The Atrium

01/27/2018

Hey Dance Friends!

Here's our new favorite Jack and Jill dance performance out there right now.

Start at 2:52!

If you don't know what a Jack and Jill is... it's a dance competition where you get a random partner and a random song and all of it is improvisation! These two happened to get drawn for each other and are also dance partners BUT this is NOT a routine...all on the fly!

08/31/2016

Haven't posted updates on here in a long time!

Although we don't have dances in Stanwood anymore we still would like to organize dances when we ARE in town.

Saturday is an international West Coast Swing Flash Mob Dance. This video is the routine. What if we had everyone learn this and then the next time we are in town we can do it at a mall or somewhere with lots of people?

Fun, right? :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-d1w_bJvv8

10/12/2015

02/20/2015

We are back in town and it feels fantastic! It's been a breath of fresh air....literally!

Saturday February 21st at Studio Z!
Valentine's Day Special: Intentional Connections for Life and Dancing!
We're going to celebrate love and friendships and the joys of connecting with others with some fun activities. We will have a dance lesson around 6 to help you improve your connection, lead, and follow for every dance. Whether you are a seasoned dancer or if you have never danced in your life, this will be a great lesson for you. Dancing and visiting to follow the lesson until 9PM.
$5 for students/$10 for adults

We're looking forward to seeing many of you!

11/20/2014

Oh it's on! Come on out this Friday for:

-New updated music selections
-Fun easy to learn moves and exercises.

6:45-7:15 Intermediate West Coast Swing
7:15-8:45 Beginner West Coast Swing / Open Dance

Stanwood Senior Center
7430 276th St NW,, Stanwood, Washington

$5/person

11/12/2014

Hey Hey! Hope everyone is doing well!
We've got dance this week! And best yet, I've got all the moves and groves that I learned from the workshops from the Sea To Sky dance convention.

Things like:
-Having fun with basics
-Elevation Experimentation
-Using Your Head
-The anti pattern class
-A fun intro pattern
-And Musicality exercises that will take bring out the fun in every song.

Curious? Well you know where it's at.

If it works with you guys, this week I'd like to get together Saturday evening. Same time and same place. Please let me know if this will work. Sasha is in a play Friday and I would like to see her perform.
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10/31/2014

This song needs to go on the playlist! The video is amazing. MUST WATCH! :)

~Brian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZB_rGFyeU

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10/21/2014

This next Friday there will not be any dance. There is an annual Haunted House at the Senior center that I've volunteered at for the last three years. Feel free to stop by and enjoy the haunted house or even come volunteer as well!

The Following Friday is Halloween. Please let me know by this coming Friday 10/24 if you are interested in having a Halloween Dance Party. If we have less than 6 people interested in dancing I will cancel.

Friday November 7th is up in the air as well. If I can work it out, I will be in Seattle at the West Coast Swing Convention Friday-Sunday. Maybe someone would be interested in hosting/teaching for this week? Sasha Cordier, you are in a play that night correct?

10/17/2014

It's update time! This Friday during our intermediate session we are exploring what it looks like to dance to the different "Layers" of music. The song that we will be using for this exercise is Maps by Maroon 5. Please feel free to listen to it ahead of time and build a mental picture and a feel for the song.

I will be using the material provided from the website Practice West Coast Swing. As seen in the link below.

There is a lot of material here, so we will dive into the concept of dancing to different layers. If you decide you like it and want to dig deeper into the topic, maybe we will create a series out of it.

For more information on when and where, scroll down to the about section found on the left sidebar.

http://practice-wcs.com/wp/series/dancing-to-layers-of-music/

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Dancing to Layers of MusicWant to improve your ability to hear and dance to all the elements of a song? In this series, we’re going to look at a practical example of how to identify layers in a song that you can dance to. For […]

10/10/2014

Open social dancing tonight! Come on out!

10/03/2014

Ok everyone! it's time to pull out the microwave and cook up some moves! We've got left over moves, some from as far back as August. For some it will feel like a review and cooking up leftovers. For many it will be as good as new! We promise not to pull out anything that's funky awkward. Nobody likes likes stuff that sits too long in the fridge.

Same time
Same place
Greater Music Selection
But best of all, great people!

10/02/2014

Hey! There is an awesome dance studio near Sedro Wolley called the Happy Valley Dance. It's a wide range of dances.

West Coast Swing,
East coast,
Night Club,
Waltz,
Country Two Step,
and multiple others.

They dance Thursdays
Lesson from 7-8pm
Open Dance 8-10pm
cost is $5 for the night.

For the month of October the lesson is East Coast Swing

If you would like to carpool, let me know!