WCS for LINDY HOP DANCERS!
A specialized crash course!
Friday, Feb 7, 7:00pm
Become good at WCS instantly, and improve your Lindy Hop at the same time (thanks to some brilliant technique overlap)
Friday, February 7, 7:00–9:00 pm (or 9:20 if you've got the stamina)
PREREQUISITE: AdvBeginner Lindy Hop on up (or WCS AdvBeg). Must be well acquainted with 8-count SwingOuts (aka Whips).
INSTRUCTOR: Ken Kreshtool: Internationally ranked WCS competition dancer. International WCS instructor. "The best instructor I've ever had in ANYTHING!" — Harvard Univ. students' comments, 6 years in a row, for his on-campus dance classes (while working on a PhD there). Videos: scroll down
LOCATION: Studios 353
353 W. 48th St (betw 8th & 9th Ave), Manhattan. 2nd Fl, Studio #3
CLASS SIZE STRICTLY LIMITED!
As of Thur. Feb 6, 4:45PM: only 1 Follower space remains! (Leaders is SOLD OUT)
PRICE:
• $45 thru Feb 6 (on Feb 7: $50) except…
• $15 for Lindy Hop teachers, or you are a dance studio employee.
• Half price for all Ken's prior workshops alumni
ZELLE: Kenneth Kreshtool | [email protected]
VENMO: @Ken-Kreshtool
PREREQUISITE: AdvBeginner Lindy Hop on up (or WCS AdvBeg). Must be well acquainted with 8-count SwingOuts (aka Whips).
INSTRUCTOR: Ken Kreshtool: Internationally ranked WCS competition dancer. International WCS instructor. "The best instructor I've ever had in ANYTHING!" — Harvard Univ. students' comments, 6 years in a row, for his on-campus dance classes (while working on a PhD there). Videos: scroll down
LOCATION: Studios 353
353 W. 48th St (betw 8th & 9th Ave), Manhattan. 2nd Fl, Studio #3
CLASS SIZE STRICTLY LIMITED!
As of Thur. Feb 6, 4:45PM: only 1 Follower space remains! (Leaders is SOLD OUT)
PRICE:
• $45 thru Feb 6 (on Feb 7: $50) except…
• $15 for Lindy Hop teachers, or you are a dance studio employee.
• Half price for all Ken's prior workshops alumni
ZELLE: Kenneth Kreshtool | [email protected]
VENMO: @Ken-Kreshtool
WHAT WE'LL DO IN THIS INTENSIVE WORKSHOP
Part 1 (brief: 15 mins). Lindy Hop-to-WCS: a quick-n-dirty conversion primer. Change these 4 things, and it's almost WCS! 2 are simple; 2 take some getting used to.
Part 2 - WCS for real, from the inside. Which will also improve your Lindy Hop. See how every WCS move is built from mixing-matching just 4 simple Lego-like partnered-movement “building blocks”. Or maybe 5, depending on how you count them. This is WCS's (and Lindy Hop's!) "Master Recipe" for all the partnered moves — master this and everything else falls into place so fast! So easy conceptually, but of course the 'mixing-matching' takes a bit of practice to put it on the floor smoothly and comfortably. Let’s play with this! Along the way, some crucial partnered-movement technique skills that are identical in WCS and Lindy Hop.
Plus a few words on the differences from both a historical perspective and a “dance engineering” aka “dance logic” perspective.
Questions: [email protected]
Part 1 (brief: 15 mins). Lindy Hop-to-WCS: a quick-n-dirty conversion primer. Change these 4 things, and it's almost WCS! 2 are simple; 2 take some getting used to.
Part 2 - WCS for real, from the inside. Which will also improve your Lindy Hop. See how every WCS move is built from mixing-matching just 4 simple Lego-like partnered-movement “building blocks”. Or maybe 5, depending on how you count them. This is WCS's (and Lindy Hop's!) "Master Recipe" for all the partnered moves — master this and everything else falls into place so fast! So easy conceptually, but of course the 'mixing-matching' takes a bit of practice to put it on the floor smoothly and comfortably. Let’s play with this! Along the way, some crucial partnered-movement technique skills that are identical in WCS and Lindy Hop.
Plus a few words on the differences from both a historical perspective and a “dance engineering” aka “dance logic” perspective.
Questions: [email protected]
Videos of Ken dancing with Paula Wilson, my long-time co-teacher. One dance is slower, smoother. One is a bit 'punchier.' These are 100% improvisational. We handed the DJ a list of 6 different songs and said, "please pick any one."
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Thank you! We look forward to seeing you!