SPECIALTY CLASSES

Want to join our dance team, the Eight Week Wonders? Concentrate on Balboa? Learn aerials with your dance partner? Specialty classes allow us to present all sorts of fun and interesting topics that are designed to broaden your dance repertoire and improve your skill level and dance technique.

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  • Intermediate Level Balboa for Swing Dancers

    Taught by Dabe and Janelle Murphy
    Contact [email protected] and [email protected]
    Sunday nights, May 5, May 12, May 16, June 2, June 9, June 16 (6 weeks)
    5-6pm, dance practice/questions 6-6:15pm
    $105

    INTERMEDIATE–BALBOA FOR SWING DANCERS
    BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!! Known for their smooth style, effortless appearance, and limitless enthusiasm, Dabe and Janelle will show you how to incorporate the fundamentals of Balboa—Posture, Position, Pressure, and Pulse—into your swing dancing repertoire. You’ll fine-tune your footwork, solidify your stretch, and create a better connection with your partner, the music, and even the dance floor. Suitable for students with no previous Balboa experience, and there is always plenty of new material for repeat students as well. Class is followed by 15 minutes of dance practice. Special offer: Register for the Intermediate class at 6:15pm and get $10 off! Email [email protected] for the super-secret discount code.

    Born 2 Dance, Studio 1, 262 Cedar Lane SE, Vienna, Virginia 22180


    Taught by Dabe and Janelle Murphy
    Contact
    [email protected] and [email protected]
    Sunday nights, May 5, May 12, May 16, June 2, June 9, June 16 (6 weeks)
    5-6pm, dance practice/questions 6-6:15pm
    $105

    INTERMEDIATE–BALBOA FOR SWING DANCERS
    BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!! Known for their smooth style, effortless appearance, and limitless enthusiasm, Dabe and Janelle will show you how to incorporate the fundamentals of Balboa—Posture, Position, Pressure, and Pulse—into your swing dancing repertoire. You’ll fine-tune your footwork, solidify your stretch, and create a better connection with your partner, the music, and even the dance floor. Suitable for students with no previous Balboa experience, and there is always plenty of new material for repeat students as well. Class is followed by 15 minutes of dance practice. Special offer: Register for the Intermediate class at 6:15pm and get $10 off! Email [email protected] for the super-secret discount code.

    Born 2 Dance, Studio 1, 262 Cedar Lane SE, Vienna, Virginia 22180

  • Tutti Frutti Dance Routine for the National Independence Day Parade

    Taught by Janice and Glenn Gardner
    Contact [email protected]
    Sunday nights, May 5-June 30, no class Sunday, May 26  (8 weeks)
    5-6pm
    $140

    Once again, Gottaswing dancers will participate in the National Independence Day Parade on July 4, and you’re invited! Dancers will walk along the parade route and dance as the pace allows, but the big excitement will be performing Janice and Glenn’s new Tutti Frutti routine in front of the reviewing stand at the parade terminus–so much fun! See more on the TUTTI FRUTTI page. Partner required; costuming required. Email [email protected] with any questions.

    Dance Etc, 14017 Telegraph Road, Woodbridge, Virginia 22192


    Taught by Janice and Glenn Gardner
    Contact [email protected]
    Sunday nights, May 5-June 30, no class Sunday, May 26  (8 weeks)
    5-6pm
    $140

    Once again, Gottaswing dancers will participate in the National Independence Day Parade on July 4, and you’re invited! Dancers will walk along the parade route and dance as the pace allows, but the big excitement will be performing Janice and Glenn’s new Tutti Frutti routine in front of the reviewing stand at the parade terminus–so much fun! See more on the TUTTI FRUTTI page. Partner required; costuming required. Email [email protected] with any questions.

    Dance Etc, 14017 Telegraph Road, Woodbridge, Virginia 22192

  • WANNA LEARN TO SHIM SHAM?

    We’re celebrating World Lindy Hop Day and commemorating the birthday of Lindy Hop Legend FRANKIE MANNING with Shim Sham performances and free swing dancing on Freedom Plaza on Saturday, May 25, 1:30-4pm, see more on the CALENDAR! We’ll do the Shim Sham at 2pm, 2:45pm, and 3:30pm, with plenty of time for social dancing in between. Don’t know the Shim Sham? Here’s where you can learn at any of these one-night workshops:

    • Sunday, May 5, 6-7pm, $15 cash or check (sorry, no credit cards)
    Dance Etc, 14017 Telegraph Road, Woodbridge, Virginia 22192

    • Monday, May 13, 8-9pm, $15 cash, check or charge
    Colvin Run Dance Hall, 10201 Colvin Run Road, Great Falls, Virginia 22066

    • Monday, May 13, 8-9pm, $15 cash or check (sorry, no credit cards)
    Chevy Chase Ballroom, 5207 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20015

    More may be added, so check back often. These classes are open to everyone and do not require pre-registration; just pay at the door!

    We’re celebrating World Lindy Hop Day and commemorating the birthday of Lindy Hop Legend FRANKIE MANNING with Shim Sham performances and free swing dancing on Freedom Plaza on Saturday, May 25, 1:30-4pm, see more on the CALENDAR! We’ll do the Shim Sham at 2pm, 2:45pm, and 3:30pm, with plenty of time for social dancing in between. Don’t know the Shim Sham? Here’s where you can learn at any of these one-night workshops:

    • Sunday, May 5, 6-7pm, $15 cash or check (sorry, no credit cards)
    Dance Etc, 14017 Telegraph Road, Woodbridge, Virginia 22192

    • Monday, May 13, 8-9pm, $15 cash, check or charge
    Colvin Run Dance Hall, 10201 Colvin Run Road, Great Falls, Virginia 22066

    • Monday, May 13, 8-9pm, $15 cash or check (sorry, no credit cards)
    Chevy Chase Ballroom, 5207 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20015

    More may be added, so check back often. These classes are open to everyone and do not require pre-registration; just pay at the door!