindy Hop - Working with patterns and 
repetition in music (riffs) to improve your improv ability.


.....Registration and Prices.....
To register contact Sara at sgaynor07 at gmail.com with the 
subject "Lindy Workshop" or fill out the form here: 
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGVsLW1NdUNWTS1BM2RENHBVTmstSUE6MQ

Registration is not complete until you have paid for the 
number of class blocks you wish to take. You can still add 
more classes at the door price during the event.

Registration and door prices:
One Block - $15
Two Blocks - $20
Full Pass - $25

MIT students get $5 off!!!


.....Bio.....
Adam Lee is the founder of Swing Beijing and the Beijing Big 
Band, and has been swingin' since he was 7 years old 
starting with music (saxophone and clarinet), and picking up 
swing dance in 1997. He taught in his home state of 
California for 3 years before moving to China. He has taught 
in Beijing continuously for 7 years, and conducted workshops 
in places such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Moscow, 
Ireland, Portugal, Vietnam, Ukraine, London, Brazil, 
Argentina, and back again in his home region in the SF Bay 
Area. He describes himself as a 'Musician who also can 
dance' and thinks of the Lindy Hop as a "natural dance" that 
should be done as an extension of natural movement and 
musical interpretation. He is currently on a world tour, 
heading to places with burgeoning swing scenes and helping 
out where he can.


For registration and more information, see:
 http://mit.edu/swing/2010/adamlee
 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126751144017536


--ken