LEARN SWING!
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LEVEL 1: Wed 6:15- 7:15 (East Coast) No dance experience necessary! LEVEL 2: Mon 6:15-7:15 (Lindy Hop) Prerequisite: Swing Level 1, or one year dancing East Coast Swing LEVEL 3: Mon 7:15-8:15 (Lindy Hop) Prerequisite: Swing Level 2, or 1 year dancing Lindy Hop |
Learn swing dancing with Chad Kubo and Kristen Paulin, a super fun and energetic dance for students of all ages! If you have never danced before, take Level 1 on Wednesdays. Improve your core elements of Lindy Hop in Level 2: Fundamentals of Lindy Hop and then expand on what you know with interesting variations in Level 3 intermediate/advanced class. Scroll down for more details.
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Learn about Beginning Swing Class
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Learn about Lindy Hop Classes
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From Chad Kubo:
Beginning Lindy Hop aka East Coast Swing (No experience necessary!)
When I signed up for my very first swing dance class, I was in my late 30’s and had never danced a step. I was excited, and also worried that I wouldn’t be any good at it. At first, I probably wasn’t any good at it, but I was hooked instantly by the music, the opportunity to meet new people, and the desire to glide across the floor like the experienced dancers I saw at the dance venues. Almost 30 years later, I’m an advanced dance teacher, but I still feel the same joy and excitement when the music starts. My goal as your beginning swing teacher is to get you hooked on the exhilaration of dancing!
When I signed up for my very first swing dance class, I was in my late 30’s and had never danced a step. I was excited, and also worried that I wouldn’t be any good at it. At first, I probably wasn’t any good at it, but I was hooked instantly by the music, the opportunity to meet new people, and the desire to glide across the floor like the experienced dancers I saw at the dance venues. Almost 30 years later, I’m an advanced dance teacher, but I still feel the same joy and excitement when the music starts. My goal as your beginning swing teacher is to get you hooked on the exhilaration of dancing!
In my classes, I teach “Movement Before Steps!” because once you know the feeling of movement you can repeat it. No one can dance comfortably focusing on just the steps.
Join us and open your life to dance!
Join us and open your life to dance!
What will you learn in beginning class?
* How to have fun dancing without the stress
* Layered Learning
* Rhythm
* Movement
* Momentum
* Connection with your dance partner
* Frame
* Dance etiquette
* 6 count East Coast Swing
* Lead and Follow concepts
* Turns and combinations
* Improvisation to the music
* Universal movement
* How to have fun dancing without the stress
* Layered Learning
* Rhythm
* Movement
* Momentum
* Connection with your dance partner
* Frame
* Dance etiquette
* 6 count East Coast Swing
* Lead and Follow concepts
* Turns and combinations
* Improvisation to the music
* Universal movement
Intermediate-Advanced Lindy Hop (knowledge of Lindy Hop Basic 6 & 8 count steps required)
Zen Dance is a mixture of hundreds of years of martial arts principles and dance. If dance teachers handed out belts for rank, this class would be black-belt level. Everything you learn will shake the foundations of what you thought Lindy Hop was or could ever be. Learn with us, and challenge what you think you know about frame, musicality, connection, balance, momentum, awareness and power. Once learned, these skills can be applied immediately on the social dance floor, as well as to other dances, sports, and daily life.
You’ve learned the Lindy Hop basics…
What’s next?
Zen Dance is a mixture of hundreds of years of martial arts principles and dance. If dance teachers handed out belts for rank, this class would be black-belt level. Everything you learn will shake the foundations of what you thought Lindy Hop was or could ever be. Learn with us, and challenge what you think you know about frame, musicality, connection, balance, momentum, awareness and power. Once learned, these skills can be applied immediately on the social dance floor, as well as to other dances, sports, and daily life.
You’ve learned the Lindy Hop basics…
What’s next?
- How do I transition through all of my learned moves seamlessly?
- What lead or follow skills do I need to be in demand on the dance floor?
- How do I use my Lindy Hop to express the music?
- How do I have a connection to the follower or leader that is like a conversation?
- How do I combine 6 and 8 count steps without thinking?
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About Instructors Chad Kubo & Kristen Paulin
Chad Kubo is a Lindy Hop specialist who teaches workshops, classes, privates and group privates SF and the Bay Area based in Berkeley CA. One of the Original Lindy Hop founders in San Francisco Co-founder of Lindy in the Park Golden Gate Park. Co-owner of the venue The Doghouse Lindy Hop teacher at the Metronome Ballroom the largest Ballroom in San Francisco. Martial arts for over 38 years Black Belt proficiency in Judo, Aikido, Karate. Professional Lindy Hop teacher, dancer, performer, social dancer since 1993. Taught in the SF Bay Area, the U.S. and Internationally. Taught for Frankie Manning, Lionel Hampton, Winton Marsallis, Brian Setzer. Performed, taught cast, co-choreographer for Berkeley Repertory California, Center Stage, Baltimore Maryland Theater, Yerba Buena Theater SF. Catalina Island, Macy Passport Show, Frankie Manning workshops, and throughout the SF Bay Area.
Kristen Paulin started dancing contemporary jazz and tumbling at age 8 and took ballet in college. She learned Swing in Cincinnati in 2005 and has been dancing Swing for 15 years. Kristen has taught intro classes and Performed in several swing dance troupes, including the Cincinnati Snapshots. She studied Blues in Chicago, 2008, and moved to Bay Area in 2013, where she joined the local Swing community, won a shim sham contest, and performed with a Shag Team. She has performed with award-winning performance teams in Lindy, Balboa, Shag, and Blues.
Questions about the class? Feel free to call Chad at (510) 290-8014!
