Dovercourt Tuesdays - Floor Flow + Dance Around the World in 80 Days + Dance Freedom

Beginner-friendly. Layers allow you to work at the level that's right for you.

6pm - Contemporary Floorwork plus animal and creative movement
- to, from and across the floor - solo and/or partnered

7pm - Dance Around the World - Partner Dances
8pm - Dance Around the World - Variations / Group
(Come the whole journey or when you can.)

9pm Dance Freedom
- Diverse styles. Cameras allowed in back third.
- Let it be a social dance or a practice session - as you wish.

10-class pack $80, 20-class pack $135. $10 for 1 hour, $15 for 2 hours, $20 for 3+hours the same night.

March 19: Swing || West Coast Swing
March 26: Waltz || Waltz-like patterns in Foxtrot and Polka
April 2: Cuban Rumba vs Ballroom Rumba || Cha cha & Merengue
April 9: no class
April 16: Country Two-Step || Folk Dances – Greece/Turkey, Hungary, Sweden
April 23: Argentine Tango || India* – Kathak ||
April 30: Traditional South African** || Contemporary African**
May 7: Brazil – Samba + Forro || Samba Parades and Rodas
May 14: Spain – Paso Doble || Scotland Cèilidh + Irish Cèili
May 21: Salsa || Salsa Rueda
May 28: Contact Improv || Square Dance
* with guest teacher Malini
** with guest teacher Mafa Makhubalo, mafadancevillage.ca

(Missing a destination? Let us know where you want to go! Some of us - not a whole class at this time - have been invited to a Powwow.)

Feels like too much of a whirlwind? We also love slow culture – taking things slow – but people with 3 left feet who seemed almost hopeless at the start of these classes have learned the essence of each dance and some very cool moves. I expect you will be similarly delightfully surprised. (We’ll go into more depth in a single style for June – students’ choice.)

You can choose to go only to specific “destinations”, but the intention is to grow a range of complementary skills that gradually grow freedom and fun on the dance floor to any music, so we recommend the complete journey.

E-transfer is best – to dance ‘ať’ dancershouse.com – or cash - but you are welcome to pay by credit card if that’s better for you: https://buy.stripe.com/bIY6secYLc72gFy5kx. You can change the price to match your order. (Stripe is the payment processor used in the background by amazon and eventbrite, etc.)

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A note on the politics of dancing: Some ballroom versions of dances from around the world are distortions from the originals. We’ll mostly attempt to honour the originals – and how they have continued to evolve – while also appreciating the best of the ballroom versions. (More on this and related issues at dancershouse.com/politics.)

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