Glen Echo 101


Taught by Jennifer Sills and Aric Campling
Contact [email protected]
Saturday, March 29
9:45-10:45am
$20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

Are you a new or first-time dancer? Feel nervous about attending a dance and facing sooooo many people to dance with? Wish you had a better grasp of basic swing dancing? Then this is the class for YOU! Jennifer and Arik will help you prepare for any dance at the Spanish Ballroom (and beyond) with some basic material, plus some tips and tricks to get the most out of the skills you have. Learn how to smoothly start and finish a dance, adapt basic moves to fit the music, and stretch your skills to comfortably fill a three-minute song! Appropriate for absolute beginners up to advanced beginners, as well as intermediate students who want to work on the musicality skills. Suitable for all levels.

Arcade Building Room 202 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland 20812

 

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Taught by Jennifer Sills and Aric Campling
Contact [email protected]
Saturday, March 29
9:45-10:45am
$20/person advance registration (advance registration closes Thursday, March 27 at 11:59pm); $30/door

Are you a new or first-time dancer? Feel nervous about attending a dance and facing sooooo many people to dance with? Wish you had a better grasp of basic swing dancing? Then this is the class for YOU! Jennifer and Arik will help you prepare for any dance at the Spanish Ballroom (and beyond) with some basic material, plus some tips and tricks to get the most out of the skills you have. Learn how to smoothly start and finish a dance, adapt basic moves to fit the music, and stretch your skills to comfortably fill a three-minute song! Appropriate for absolute beginners up to advanced beginners, as well as intermediate students who want to work on the musicality skills.

Arcade Building Room 202 at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland 20812

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Special Classes
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