BLUES workshops with Ruth Hoffman Feb 12th

at the Firehouse5 *click here for directions
3pm Solo Blues: Making it Personal, Making it Shared
Variations are one of the most exciting things about solo blues
movements. We'll start with solo jazz staples like fishtails, and
explore ways to make them your own, with style and pizazz. From there
we'll put the movements into partnership- how can you still connect
with your partner while having your own voice? We all talk about
conversation in a partnership- this class will give you some concrete
tools to find the dialogue.

4pm Connection Crazy
Oh, wow. Just... wow. Who doesn't want to hear a partner exclaim that?
In this class we play with dance connection, and from it, creativity,
through non-traditional connection points, statues games, and other
connection games. Fine-tune your close embrace and find freedom and
fun in open.

5pm Ninja Style
"Follow expression" is often an elusive topic. We'll tackle concrete
ways for follows to express their own style and the music, while
staying within the parameters of following. We'll also show leads
great ways to give room for follow voice. Discover ways to explore
musicality that influence your partner overtly, and ways that are
sneaky, like a Ninja.

$20 for the first 10 registrants
$25 for the next 10 registrants
$30 for everyone after


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BLUES WORKSHOPS WITH RUTH HOFFMAN

Sunday October 30th 

5-6pm Blues Turns and Illusions Come learn some fancy blues turns and impressive lunges. Follows, we'll explore decorating movement within the framework of following. Leads, make your movements silky and smooth, while maintaining a pulse. We'll make the fancy stuff look and feel effortless.

6-7pm Stealin' from Tango For Yo' Blues We will explore ways of stealing movements from Tango and "Bluesifying" them. This is not just another ocho class... We'll borrow boleos, giros, and embellishments, and play with contrast in style and musicality. Watch the legs fly!

7-8pm Smooth, Floating and Flying Partnered Modern Dance Wonder how to dance when a song comes on without an obvious pulse? In this class you'll learn adaptations of modern dance turns, leans and jumps for a lead/follow partnership, and find moments of suspension where you feel like you're floating. Finally, you won't feel lost when someone plays "Hallelujah" or "Hide and Seek!"

PRICING

$20 for the first 10 registrants 

$25 for the next 10 registrants
$30 for everyone after
location 2014 9th st Sacramento  95818
http://thefirehouse5.com/

ABOUT RUTH:

Ruth skipped into her first dance class more than 25 years ago, and has since been dancing as many styles as she can get her feet on. After studying dance and music in college, Ruth relocated to NYC, where she continued her obsession, including performing in a black tutu off-off Broadway.