On Saturday, August 2, 2025 Ballroom Time will host a two-hour Ballroom Dance Workshop!
To help dancers prepare for our recurring Sunday dances, we are offering a multi-level Ballroom Dance Workshop.on Saturday afternoon, August 2, 2025 from 2:30 to 4:30 pm followed by 1 hour of instructor-advised practice until 5:30 pm. This Workshop will take place in the air-conditioned Ballroom Backroom. This multi-level Workshop is designed with beginner to intermediate-level dancers in mind. Beginners will receive separate instruction to cover lead and follow techniques along with basic steps and figures that can be used across multiple dance styles. The first hour will cover mambo, rumba, cha-cha, and bachata basics. The second hour will cover dances that move in a line of dance including waltz, foxtrot, tango, and samba, including figures used in the samba line dance. More experienced dancers are encouraged to join the Workshop to learn intermediate-level figures chosen from the following: Hour 1) - open and closed cross-body lead in rumba and cha-cha; spiral turns; bolero styling; and additional figures for bachata and merengue. Hour 2) - additional figures for waltz and foxtrot including the natural spin turn and waltz figures done out of promenade position: the natural impetus turn, chassé steps, and the reverse weave. We'll practice the Viennese cross used in Viennese waltz. We'll review the open reverse turn and back corté in ballroom tango.
We will be rotating partners, which is always optional for those who dance with a preferred partner.
Following the Workshop, there will be an hour of supervised practice to recorded music from 4:30 to 5:30. The Workshop is complimentary to our 4-week class series: ABC's of Ballroom Dancing for beginner dancers; and A+ Ballroom Dancing for intermediate-level dancers. Additional information may be found in the Park's couse catalog.
The Workshop will be taught by Ballroom Time staff Tom Hall and Min Zhang who have a combined total of over 50 years of ballroom dance experience.
Admission to the Workshop is $20 (Cash /Check/Zelle/Credit Card at the door). Active-duty military, full-time students, and students enrolled in a Ballroom Time class may take the Workshop for $10.
No partner is required, singles are encouraged to attend. Children under 18 should be accompanied by an adult.
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Can't make it on August 2? The Workshop will be repeated on September 6 in the Ballroom Backroom.
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