WHAT & WHY IS "THE CLASSIC CLASSIC"?
"THE CLASSIC CLASSIC" is a unique, rigorous, intensive learning experience dedicated to Classic WCS skills.
It is organized VERY differently from typical WCS events and workshops! So please read everything here!
It is organized VERY differently from typical WCS events and workshops! So please read everything here!
WHY?
CLASSIC WCS SKILLS are something that all the Top Champions have ... but none of the wannabe champions. The powerful magic, clarity, elegance, connection, and styling of CLASSIC WCS are slowly being lost. Don't let it fade from your dancing! And if you never fully understood it, add it here and now! Make yourself different, more versatile, and better for all social dancing and competitions.
"THE CLASSIC CLASSIC" is a unique, rigorous, intensive learning experience dedicated to Classic WCS skills.
It is organized VERY differently from typical WCS events and workshops! So please read everything here!
• Participants MUST SIGN UP WITH A PARTNER. (We can help "matchmake" if needed.)
• You will stay with your partner so that the focus can be on practicing & mastering the class content rather than negotiating rotations and the feel of new partners every few minutes.
• Staying with your partner enables Blake & John to teach MULTIPLE LEVELS OF MATERIAL in each workshop — accessible but challenging work for Adv.Beginners, more challenging for Intermed, and much more challenging for Advanced and All Stars.
• The gender of the leader and follower in each partnership does not matter. Partners can also switch roles throughout the day, if they so choose.
• There is no Beginner track.
LEVELS: In each workshop, there will be separate challenging material for Adv.Beginners, for Intermediates, and for Advanced/All Star dancers. (This is made possible by partner-keeping!) And as much individual coaching as time allows.
It is organized VERY differently from typical WCS events and workshops! So please read everything here!
• Participants MUST SIGN UP WITH A PARTNER. (We can help "matchmake" if needed.)
• You will stay with your partner so that the focus can be on practicing & mastering the class content rather than negotiating rotations and the feel of new partners every few minutes.
• Staying with your partner enables Blake & John to teach MULTIPLE LEVELS OF MATERIAL in each workshop — accessible but challenging work for Adv.Beginners, more challenging for Intermed, and much more challenging for Advanced and All Stars.
• The gender of the leader and follower in each partnership does not matter. Partners can also switch roles throughout the day, if they so choose.
• There is no Beginner track.
LEVELS: In each workshop, there will be separate challenging material for Adv.Beginners, for Intermediates, and for Advanced/All Star dancers. (This is made possible by partner-keeping!) And as much individual coaching as time allows.
THE WORKSHOPS
5 Hours of Workshops on Classic West Coast Swing with WCS Legends & Master Instructors BLAKE HOBBY DOWLING & JOHN FESTA - Technique - Musicality - Footwork - Styling - Connection |
"THE COMPULSORIES"
(Like in figure skating) A non-leveled "JnJ" competition in which participants are required to dance what was taught in the workshops in order to advance in the competition. Find out if you've learned the skills, by using them right away! Judged by a panel of current & former WCS champions, including John Festa, Blake Hobby, Teddy Kern, & Andrew D'Angelo. (Participation is optional) |
"GIMME THE NIGHT"
Evening WCS dance party with all of the sophistication, magic, and down home booty-shakin' of Classic West Coast Swing. DJ'd by John Festa, David Muzii, and Vernon Smith. Fancy dress NOT required ... but if you feel like dressing up, that's fine with us! |