Party Like It’s 1929!
- Datum: Saturday February 10
- Tijd: 11 - 1 hrs
- Locatie: Cuartito Azul
- Adres: Schoterbosstraat 17
- Prijs: several options
Roffa's gonna party like it's 1929!
Classes
We will offer 4 types of dance classes: Charleston (2 hours), Slow Drag/Blues (2 hours), Peabody (1 hour) and Fox Trot (1 hour). You can sign up for as many workshops as you like.
Registration
Registration is closed, all workshop tickets are sold out. We only can sell 20 party tickets at the door, we really have limited space so we may have to dissapoint you.
Please, read our Refund Policy at the end of the page.
All classes are partnered workshops. BUT! We have decided to skip partner registration as we want to offer freedom of choice and combinations. You can participate in every workshop you like, as many as you like and in whatever role you like!
All workshops are level free and essentially taster classes, no former experience of the dances is needed.
Why not expand your dance experience? Since all classes are open to any level, you may like switching from your usual role as lead or follow and discover the other role.
If you do multiple workshops, you can try out both, like lead in charleston, follow in blues or vice versa in any combination. You just sign up your role per class and have all the fun.
There will be only place for a limited number of dancers per workshop. So sign up FAST!
Registration only per person, there is NO partner registration. Partners should both sign up fast if they want to join the workshops together.
Prices
Charleston: 2 hours for €15
Slow Drag: 2 hours for €15
Fox Trot: 1 hour for €7.50
Peabody: 1 hour for €7.50
Party: €10 at registration here/at the door €12.50
Preliminary schedule
11:00-13:00 Charleston
13:30-14:30 Fox Trot
15:00-17:00 Slow Drag
17:30-18:30 Peabody
Location
Cuartito Azul,
Schoterbosstraat 17,
3032 CN Rotterdam
A 10 minute walk from Central Station (north side).
From Central Station: Take Tam 4 (direction Molenlaan) stop: Noordsingel or Tram 25 (direction Schiebroek), stop: Schiekade, walk 5 minutes via Teilingerstraat
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The Charleston
The Charleston is a dance named after the North American city of Charleston, South Carolina. The most famous song must be "The Charleston" by composer and pianist James P. Johnson from the Broadway musical Runnin' Wild in 1923. The dance evolved from several Afro-American dances and really took off in great fashion in Harlem. During in the second half of the 1920s it became a hit dance that even reached the ballrooms in Europe when the interest in American jazz music was unstoppable.
1920s Charleston is different from what most swing dancers know as 1930s charleston steps used in Lindy Hop. Dancers were facing each other and twisting and kicking their feet to the back and front to fast and hot jazz music. Charleston was danced solo or with a partner. Today we like to think of it as the defining jazz age dance, it was the hot thing for modern and liberated youngsters who shortened their long hair and skirts. It was, but it was also just one of the many dance crazes, while Fox Trot still ruled the ballrooms.
Workshop
Within two hours you will learn you a fun partnered Charleston routine with lots of quirky steps and moves that define this iconic dance. Plenty of giggles promised!
Teachers
Monique & Michel from Bal Swing in Amsterdam are one of the dinosaur couples of the Dutch swing dance scene, but not extinct yet! Monique started dancing in 1987, Michel some years later.
Their dancing skills go from Boogie Woogie, Lindyhop, (partnered) Charleston, some Hip Hop, a little bit of Tap dancing to Blues. But they are most known for introducing Balboa in the Netherlands, Many dancers including loads of Dutch swing dance teachers started in their classes.
The Fox Trot
The Fox Trot makes couples continuously flowing smoothly across the floor in 4/4 rhythm. It was the most popular dance in the 1920s and 1930s without any doubt. The Fox Trot never went out of fashion, it still exists and has tranformed into several modern ballroom styles.The dance in itself is quite simple and thus very versatile, it allows for many variations, can be dances fast or slow and suits a variety of music styles.
Even in the 1920s when charleston was all the rage and young dancers were franticly kicking around to hot jazz, along that there was always the Fox Trot which allowed couples to glide romantically across the floor in close position.
