Dance Class on JCCC3?
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So who’s interested in another dance class, specifically to be danced to JoCo music?
I taught Swing on JCCC1, and Swing and One-step (an easy ballroom dance that’s good for pop music) on JCCC2.
I’m leaning toward doing that again (swing and one-step), but I could entertain other suggestions if folks have any, and if I know it (there’s a fair bit I can teach, including tango, fox trot, waltz, tap, irish…).
So let me know your thoughts and your interest. And perhaps we’ll combine it with the I Crush Everything schedule, if they’ll have me.
Thanks! (I posted this on the FB group page too.)
Renee
This is not really the kind of dance you’re thinking of, and it might be of interest to an entirely different group of people, but it’s a dance-related thing I think could be cool on JCCC3, so I’ll post it here.
I’ve suddenly decided that it’s high time I memorised Mike Phirman’s Chicken Monkey Duck. And it occurred to me as I was listening to it that we’re all monkeys, and there’s a dance called the Chicken dance (called the duck dance in French, but that’s irrelevant) and an action known as ducking.
It would be hilarious if we could get a group of monkeys to dance to this by flapping their ‘wings’ as in the chicken dance whenever it says ‘chicken’ (as if it’s a command: Monkey, chicken!) and ducking every time it said ‘duck’. Maybe also pointing to each other or doing a monkeyish action (you know, the kind of arms-over-the-head-going-ook-ook pose) when it says ‘monkey’. Somewhat similar to the hand symbols @Colleenky and Molly invented on JCCC1, which Mike himself was pretty impressive at, but more energetic and more likely to end up with uncoordinated jumping around and fits of giggling. Going by urban dictionary, we probably shouldn’t act out the last word though.
Edit: To make it easier (maybe), we could do it more human-zendrum-style, with specific sections of the group assigned to chickening, monkeying, and ducking, and someone who knows the song really well pointing to them at the right times.
I’d be up for a dance class. Really any kind of dancing, I’m sort of… uh… free style at the moment. ^_~
Awesome! Angelastic, I’m happy to help you come up with something for that, outside of class time. 🙂
I’ve requested a time and space for a dance lesson, Mizzie and Gina. Glad you’re interested.
Oooh, dance classes sound great! I’m with @mizzie on the “free style” situation so any instruction would be greatly appreciated!
Awesome, SapphireMind. I used to teach Irish as well. Are you not going on JCCC3? If so, maybe we could compare steps. 🙂
I can’t. School is necessary. I’ve never taught, just danced 🙂 But definitely up for a step-about 😀
I definitely want to! I came in late last time and only caught one-step, so it would be great to catch swing this time! And I need to practice my one-step! Irish also would probably be fun 😀
Thanks JolietJake! Glad you could make part of it last time.
Irish definitely is fun, but it isn’t as accessible for JoCo’s music as swing and one-step. But I’m happy to show you some if you want. Perhaps by the pool or something. 🙂
I did fill out the venue request form for a dance class (for swing and one-step), so hopefully there’ll be something semi-official scheduled. 🙂
Looking forward to it! Whoa! 37 Days!!! Yoiks!
Yep, BrettGlass! I’m teaching swing, which is essentially the same as jitterbug (swing is an umbrella term that includes jitterbug, lindy hop, east coast swing, west coast swing, shag, etc). It’ll probably be pretty basic, but if you’d like to find me and do more advanced stuff afterward, we can probably work something out. 🙂
Glad you’ll be there again.
This sounds really fun, I did Swing and Tap back in college, and jazz?(showchoir) a little dance lesson might be just the thing for my wife and I.
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