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Swinging Into Blues
In the workshop, we’ll start with some common swing dancing movements, and take you on a musicality and cultural-based journey of understanding the foundations of those movements. We’ll dive into how that is connected to and grew out of blues dancing, and explore the similarities and differences. You’ll get to practice and play with moves and movements both familiar and new, and we’ll show you different approaches for how to change them to fit different music styles and aesthetics.

About Robin:
Being a dancer who started later in life, and owing so much to the discovery of a hip hop tutorial video at the back of a You Got Served DVD, Robin truly believes that dance is inside every one of us. Whether it’s a fully realized passion, or a whisper of curiosity, he feels that dance should always be available to our selves, whatever one’s dance experience or familiarity. His dance repertoire is based on solo movement learned from a studio hip hop background, with the journey into social dancing starting with lindy hop, and over time including blues, balboa & fusion. And ever since his introduction to blues dancing in 2018, he has become a passionate practitioner and advocate of the form, and is dedicated to a continued journey of learning and sharing of blues dance and culture.

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We still strongly encourage everyone to keep up to date on their vaccinations and boosters.

Masks are still required for safety.

Dances on Thursdays at 9 in the Back Room of Glen Echo Park as usual, with a beginner lesson at 8:15. Dance on.

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Capital Blues offers a blues dance every week on Thursday at 9 pm (beginner lesson at 8:15) in the Back Room at Glen Echo Park. $8 covers both the beginner lesson and the dance.

Check out more info on weekly dances.

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On Thursday, December 1, Mike Legenthal and Dan Repsch will be teaching the beginner lesson and sharing the DJ booth at Back Room Blues. This is a rare opportunity to learn from the greats for just $8, our regular weekly price. Happy holidays.

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Because dance is all about partnership, we’re teaming up with DC Lindy Exchange (DCLX) to bring you a late night blues dance on the night of December 10 (technically, the wee hours of December 11) after the swing dance with Chelsea Reed and the Fairweather Five.

The details:

Saturday, December 10 / Sunday, December 11
Location: Back Room at Glen Echo Park

Swing dance with Chelsea Reed and the Fairweather Five: 8 p.m. – 12 a.m.
Blues dance with DJ Boris Glebov: 12:30 a.m. – 2:30 a.m.

The blues late night is $8 with pre-registration, $10 at the door.

Learn more and snag some advance tickets on the DCLX website.

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Dan is offering two very cool classes on one day: Flowing Jazz Momentum and Texturing Isolations. Check out the Workshops page for more info.

As usual, Thursday dances continue in the Back Room at Glen Echo. All’s right with the world.

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Need directions to the space or help finding where to park? Check the weekly dances page for more information.

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It’s a good time to dance blues. We’ve returned to our usual weekly schedule: dances every Thursday night at Glen Echo Park. And we’re thrilled to be offering our first workshop series in over two years: an all-levels class on blues connection.

Important location note: for three weeks in October, dances will happen in the Bumper Car Pavilion, right across from the Back Room at Glen Echo. See the weekly dances page for directions. The Bumper Car Pavilion is outdoors, so dress for the weather.

October dance locations:

Oct. 6 – Back Room
Oct. 13 – Bumper Car Pavilion
Oct. 20 – Bumper Car Pavilion
Oct. 27 – Bumper Car Pavilion

In November we’ll be back in the Back Room again. Dance with you soon!

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