Dedicated to making the world a little bit better by providing great vintage nights of dancing swing including; balboa, Lindy hop, shag, blues, Charleston, to the inspiration of fantastic original 78 records played on beautiful original equipment. Featuring hand made speakers, movie screens and other old gadgets. Find us at the Salisbury Hotel Pub on Green Lanes in North London, a fabulously decorated venue that will take you right back to the times of romantic styling.
Full 5 week course is £45 per person, £80 per couple
+ This beginners workshop is perfect for those who want to start right from the start. Learn the basic steps and moves of Swing Dancing to get you on the right foot. Aki and Gaia will be teaching some tips and tricks to make your floor craft go smooth on the social dance floor. This is a great class to meet some cool people and learn the core elements of one of the best dances in town! Bring your friends too :-)
@ The Salisbury Pub, 1 Grand Parade, Green Lanes, N4 1JX
> Sign up to hold your spot now < (Subject to availability)
Full 5 week course is £45 per person, £80 per couple
+ This intermediate course is not for the faint of heart! A good grasp of 8 count Lindy Hop is required. Aki and Gaia will cover some wicked spins, some complex conceptual elements of Lindy Hop and work on tightening up those moves so you leave with an arsenal of cool twists and turns and feeling more confident in your technique and physical language of Lindy Hop.
@ The Salisbury Pub 1 Grand Parade, Green Lanes N4 1JX > Sign up to hold your spot now < (Subject to availability)
Full 4 week course is £45 per person, £80 per couple
+ This beginners workshop is perfect for those who want to start right from the start. Learn the basic steps and moves of Swing Dancing to get you on the right foot. Aki and Gaia will be teaching some tips and tricks to make your floor craft go smooth on the social dance floor. This is a great class to meet some cool people and learn the core elements of one of the best dances in town! Bring your friends too :-)
@ The Salisbury Pub, 1 Grand Parade, Green Lanes, N4 1JX
> Sign up to hold your spot now < (Subject to availability)
Full 5 week course is £45 per person, £80 per couple
+ This intermediate course is not for the faint of heart! A good grasp of 8 count Lindy Hop is required. Aki and Gaia will cover some wicked spins, some complex conceptual elements of Lindy Hop and work on tightening up those moves so you leave with an arsenal of cool twists and turns and feeling more confident in your technique and physical language of Lindy Hop.
@ The Salisbury Pub 1 Grand Parade, Green Lanes N4 1JX > Sign up to hold your spot now < (Subject to availability)
Mouthful O' jam October will see the return of our tame American Swing dance instructor Gaia Hannan who will be back from her American trip. The Lesson will take place at 7.30 pm sharp so please be there on time.
After the lesson, DJ's Tim Hellzapoppin, Kid Krupa and myself Swing Maniac will hot things up, playing Hot Jazz, Swing, Jump, Blues and anything else that fits the bill on original 78rpm recordings. Keeping you on the dance floor all night.
Entry just £5 on the door so catch you all there.
@ the Salibury Pub, 1 Grand Parade, Green Lanes, N4 1JX
www.mouthfulojam.com
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
>> Beginners Balboa course with Paul and Gaia <<
Starting Thursday, May 9th!
5 week BEGINNERS BALBOA CLASS!
Please contact me if you are interested in signing up for this class. >>>> vintagedancing@googlemail.com <<<<<
Limited spaces! To sign-up please send me your full name and if you are a lead or a follow.
If you are bringing a partner please send their full name too and who will be a lead and who will be a follow.
Full course is £50 per person, £90 per couple
Bellow is an outline for what we will be covering in the sessions.
Please wear comfortable and preferably leather soled shoes or dress shoes with a smooth sole, high heels are great if your comfortable wearing them :-).
8:00pm to 9:30pm, starting Thursday, 9th of May, 2013
Week one:
- Frame between lead and follow
- Basic Balboa steps for lead and follow
- The concept of "language" of Balboa
- Intro into a basic Balboa move
Week two:
- Basic Balboa steps review
- Frame review
- Move review
- Basic Balboa "come around"
Week three:
- Intro to footwork variations in the basic
- Review of "come around"
- Building onto the "come around"
- Intro into transitions
Week four:
- Using transitions to create dynamic leading and following
- How to incorporate basic moves through transitions
Week five:
- Reviewing transitions
- Transitioning moves together
- Combining all moves and basics
Vintage Dancing, A night of 20s to 50s Hot Jazz, Swing and Rhythm and Blues
DJed by London's top 78 spinners, Swing Maniac, Tim Hellzapoppin' and Kid Krupa, laying down original shellac recordings. Saturday March 6th, 7:30pm to 2:00am
The Salisbury Pub Hotel: 1 Grand Parade, Green Lanes (Entrance on Green Lanes!), London, N4 1JX Come early for dinner at this fabulous comfortable gastro-pub. Beginners Swing dance lesson with Gaia starts at 7:30pm £5 entry
Closest tube is Turnpike Lane Station on Piccadilly line, Buses 29, 341, 141 stop right outside the front of the pub, or Harringay Green Lanes overground station
This is a once a month club; every first Saturday of the month! Upcoming dates are: March 6th April 3rd May 1st