Event Details
Registration
Registration opens Oct 25 for $200-220.
Weekend pass registration includes all classes in your chosen track and all social dances.
Party Passes will be available at a later date.
If money is an issue, please reach out to chat about volunteer opportunities to help offset your registration cost.
Schedule
Friday evening - Learner Track (2 hrs) & Slow Balboa Social with live music
Saturday morning - Learner Track (2 hrs)
Saturday afternoon - Improver Track (3 hrs)
Saturday evening - Community Talk with Dan & Slow Balboa Social with live music
Sunday morning - Learner Track (2 hrs)
Sunday afternoon - Improver Track (3 hrs)
Sunday evening - Slow Bal Social with DJed music
All classes and social dances will take place at the Hungarian Hall.
Instructors
Cara De Grandpre
Lizou Bouchard
Dan Repsch
Eloise Passarella
Class Tracks
Each Track has 6 hours of class time
Learner Track
Suitable for dancers who are newer to Slow Balboa. You are looking to try something different, or have taken a taster class or series at some point but have not danced Slow Balboa much socially. This track will help you solidify your fundamentals and muscle memory, refresh your skills, or learn a different role.
Experience with Slow Bal is not required, but it is recommended that you have partner dance experience.
Improver Track
For dancers who already dance Slow Balboa socially and have taken at least one weekend workshop or series on the dance form. You are already comfortable with the fundamental vocabulary and technique of Slow Balboa and are ready to expand your repertoire.
Experience with Slow Bal is required.
Band Leaders
Bonnie Northgraves
Joe Abbott
What is Slow Balboa?
Slow Bal, or Slow Balboa, is a close embrace swing dance from the 1940s. You dance it to the slow jazz music of that time. It is a playful and above all elegant dance, influenced by historic dancers Dean and Nancy Raftery and Ray Cunningham.
Slow Bal is danced in close embrace (chest-to-chest.) If you are not comfortable with this proximity then this may not be the dance for you. That being said, each person in a partnership helps to create a comfortable embrace, and consent is still required.