Workshop + Balboa Beckons

We are delighted to announce that international teachers Yulia and Sasha will be teaching a balboa workshop (for improvers upwards) on 26 November followed by the brilliant Jim Wynn Swingtet playing live at Balboa Beckons.

Timings

11.45 doors open

12-1: workshop

1-1.30: short lunch break 

1.30-2.30: workshop

2.30-6.00: Balboa Beckons, with the Jim Wynn Swingtet playing live.

The Teachers

Yulia Dakina and Sasha Azarov are easily recognisable for their zippy yet smooth style. They are two times California Balboa Classic winners, and 6-time Pure Balboa Classic champions and teach at dance weekends across Europe. 

In class, they encourage their students to appreciate the joyful energy of Balboa, its subtle humour and the precious opportunity to be in the moment with the music and one another. They have studied the history of the dance and partnership dynamics. Lately, as Sasha has found a new obsession with tap dancing, percussion, and rhythm overall, they are becoming even more focused on different aspects of musicality, and aim to reflect that in their teaching.

The Band

Jim Wynn Swingtet is not only exceptionally gifted but really understands about playing for dancers. They bring excitement and joy to every dance floor they play for. We are thrilled they will be playing for us. 

Parking at Old Headington Village Hall 

If you are planning to come by car, there are some parking spaces at the hall (but please do not block entry to the hut at the back which belongs to the guides), and plenty more free parking less than half a mile away down the road: on Dunstan Road itself, or Foxwell Drive, Halliday Hill or Saxon Way.