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Dance Classes: 2023
Put Dancing on your New Year’s Resolution list! Dancing is good for the body and mind. Ballroom dancing is one of the best ways to prevent dementia – a scientific fact! Being social increases longevity. And, it’s just plain fun, fun, fun.
We’ll be offering lots of new classes starting in January; keep posted!
For more information, click on the “classes” tab under the header photo!
Hot Salsa Friday!
with Erika & Tom
Continuing every other week
January 27th Classes:
6 p.m – 8 p.m.: HIP MOTION WORKSHOP
Erika and Tom will focus on the most important part of the salsa basic step, the hip motion. In these two hours we will practice hip motion in depth. We will separate into groups and each person will get personalized individual coaching. This workshop will elevate your dancing and is vitality important to any Latin dance.
Note: Depending on the level of students, this may turn in to an advanced beginning or intermediate class.
Cost: $15/person
For questions, please contact Tom at sonorasalsaclub@gmail.com
2023 Folk Dance Classes at The Dance Castle:
Save the second and fourth Mondays at 7 p.m. for Folk Dancing!
NEXT CLASS will be on Monday, January 23rd at 7 p.m. at The Dance Castle!
Dancers and non-dancers of all ages will have fun learning these beautiful international dances. No partner is needed. We are loving the music, the dancing, and the wonderful time together with other dancers. Join us! There is no charge to be with this fun group!
Swing Classes Starting on Tuesday
Our new instructor, Natasha, will be teaching East Coast Swing with Michael for a four week session starting January 10th!!! Natasha’s passion is dancing Lindy Hop. The Fundamentals of Swing Class will give you the basics of swing so you will be ready for the Lindy Hop class.
Tuesdays, January 10 – 31 at 5:30-6:30 p.m.: Fundamentals of Swing. This class is a first building block to learn swing dance. Students will learn the east coast swing steps and the Charleston and multiple turns from an open position to a closed position. $40/person (for the 4 week class)
The Dance Pavilion
Our “outdoor dance studio and events area!”
We are planning to have 2023 galas! More details to come!
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Check out all the photos on our facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dance-Castle-Jim-Ilene-Tassano/103779559679869
My daughters manage my facebook page. I’m totally fb-phobic, so please continue to email me directly or through this website. Oh . . . I’m told to ask friends to “like” us on facebook . . . .
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Inspiring videos for our next flash mob! (the second video takes great creative liberties with the basic steps (fun!):
See you out dancing!
Big hugs from Jim & Ilene
just to share . . . .
2016 was a BLAST and full of dance!
Congratulations to the West Coast Swing Flash Mob group under the direction of Stephanie Merfeld and Jim Clapp:
We had an amazing time performing all over the county for the International West Coast Swing Flash Mob Day! Dancers: Jim Duffy with Ilene Tassano, Kyle McDonald with Colleen McHenry, Mark Wright with Lisa Reza, Quentin Jongejan with April Foster and Jim Tassano with Bonnie Brunk.
The Thriller/Zombie class entertained the living in October. Big thanks to Heather Nordstrom for the classes! (see photo below)
Dance Fitness Instructor, Susan Forbes, has been amazing at instrumenting our Witchy Dances in October. The “Dance Castle Witches” had their All Hallow’s Faire Debut on October 22nd as a pre-show for the Tinder Fire Dancers:
The Fire-Dancers were amazing:
I was honored to work with this talented group of young men and women:
Teresa’s Quinceanera, choreographed September, 2014: