Walk on a Line, SFC Registration Open, UTC Available, Tonight in Ocala, Tango Milonga, Ballroom, Swingtastics

Published: Fri, 08/08/14

Gainesville Ocala Swing and Social Dance Newsletter 2014-08-08

Walk on a Line, SFC Registration Open, UTC Available, Tonight in Ocala, Tango Milonga, Ballroom, Swingtastics

Hello and Gainesville Ocala Social Dancers,

The Unified Training Center has space available in three different rooms. I was told they fixed their air-conditioning and made other upgrades. They have a small room available for private lessons, the front room is good for smaller groups, and then they have the large space. They also have the mat area, if you want to practise your lifts. Rates sound reasonable. Call Lilly at 352-538-5814. You can tell her I referred you.

This Weekend

Tonight, Friday, head to Ocala for a dance social with Dance 2 the Music Ocala, in the Southeast Livestock Pavilion from 7 to 10 pm.

Saturday night is an Argentine Tango Milonga El Abrazo with a lesson at 8 pm with Sarah, who has newly returned from two months in Argentina. Come by and see what she picked up. At the Movement. $10, free to watch

Also Saturday is Ray and Eileen's Ballroom Dance at By Ear Musician.

Sunday, Nick and the Swingtastics make their monthly appearance at Loosey's from 7 to 10 pm for swing dancing. $7

You can still join the Gainesville Table at River City Swing in Jacksonville on August 28 to September 1. Contact Josh Angel, joshuadancer79@gmail.com, and maybe get a discount. www.RiverCitySwing.com

Andy's Dance Sessions

Israeli Dancing Mondays at B'nai Israel at 7 pm and Line Dancing at the Senior Center on Thursdays at noon.

Registration is now open for Santa Fe College Community Education under Dance . These are beginner sessions suitable for novice dancers, people who have never danced before, as well as beginners who have taken a beginning session and want to reinforce what they have learned. Experienced dancers are welcome to attend Tango and West Coast Swing for free to assist. The sessions are:

  1. Beginning Israeli on Mondays at 7 pm, 4 weeks
  2. Beginning Line Dancing on Tuesdays in Hawthorne at 6 pm, 4 weeks
  3. Beginning Argentine Tango on Thursdays at 6 pm, 6 weeks
  4. Beginning West Coast Swing on Thursdays at 7:10 pm, 6 weeks

Details of all events here Gainesville Dance Calendar

Walk on a Line

Line, folk, Israeli and international dancing can make you a better partner dancer. You have an opportunity to practice your dance skills, while having fun dancing. The most important skill, of course, is balance, but what does that mean and how do you practice it to help your partner dancing?

In my line and Israeli sessions, beginning dancers think if they only knew the steps to the dance, they could do the dances. Knowing the steps certainly helps, but the main problem is they do not have the skill. The most important skill they are missing is balance.

People tend to normally walk with their feet underneath their hips, one foot to either side, with their body in the middle wobbling slightly. They are never balanced when they take a step. They are endlessly falling from one foot to another, until they come to a stop standing on both feet. This may be an efficient mechanism for walking. You can walk twenty miles in a day without training. However, it is a problem for dancing.

When dancing, not being balanced over each step is a problem, because you have already committed to your next step, before you know where it is. In line dancing, on a four beat measure, we often go quick, quick, slow, which is the same as step, step, step, pause. Beginning line dancers, who are not balanced over each step, cannot pause, but instead, take a fourth step. They are then on the wrong foot or on the wrong beat of music and possibly going in the wrong direction. The same thing happens in partner dancing.

The way you balance over each step is to walk on a line. You can practice this whenever you walk around. Instead of walking with your feet under your hips, take each step on a line directly underneath your body, bringing your knees and ankles together as you walk. To test yourself, slow down. Walk slowly and pause after each step to see if you are balanced.

Happy Dancing,
Andy

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352-327-3672

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Dance Quotes

My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The pina and the colada. ~ Ellen DeGeneres

Dance Schedule

Confirm all programs before going

  1. Friday 08/08 - Friday Night Social in Ocala
  2. Saturday 08/09 - Argentine Tango Milonga El Abrazo
  3. Saturday 08/09 - Ballroom Dance with Ray and Eileen
  4. Sunday 08/10 - Bachata and Specialty Latin
  5. Sunday 08/10 - Swing Dance with Nick and the Swingtastics
  6. Monday 08/11 - Israeli Dancing with Andy
  7. Tuesday 08/12 - Ballroom with Ray and Eileen
  8. Tuesday 08/12 - Salsa LA Style
  9. Wednesday 08/13 - UF Argentine Tango Class and Dancing
  10. Wednesday 08/13 - West Coast Swing Dance with Judi - Two Step
  11. Thursday 08/14 - Senior Line Dancing with Andy via SFC Community Education
  12. Thursday 08/14 - Ballroom with Ray and Eileen
  13. Thursday 08/14 - Salsa LA Style
  14. Friday 08/15 - West Coast Swing Dance Social with Josh
  15. Saturday 08/16 - Contra Dance
  16. Saturday 08/16 - Tango Y Te with David and Thuy
  17. Sunday 08/17 - Vintage Waltz Brunch
  18. Wednesday 08/27 - West Coast Swing Dance Social with Josh
  19. Thu-Mon 08/28-09/01 - River City Swing in Jacksonville, www.RiverCitySwing.com
  20. Saturday 09/06 - West Coast Swing Dance Party with Josh
  21. Sunday 09/07 - Argentine Tango Milonga Papirusa
  22. Sunday 09/07 - Contra Dance

Ongoing Dancing

Classes with Andy

To sign up for classes offered via Santa Fe College Community Education (SFC) call Jennifer 352-395-5193 or visit www.sfcollege.edu/cied/communityed

  1. Israeli Dancing on Mondays at B'nai Israel, 3830 NW 16 Blvd, 7 pm, $5, no sign up required, ongoing.
  2. Line Dancing on Thursdays at noon at the Senior Center, sign up via SFC, ongoing.
  3. Private Lessons, classes for Novice Dancers, Wedding Dances, also for Argentine Tango, Contra, Hustle, Lindy, Line, West Coast Swing, Vintage Waltz contact Andy
  4. Beginning Argentine Tango starting September 4 from 6 to 7 pm for 6 weeks, sign up via SFC
  5. Beginning Israeli Dancing starting September 8 from 7 to 8 pm for 4 weeks, sign up via SFC
  6. Beginning West Coast Swing starting September 4 for from 7:10 to 8:10 pm for 6 weeks, sign up via SFC
  7. Line Dancing in Hawthorne starting September 9 from 6 to 7 pm for 4 weeks, sign up via SFC

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