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All courses are held in English in Via alle Cave 1, Trieste.
COSTS
The courses are organised in packages of 8 lessons, each package costs €75. If you take multiple courses per week, any additional package costs €55. The first lesson is considered a trial class and it is free of charge.
There is a registration fee of €25, lasting one year, which allows entry to the Freaks headquarters for practices and social dances and cover the insurance.
Lindy hop
The Lindy Hop (or Lindy) is a partner dance that originated in 1920’s and 30’s Harlem, New York. The Dance itself consists of both 8 and 6 count steps and it includes footwork borrowed from the Charleston and Tap. The dance can be wild and spontaneous or it can be cool and sophisticated. The most important aspects of it are that it is danced with your partner, to the music, and that you enjoy it!🕺💃
BEGINNERS
You are moving your first steps of Lindy Hop. And you are super curious to discover more!
IMPROVERS
You have been dancing for more than 6 months, you know the basic steps such as Tuck Turn, Lindy Circle, Swing Out; you practice often, with a great desire to learn new steps.
INTERMEDIATE
You master most of the standard steps in 6 count, 8 count and Charleston, you can combine them easily, adding some small variations; you know what musicality is; you regularly attend social dance, handling fast rhythms.
INT./ADV.
You dance with full mastery of all the standard steps; you are completely confident with slow and very fast rhythms; you recognize the structure of music, you improvise and you have an excellent couple with different partners
INVITATIONAL
At the discretion of the teachers.
Balboa
The Balboa (also known as “Bal”) is a swing dance that originated in Southern California during the 1920s and enjoyed huge popularity during the 1930s and 1940s. It is an 8-count dance done in closed position and danced to fast jazz. Within this dance style we can differentiate between pure Balboa and Bal-Swing.
BEGINNERS
You are moving your first steps of Balboa.
And you are super curious to discover more!
IMPROVERS
You have solid knowledge of the basic steps/figures of Balboa and apply them frequently in your dance repertoire.
solo jazz
Solo Jazz (also called “vernacular jazz” or “authentic jazz”) is a swing-era dance. Essentially you’re learning to dance ‘independently’ without direct lead/follow contact with a partner so … ‘solo’.
BEGINNERS
You are moving your first steps of Solo Jazz.
And you are super curious to discover more!
IMPROVERS
You have solid knowledge of the basic steps/figures of Balboa and apply them frequently in your dance repertoire.
B.A.M.
BODY AWARENESS AND MOVEMENT
The more we know our body, the more easily we know how to use it, both in couple and solo dance. The course is aimed at increasing awareness of your body, in its individual parts and in its entirety, with the objective to improve the quality of movement.
The exercises that will be proposed take origins from solo jazz, contemporary dance, jazz ballet, African dances, hip-hop, house, etc., placing emphasis on movements that help in swing.
No prior knowledge is required; a little dance experience may be useful.