As has become custom, the BC Swing Dance is taking a road trip downtown this summer:

Join us on July 20th at Rhodes College (1125 Howe St, 2nd floor, use buzzer on Helmcken st) for our summer road trip dance. Featuring a 2 hour choreography lesson covering the 2019 WCS Rally by Pamela Podmoroff, it should be (and always is!) a good time.

This year, we are also offering beginners lessons, starting at 7PM. The choreography lesson is $10 for members, $14 for guests, the beginners lesson is free (as always) and the dance will run from 8-11PM. Don’t miss it!

Join the BCSDC for the last official dance before the summer. We’re kicking things off with the 2019 WCS Rally, taught in a workshop by Michael Shibasaki, starting at 6:00PM (doors at 5:30PM).

After that, Leigh Kirkconnell will be teaching “Defensive Dance Skills”, which is essential to know on the crowded dance floor. Finally, we’ll have DJ Jason Brown playing music from 8-11PM.

Hope to see you all there!

The BC Swing Dance Club is pleased to announce a set of four afternoon workshop by Gerald and Robin Cote on May 25th!

If you’re not familiar with Gerald and Robin, they are extremely talented dancers and teachers who have moved to Squamish in the past couple years. Check out their bios here: https://www.dancelessonssquamish.com/dance-instructors or check them out on Youtube below!

Gerald and Robin will be teaching a series of workshops on Saturday, May 25th at the Confederation Centre in Burnaby. The schedule runs as follows:

First workshop – 1PM to 2PM – Flow & Funk Moves

*15 minute break*

Second workshop – 2:15PM to 3:15PM – Fun Footwork Dynamics

*15 minute break*

Third workshop – 3:30PM to 4:45PM – Lego Blocking Variations

15 minute open practice/question until 5PM

Doors for dinner from 5PM until 6:30

7PM – 8PM – Music Interpretations

Afterwards, the club will be hosting an extra May dance, so don’t go anywhere. Same time, same place, same price as always (https://bcswingdance.ca/index.php/dance-dates/), but extra special workshop!

Pricing is $15.00 per workshop for members, or a pack of four for $50.00, and $20.00 for non-members with a pack of four for $65.00. You can pre-purchase workshop passes below via PayPal or pay at the door. We will also be accepting add-on lessons at the door if you realize you’d like more.

Anyone buying a 4-pack of tickets will also get admission into the dance for free!

Workshop Options

1 Workshop – Member $15.00 CAD 2 Workshops – Member $30.00 CAD 3 Workshops – Member $45.00 CAD 4 Workshops – Member $50.00 CAD 1 Workshop – Non-Member $20.00 CAD 2 Workshops – Non-Member $40.00 CAD 3 Workshops – Non-Member $60.00 CAD 4 Workshops – Non-Member $65.00 CAD

Role

Lead Follow

The BC Swing Dance is kicking into high gear, with a series of dances every two weeks. The May dance is next!

Amy Shibasaki will be in charge of the main lesson and teaching rotation and linear (or lin-ear, ask her 🙂 ) connections. Cool stuff! If you don’t know who Amy is, check her out with her partner Michael in this video below:

Our dance will be at the regular time, regular place: 4585 Albert St, Burnaby (Confederation Centre), doors at 6:30PM, lessons from 7-8PM, and dance from 8-11PM. The price for the lesson is $5 for members, $7 for guests, or $4 with student ID. The dance is $10 for members, $13 for guests, and $7 with a student ID.

And as usual, bring your friends for the beginner lesson – the first dance that they come to is free!