Modern Country Swing
Our standard country swing intensive courses teach the technique, timing, rhythms, connection, musicality, and stylization for dancers to take their country swing dancing to the next level.
Developed to help prepare dancers for both national social swing dancing and national standard modern country swing competition, these courses are 8 weeks each, building on dance concepts to create a solid understanding of dance in general, and what makes quality country swing dancing.
Space for these courses are limited to 30 dancers.
Partners are not needed, but are encouraged.
Pricing
Standard Lessons
$75.00 per person
$140.oo for a couple
8 Week Courses 1 Class/week
100 Level Intensive Courses
The 100 level intensive courses are designed to prepare students for beginner level modern country swing competitions. By the end of this set of courses, students will have a strong understanding of the dance concepts of floor patterns, connection, rhythm, timing, musicality, stylization, and showmanship needed to compete at beginner level competitions with confidence and skill.
Country Swing 101
This course introduces the basics of country swing and variations with emphasis in beginner connection technique, floor patterns, and rhythm.
No prior dance experience is required for this course.
Country Swing 102
This course builds on the 101 class by introducing various types of double turns that add changes in speed, rhythms, and floor patterns to the dance. Additional connection and timing techniques are also practiced throughout the course.
An beginner understanding of stylization and showmanship is also practiced throughout the course.
Completion of our 101 course is required to sign up for this class. You can also test into this course.
Country Swing 103
This course introduces the intermediate position, syncopations, and stagger step rhythm, how to execute moves in orbit and linear, and how to better understand various methods of timing. It includes sweetheart, cuddle, and hammerlock positions. This course also focuses on what basic musicality is and techniques to use basic musicality.
Completion of our 102 course is required to sign up for this class. You can also test into this course.
200 Level Intensive Courses
The 200 level intensive courses are designed to prepare students for improver/intermediate modern country swing competitions. By the end of this set of courses, students will have a deep understanding of the dance concepts of floor patterns, connection, rhythm, timing, musicality, stylization, and showmanship, an intermediate level extensive repertoire, and basic skill sets for creating new and unique movement patterns and rhythms.
Any student who has completed the 100 level courses can enter into any of the 200 level courses at any time, and 200 level courses do not have to be taken in order. Each course is designed to develop combination moves that align with specific movement patterns, and each will include a range of technique drills, and types of moves to create those combinations.
Country Swing 200
Improver/Intermediate
Turns