December Schedule
2008
Instructor: Laura Rose 919-667-5372
Location: Triangle Dance Studio
(
(make checks payable to Laura Rose)
Checks or cash
accepted
(Credit or debit
cards NOT accepted.)
Schedules and curriculum may
change depending on attendance
Please RSVP prior to Dec 3 for
these workshops….otherwise they will be cancelled.
Regular Saturday Series
2 week drop in series because of December
Regular 4 week series starting in January
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West Coast I: When: Dec 6, 20 Time: Length: 1 hour Price: $10/lesson |
Curriculum
at slow pace, appropriate for beginners: Core
moves: Push break LSP with Lady Turn LSP with Man Turn Push Break Tuck Turn LSP Tuck Turn |
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Drills for
Better Leading and Following Footwork
Variations and Body Isolations |
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West Coast II: When: Dec 6, 20 Time: Length: 1 hour Price: $10/lesson |
Curriculum
at medium pace. We will
be focusing on slight deviations (for leaders and followers) that make our
dancing stand out. |
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Private Designer
Group Class When: Dec 6, 20, Jan 10, 17 Time: Length: 1 hour Price: $36/series $12/lesson |
Contact Laura Rose for
info on how to get your own Design Group Class started. |
Upcoming Sunday Workshops:
Starting Time:
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Putting It All
Together When: Dec 14 Length: 2 hours Price: $20 $15
for previous workshop students |
Curriculum:
Now that
we’re eager to play --- let’s discuss playgrounds. If
you know what to listen for – the music will actually tell you where to
play. In our “Putting It All
Together” Workshop, we’ll discover tells in the music. We even invite you to bring your own music
– to test out these tips. |
We now have classes
for any and all levels.
New West Coast Found Basic I classes are appropriate for beginners (or
advanced dancers who want to learn the reverse role). This progressive series of classes is
intended to give students the necessary basic skills for social dancing. Classes are appropriate for absolute
beginners or dancers with limited experience.
Advanced dancers can reverse their role (followers learn to lead, and
visa versa). The pace is at a
medium/slow level with lots of practice time.
Students interested in this level are also encouraged to attend the
Sunday dance practices (at no extra charge).
West Coast Basic II is appropriate for those with limited experience but
know the core moves. This progressive series of classes are intended to give
students additional techniques, footwork and moves appropriate for social
dancing. Classes are appropriate for
dancers with limited experiences and those who want to practice/improve their technique
and smooth-out their dancing. Pace is
at a medium level. Students interested
in this level are also encouraged to attend the Foundation 1 classes and the
Sunday dance practices (at no extra charge).
West Coast Musicality is appropriate for Intermediate dancers.
This progressive
series of classes are intended to give students musicality, footwork and body
isolation moves appropriate for social dancing. Classes are appropriate for intermediate
dancers and those who want to practice/improve their technique. Pace is at a fast/medium level. Registration with partner is not required.
Students interested in this level are also encouraged to attend the Foundation
1 classes and the Sunday dance practices (at no extra charge). Students at this level can also reverse their
role (follower learn to lead, and visa versa) at the Foundation 1 class (at no
extra charge).
Registration with
partner is not required
Client
description of the classes:
It's
obvious that Laura puts a great deal of thought and preparation into her lesson
plan.
Footwork is
clearly an important element of style to Laura. Her emphasis on this is one of
the things that set her apart from some of her contemporaries.
She starts
each lesson with a warm-up consisting of a number of footwork alternatives
designed to enhance the basic step.
The way she
integrates the new footwork enhancements into a repetitive warm up exercise is
a great technique and a way to pack a lot into the hour.
During the
core skill sessions, Laura carefully chooses exercises and patterns that are
effective at teaching the concept of lead-follow, so important to West Coast
Swing and most other dance steps. Each
new pattern is demonstrated with slower music at first, then students are
challenged with a quicker score for repetition.
Laura pays
close attention to and is very patient with each student, regardless of the
skill level they come in with. If she sees that a student is not moving through
a new pattern quite as quickly as others, she will intervene as either the
leader or follower to make sure the student reaches the breakthrough they are
seeking. And she does this efficiently so as to not hold up the class any more
than necessary.
Finally,
Laura is careful to keep the class on task, while still allowing a little fun
and mischief, but definitely completing her lesson plan and providing the value
that her students are looking for.
Jim Barron,
Ph. D.
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