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Balboa Performance Project 2011

[ No Comments ] Posted by on Sep 04, 2011 in Balboa, Getting Good at Swing Dancing

For the first time ever, Ottawa dancers have a chance to learn an advanced Balboa choreography and perform it–all in just 6 weeks!

Preparing for a performance is something that can have a very special impact on your dancing. It means not just learning but perfecting movements. And it means learning to dance more difficult moves at an overall higher level.

The Balboa Performance Project offers dancers an opportunity that has never before been available in Ottawa, and may not happen again for years. It’s the chance to get an entire six weeks of coaching at a higher level, and to work on material that’s much more advanced than we usually get a chance to share. It will be hard work but also some of the most excitement and fun you’ve ever had in a dance class.

We’re very lucky to have Travis & Natalia teaching this special class. Both are multiple-time 1st place Balboa winners at the Canadian Swing Championships as well as holding a number of other competition titles. They’re also amazing teachers. Natalia is a founder of Swing Dynamite and Artistic Director. Travis is the most senior Swing Dynamite team member, having joined in 2006 literally months after the studio was founded, and with years of experience teaching guitar as well as dance.

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