Rocktober weekend is coming up October 16, 17, and 18, 2009! We’ve got two amazing instructors ready to turn your brains to mush and teach you to fly, plus 7 amazing DJs who will smack you upside the head with the best music in head to head battles. We can’t wait!
The Instructors
Kevin St. Laurent and Jo Hoffberg will be our resident rockstars for the weekend. For those of you out of the loop, Kevin and Jo are two of the best Lindy Hop instructors and performers out there today. They only teach a few weekends in the U.S. each year, so we’re pretty lucky we nabbed them before they could sell out another arena show.
The WORKSHOPS
The advanced workshops will be all about good technique, while adding a lot of polish and style to your Lindy Hop. The 10 hours of classes include dips & tricks, tango-inspired moves, sharp pop turns, and syncopations. And aerials! There is something for everyone, whether you’re interested in showy performance moves, or expanding your vocabulary, or if dancing has gotten boring and you’re looking to have fun and be inspired.
Why We Chose Kevin and Jo
The SwingColumbus board chose Kevin and Jo because we know they are phenomenal instructors. They teach very clearly and keep you focused, but they are also really entertaining so you have fun. Jo came out last year to work with our performance team and we were very impressed with how prepared she was and how much we accomplished in our time with her. Several of us have taken aerials workshops with Kevin and Jo together and we liked that they ensured everyone’s safety by explaining things clearly, teaching moves progressively, and putting us in groups with spotters for the really tricky stuff.
More About Kevin and Jo
Kevin and Jo have a lot of cool videos all over the internets, including the one where Jo wears red shoes, the one where Kevin dresses like a mime, the one where Jo spanks Kevin and he waits until the end to attack, and the one that proves they’re both nutters.
These rockstars make up two of the six members of The Killer Dillers, who won first place in the team division at the International Lindy Hop Championships (ILHC) in Washington, D.C. a few weeks ago.
So what are you waiting for? Go REGISTER!