Swing Dances for Beginners: Lindy Hop, Solo Jazz, Charleston
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This course is about how:
- To learn to feel your body in a new way, easily and freely with the help of dance
- To get more joy and positive emotions in life
- To learn to dance in swing style
- To make your figure more fit just by dancing
- To learn to feel the rhythm
- To dance fervent and beautiful regardless of age and physical abilities
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Why choose this course?
Welcome to Swing Dances for Beginners: Lindy Hop, Solo Jazz, Charleston - the perfect course for anyone who wants to learn the energetic and playful dances of the Swing family!
In this course, we will start with Chapter 1 where we will be introduced to the Jazz Vocabulary, which includes popular dances from the 1920s and '30s such as the Charleston, Tap Dance, Black Bottom, Shimmy, Suzie-Q, and many more. Attention will be focused on Solo Jazz and Charleston and explain more than 50 steps in just 9 classes!
Chapter 2 is all about improving our Solo Jazz dancing skills. Its goals are usage of the steps from Jazz Vocabulary and improvisation based on it. In the next 7 classes improvisation will be the main topic: develop your solo dance, and get ready to unleash your creativity on the dance floor.
And there is more: in Chapter 3 is a guide to l the Lindy Hop - the heart of the Swing dance family. This partner dance developed in Harlem during the late 1920s and is danced to "Hot Jazz" and hopping Swing music. 2 classes contain all the basics of the Lindy Hop necessary to embrace improvisation, creativity, and communication between dancers.
By the end of this course, you will have enough material to work on the skills and confidence to dance the Swing family dances with joy and energy. So why wait? Sign up now and join us on this fun and exciting journey into the world of Swing dancing!
Academic plan
Jazz Vocabulary is a jazz journey during which you will learn more than 50 Solo Jazz Steps with variations
On this class we will explore Jazz Steps like:
- Apple Jack
- Boogie Back
- Boogie Forward
- Boogie Drops
- Bee's knees
- Black Bottom
Jazz Vocabulary is a jazz journey during which you will learn more than 50 Solo Jazz Steps with variations
On this class we will explore Jazz Steps like:
- Box Step
- Cake Walk
- Camel Walk
- Crazy Legs
- Chicken Noodle
Jazz Vocabulary is a jazz journey during which you will learn more than 50 Solo Jazz Steps with variations.
On this class we will explore Jazz Steps like:
- Full Break
- Half Break
Jazz Vocabulary is a jazz journey during which you will learn more than 50 Solo Jazz Steps with variations
On this class we will explore Jazz Steps like:
- Crossovers
- Cross step
- Eagle Slide
- Fall of the Log
Jazz Vocabulary is a jazz journey during which you will learn more than 50 Solo Jazz Steps with variations
On this class we will explore Jazz Steps like:
- Fish Tails
- Grapevine
- Itches
- Heel Twist
- Heels
- Hitchhiker
- Jig Walks
- Knee Slaps
Jazz Vocabulary is a jazz journey during which you will learn more than 50 Solo Jazz Steps with variations
On this class we will explore Jazz Steps like:
- Lock Turn
- Lowdown
- Mess Around
- Opposites
- Paddle Turn
- Pecks
- Pivot
Jazz Vocabulary is a jazz journey during which you will learn more than 50 Solo Jazz Steps with variations
On this class we will explore Jazz Steps like:
- Ride the Pony
- Rusty Dusty
- Sailor Kick
- Scissor Kick
- Shim Sham Step
- Shoe Shine
- Suzie Q
Jazz Vocabulary is a jazz journey during which you will learn more than 50 Solo Jazz Steps with variations
On this class we will explore Jazz Steps like:
- Shorty George
- Shish-ka-boom-ba
- Skate
- Truckin'
- Spank the Baby
- Tabby the Cat
- Tacky Annie
Jazz Vocabulary Charleston is the Charleston journey during which you will learn Charleston steps with variations
Solo Jazz Warm Up Try Jazz Steps which we learnt in a Jazz Vocabulary section
Try Jazz Steps which we learnt in Jazz Vocabulary section Let's warm up our body step by step
Practice Jazz steps and learn the connection between jazz steps
New challenge with Jazz Steps
Focus more on the music. Listen and feel the music, that will improve your dancing skills
Let's challenge ourselves and speed up the music
Time for relaxation and stretching after intense jazz classes
Lindy Hop - Basic Steps you will learn: Basic Lindy Hop steps: Triple Step, Groove Walk, Rock Step Basic rhythms: 8-count and 6-count
- two roles in a dance: leader and follower
- how to build the connection with your partner
- basic Lindy hop patterns, like "she goes", "he goes" and different types of passes.
This class could be challenging for some of you, because we will put all our knowledge from Solo Jazz Classes and Lindy Hop class into on box. Be prepared for adventure time! We will use some solo jazz steps and variations in our Lindy Hop dance
Meet course author:
Kari Shorets
Dancer, Dance Teacher, Choreographer, Actress & co-founder of Two To Jazz. Kari has started her dance career at the end of 2013. Karina fell in love with Lindy Hop, Charleston, Authentic Jazz, Chorus Line and Tap Dance
For 7 years she taught different styles of swing dances around Poland, leading regular groups in Krakow and Katowice.
In 2019 Kari graduated from "Stage Choreography" studies. Since then, she has created choreography group Kick & Swing Chorus Line, choreographed several theatrical productions and created her own dance shoes brand Kick & Swing. Now Kari is a teacher in Little Big Apple Dance School in Lisbon, Portugal.
Her main focus in dance is Chorus Line inspiration, jazz improvisation, body awareness, exploration of different styles of dance and developing individual style. In 2022 Kari in collaboration with Kris, video maker, photographer and swing dance lover, created Youtube video project Two To Jazz, about history of jazz, swing dances and jazz music. Check it out on Youtube.
Kari is a huge lover of vintage style and oldtimer's spirit of swing dance. In her classes you will activate your inner dance and acting potential. "Be ready to have fun and don't forget to smile! ''
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