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info@SwingBelfast.com To: MailList@SwingBelfast.com Date: 12/01/07 Last Modified: 12/01/07 |
Swinging into 2007 Hey hoppers. Happy New Year from the SwingBelfast team! We hope to bring you some more exciting events during 2007 and will bring you details in the near future. In the meantime, here are some details of events In Dublin, Cork & Galway. Some of us plan to attend the workshops in Dublin in March. The teachers focus on technique and it offers a level of challenge for beginners and improvers alike. Full details soon on www.dublindy.com Remember, it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. SwingBelfast team Information from Jessica Peel Yates - Dublin Lindy Here's some information to get your toes tapping round Ireland in 2007! Full details on the website! 1. Weekly classes in Dublin start again in January - Monday night at the International Dance Academy, Blackrock on Tuesday, Route 66 social night on Wednesday at it's new venue – Radio City, Ringsend on Monday and Clontarf on Thursday. It's best to sign up in advance for Blackrock, Ringsend and Clontarf week courses. 2. Beginners swing dance workshop on Saturday 13th January in Galway, followed by social dance in the evening. 3. Swing on Toast - Sunday 21st January - in Toast bar in Rathmines. Ease into Sunday with a swing brunch. 4. The Vertical Rhythm Club's season runs 10th February, 10th March and 14th April. In February, we welcome back the fabulous swing and blues band Blue Harlem. 5. Gubu – get down to Oona's Swingin Record Hop at Gubu on Capel Street on 2nd February. 6. Dublin Swing Weekend 10 – 11 March, with Bill Borgida (USA) and Lotte Geldof (HOL) return to share with us their insights into the body movement and technique that drives swing and blues dancing. 7. DoubleTime @ An Spailpin Fanac, South Main St Cork with DJ Gary will be back in February. Come along and party like it's 1939! See you on the dance floor soon. Jessica 00 353 86 818 5537 www.dublindy.com – updated with January schedule soon! Dublin Swing Weekend 10 – 11 March A weekend of swing and blues dance workshops with Bill Borigda (USA) and Lotte Geldof (HOL) including a special Vertical Rhythm Club. Full details will be on available soon. Bill Borgida Highly regarded for his teaching skills, Bill's emphasis on connection and technique has had a profound influence on the Lindy Hop scene in the U.S. and internationally for the past 11 years. What makes Bill stand out among the many teachers around is his ability to explain the details of technique to dancers and his ability to help people rethink their own dancing, no matter how long they've been dancing. Bill's influence is felt as far away as Sweden, Spain, Singapore, Japan, France, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, England, Scotland Australia & New Zealand. Lotte Geldof started dancing at the age of 8, and has since studied many different styles including jazz, contemporary, acrobatic rock 'n roll, contact improvisation, yoga and African dancing. She started swing dance in 2001 in Melbourne Australia and helped form the swing dance performance group Crazy Rhythm Revue. She taught swing dance in Melbourne before moving to Cambridge, UK, in January 2006. She assisted Bill Borgida at the Herrang Dance Camp in 2004 and recently taught workshops with him in Hamburg. Lotte is a qualified Physiotherapist and a professional dance/drama teacher for secondary schools. These studies combined with her personal experiences with movement developed her deep understanding of the body and the skill to communicate her knowledge clearly. |