Workshop
Within an hour you'll get the basics down and step around the floor gracefully at any tempo!
Teachers
Stéphanie & Darren!
At two and a half years old Stéphanie begged for ballet classes and has loved dancing all her life. After marriage and kids, husband Darren suggested dancing together and they started attending ballroom dance classes. After a few years they switched to swingdancing because of its playfulness and musicality. Despite being hooked on Lindy Hop and Balboa they can sometimes still be found at a ballroom social dance. The foxtrot is one of their favourite ballroom dances because, as in swingdancing, it allows improvisation and musicality. And of course because it suits all kinds of jazz and swing music!
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The Peabody
The dance was called after William Frank Peabody (1873-1939). He was a large, good-natured bachelor who, despite his considerable weight, was light on his feet and who loved to dance. Because of his huge girth, however, William Peabody was unable to hold his partner directly in front of him, so he held her on his right side, in a sort of promenade hold known as the right-outside position.
Workshop
The Peabody is a brisk dance that is well suited to very fast tempo’s and is danced on fun and whimsical music. The Peabody is essentially a one-step dance with easy footwork and can be learned in a short time. It has fun variations, and invites lots of silliness and goofing about. The leader changes sides as he travels around the floor and adds promenades and simple turns as the dance progresses.
Teachers
Deirdre & Finn from Swing in Rhythm
During a trip to Berlin Deirdre discovered the Lindy scene. People were dancing on the street and having so much fun together, she just had to learn it herself. Since then she has been a Swing Dance junkie and would love to get you all addicted as well!
Finn started dancing because he loves the music. Balboa is his first choice in swing dancing. There is little room for error in Balboa: either it works or it doesn’t. But when it does, it is the best thing in the world. He also dances Lindy Hop, and dabbles in other styles.
Slow Drag (Blues)
Slow Drag is an African American Social Dance originated in the Deep South of the USA, dating back to the late 1890’s. It was originally danced in Juke Joints to Delta and Ragtime music, and is characterised by the dragging of the feet, push from the floor and grounded feel. In time the dance arrived in the Ballrooms, where Slow Jazz and Jazz Blues were being played, and a new variation of it was created: a Travelling Slow Drag.
Workshop
In the workshop we will start by learning the basics of Blues dance. Once we all have it, we will take you back to the time of Juke Joints and learn how to dance the Slow Drag in its original form. Afterwards we shall move to the Ballrooms and learn the traveling variation of the dance.
Jukin’ Blues Slow Drag:
Ballroomin’ Blues Slow Drag:
Teachers
Isabel & Fionn met in Delft in 2013, when Delft Blues was just starting up. It didn’t take long until they became completely addicted to the dance, and started contributing to the scene’s development by organising and teaching locally. They have been learning and teaching the Blues ever since, and recently started Blues Dance Rotterdam.
Party
21:00-01:00 hrs
€10 when you register here in advance or damage at the door: €12.50
The party will be also at Cuartito Azul. You can bust out all your new moves to the live music of The Blue Ramblers Dance Band!
DJs Superheidi and FinnSpinn will serve you the hottest and coolest jazz tunes from back in the day to keep you on the floor.
Attention
Some of the dancing are travelling dances (unlike swing dances), so please take note of the floor plan below:
Refund Policy
We cannot refund your purchased registration for any reason. You can, however, re-sell your ticekts on your own behalf, just let us know by e-mail to whom you sold your tickts as soon as possible so we can update our registration.
Helaas kunnen we om verschillende praktische redenen geen geld-terug-garantie bieden bij annulering van jouw kant. Mocht je toch verhinderd zijn om te komen kun je je kaartjes wel verkopen aan een andere danser. Laat ons zo snel mogelijk per mail weten om wie het gaat zodat wij onze registratie kunnen bijwerken.
Note: Registration only per person, there is NO partner registration. Partners should both sign up fast if they want to join the workshops together.
NB: Inschrijving kan alleen per persoon, je kunt niet met een partner inschrijven. Schrijf allebei z.s.m. in als je samen een workshop wilt doen.