weekly classes
Thursday night classes 2012
Our Thursday nights at Southbank have the following format:
7-8pm Improvers (post-beginners) run as 4 week courses to really get the basics solid
8-9pm Intermediate, designed so you can attend as drop-in or sign up for 4 week course
9-10pm Beginner courses, and Shag drop-in classes
Around 50 minutes teaching in each class, then 5-10 minutes practice time. For level descriptions see here. All classes taught by David & Mithi unless stated otherwise (First two weeks of Jan are Mithi & Craig).
FEBRUARY
9th Feb-1st March 7pm Improvers Lindy Charleston
Learn all the standard Lindy Charleston patterns in this structured course: side by side, hand to hand, open, back/tandem charleston.
£25/£20 for the course, advance booking required
9th Feb-1st March 8pm Cool stuff! drop-in or course
Seen the flash stuff that some of the advanced dancers do? Here's how to do those moves, as well as how to make simple moves look special. Each week will have a mixture of some tricks and some styling points. *Please note you need to be confidant in all your basic 8 count stuff especially lindy turns to do this class.
£25/£20 for the course, advance booking optional. Or drop-in £7/£5 concessions per class.
Every Thursday 9pm Shag drop-in
Ian & Tashi's Shag classes continue with 45 minutes of teaching then 15 minutes practice time so you can really get confident in dancing Shag. You need to alread know the basic step to attend the February classes. We'll make sure that Ain't Misbehavin' has some tracks for trying out your Shag on Wednesdays.
£5 per class, drop-in (in the school next door)
Advanced partner connection workshop - part II
Sat 25th Feb, 1-4pm
£18/£15 concessions
See workshops page for full details
MARCH
8th-29th March 7pm Improvers 8 count
Time to master the 8 count moves that form the backbone of Lindyhop: Swing Out, Lindy Turn, Lindy Circle. This course will also introduce some of the basic variations, but will concentrate mainly on drilling the basic moves so you're really confident with them by the end of the course.
£25/£20 for the course, advance booking required
8th-29th March 8pm Lindy Charleston variations drop-in or course
These classes will teach variations on each of the basic lindy charleston patterns - you should be fine to do this if you attended the improvers course last month. You can attend all 4 weeks as a course, or, you can just drop-in to the ones you want to as each class stands on its own.
£25/£20 for the course, advance booking optional. Or drop-in £7/£5 concessions per class.
Every Thursday 9pm Shag drop-in
Ian & Tashi's Shag classes continue with 45 minutes of teaching then 15 minutes practice time so you can really get confident in dancing Shag. You need to alread know the basic step and some variations to attend the March classes. We'll make sure that Ain't Misbehavin' has some tracks for trying out your Shag on Wednesdays.
£5 per class, drop-in (in the school next door)
Where are the classes & how to book
Venue for Thursday classes: SouthBank, Dean Lane, Bristol BS3 1DB (upstairs studio)
Its just a few minutes walk from the harbourside by using the footbridge to Coronation Road, or there's unrestricted parking in most of the nearby streets.
http://southbankclub.webs.com/contactinfo.htm
To reserve a place for any of the courses email:
bookings@swingdancebristol.com
If you'd like to join a course part way through please talk to David or Mithi or email:
david@swingdancebristol.com
For level descriptions see here or feel free to email with any questions or talk to David at the club night or classes.
The teachers
The teachers for the workshops and most weeks at the weekly class are David and Mithi - see about us to find out more.