Balboa Bash
The Balboa Bash will be a night of dressing to impress and dance Balboa. The original Bal dancers always dressed up and the elegance of the dance and the skirts, heels, suit jackets were all part of the special night out, dancing with friends. We would like to invite you along to this night to dance, perhaps discover for the first time, build on what you know or just go nuts and celebrate this lovely dance.
Danced in a closed position, Pure Balboa evolved due to conservative dance halls where space was a major issue. Halls often had strict rules which prohibited the Charleston and other exuberant dances... so a dance which required very little space was rapidly welcomed within the crowded halls. Naturally the dance evolved and started to introduce fancier variations such as spins, turns, dips, tricks, and even air steps! Today the two dances are acknowledged but are often danced as one, switching between the close style of Pure Balboa and the throw-outs, spins and other moves now known as Bal Swing.
Balboa Bash is a night devoted to.....
* Dressing up in your finest (go on.. throw on a suit, skirt, dress and a pair of heels!)
* Social dancing and socialising (with a glass of red in hand)
* Some great Balboa focussed music
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Date: Monthly on Thursdays
Venue: CBD nightclub
Time: 8.30pm - Midnight
Cost: $6 for just social dancing (see below)
Dates:
Jun 26th
July 31st
August 28th.
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Regular CBD class format 6.30 onwards
Balboa Bash Social dancing 8.30 - 12.00
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$14 for any single class
$6 for social dancing only (no classes)
1. Can we dance lindy on the night?
Yes, sure. We're not the dance police; there are no restrictions on what you dance.
2. What will the music be like?
The music will be general swing with a balboa edge. Basie, Goodman, Shaw and some contemporary bands like Campus Five, Mora's Modern Rhthmnists just to name a few.
3. Will all the music be Fast?
No. Balboa like lindy hop, can be fast, slow and everything in between. There will be a wide range of speeds.
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Check some of the original dancers (Willie Desatoff & Ann Mills and also Marge Takier) doing a Balboa Demonstration HERE.
A little closer on to home... check out the Melbourne Balboa dancers at AJC in 2006 HERE.
