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New Dancers

New dancers contact us at Gainesville Dance for information on what are the best dance classes for you to start with depending on your interests. Here are some beginning classes you can take.

Authentic Argentine Tango 101

Learn the elegant Argentine Tango as danced in Buenos Aires. This six-week class runs once a quarter through Santa Fe College Community Education. Check the dates and sign up at http://dept.sfcollege.edu/ce/. Sign up for our Social Dancing newsletter at left for other opportunities to learn and dance Argentine Tango.

Contra Dancing 101

Learn how to contra dance, among the easiest and most sociable of dances. This class usually runs for four weeks once a quarter through Santa Fe College Community Education. This class is usually held on Sunday nights from 5 to 6. Check the dates and sign up at http://dept.sfcollege.edu/ce/. Contra dancing is one of the best ways to start social dancing. If you have wanted to dance, but did not have the confidence, this is the dance for you.

Super Simple Lindy Swing Dancing 101-A

Learn Lindy swing dancing, the mother of all swing dances. This class will give you the basics to learn any kind of swing dancing. This class is offered once a quarter through Santa Santa Fe College Community Education. Sign up at http://dept.sfcollege.edu/ce/. This class runs for 6 weeks on Sunday nights from 6 to 7 pm. This class goes super slow and is super easy. If it is too easy for you, you can stay for the swing class that starts at 7 pm for more experienced dancers. If you cannot wait until this class is offered to get started, you can join Super Simple Lindy Swing Dancing 101-B.

Super Simple Lindy Swing Dancing 101-B

This class continues building on what you learned in Super Simple Lindy Swing Dancing 101-A. This class runs for the rest of the quarter until it is time for another Super Simple Lindy Swing Dancing 101-A to begin. This class will give you the foundation to learn any kind of swing dancing and build your partner dancing skills for any kind of partner dancing. This class runs on Sunday nights from 6 to 7 pm at the Gainesville Dance Association, 308 West University Avenue. The cost is $35 per month for 4 week months, $25 for students, $65 per couple, or $10 per class, $7 for students.

Israeli Folk Dancing 101

Dance to a higher purpose, enjoy great music, make new friends, get some exercise, experience Israeli culture and have a fun time. Israeli Folk Dancing 101 series runs each quarter for six weeks via Santa Fe College Community Education. Check the dates and sign up at http://dept.sfcollege.edu/ce/. You can join our on going Israeli Folk Dance sessions any time. Sign up for the newsletter at left for details.

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Gainesville Dancing Newsletters

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Hello Gainesville Ocala Social Dancers,

This Monday starts the new Introduction to Israeli Partner Dancing series. Hope you will join me. Great series for men (and of course women too). See the article.

No Tango Encanto on 11/27. The next one is not until Dec 11. What are we going to do? Drive to Ocala?

Gator Salsa Fall Fling this Saturday at the UTC. 3-6 workshops, 9 social dancing.

Regular Latin dance casses at the Unified Training Center with Bachata on Tuesdays 8-10, Salsa Thursdays 8-10, Salsa Sundays 5-7, $6 per hour. Wednesday Latin Night at Sharab.

www.smoothsalsa.com/gainesville.php

There is a Contra dance this Saturday Nov 20 held at the Martin Luther King Center. See this week's Gainesville Ocala folk dance newsletter.

Zumba is a fun way to work up a sweat. Join Veronica on Mondays and Thursdays at 601 S Main.

http://home.earthlink.net/~zumbagypsy/id5.html

No wonder why we lost to Kentucky.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sAF8gMN9c0

Happy Dancing,
Andy

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Schedule: confirm all programs before going

1. Friday 11/19 - UF Swing Club

2. Friday 11/19 - UF Tango Club at UF Tanglewood

3. Friday 11/19 - Tango in Ocala

4. Monday 11/22 - New Introduction to Israeli Partner Dancing

5. Wednesday 11/24 - West Coast Swing with Essie

6. Thursday 11/25 - West Coast Swing with Judi

7. Tuesday 12/07 - Mostly Swing Dancing

8. Saturday 12/11 - Tango Encanto

Article: Why Israeli Partner Dancing is Great for Men

Other:

Ballroom Semi-Private Classes with Caroline Picart in private homes. cjpicart@gmail.com

Argentine Tango with Andrea Pham in private home. pham.andrea@gmail.com

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Quotes:

- Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny. ~ Carl Schurz

- Everything you can imagine is real. ~ Pablo Picasso

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1. Friday 11/19 - UF Swing Club

Reitz Union, UF Campus, Room 349

8:00 - 11:00

www.FloridaSwingDance.com

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2. Friday 11/19 - UF Tango Club at UF Tanglewood

UF Housing Tanglewood Common Room, 2907 SW 13 Street

8:00 - 9:15 Tango class

9:15 - 11:00 Tango practica and social

Class and practica is FREE for UF Tanglewood residents and students. $5 donation minimum is asked from others.

UF Argentine Tango Club, http://grove.ufl.edu/~tango/

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3. Friday 11/19 - Foundations of Argentine Tango in Ocala

Extensions School for the Arts, Ocala, FL

7:00 - 9:00 pm : Argentine Tango class

David Chayes, david.chayes@gmail.com, 352-328-7916

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4. Monday 11/22 - New Introduction to Israeli Partner Dancing

Congregation B'nai Israel, 3830 NW 16 Blvd, Gainesville, FL

7:00 - 8:00 : For Beginners

8:00 - 9:00 : For More Experienced Dancers

Starts exactly on time. Do not be late.

$5 per evening, or $20 in advance for the entire series. Ages 22 and under free. Other students $2. If you have financial difficulties, you can come for free.

Contact Andrew, publish@israelipartnerdancing.com, 352-327-3672

On Monday nights, beginning November 22 to December 27, for, a minimum of 4 and up to 6 nights.

Everyone welcome. No experience and no partner needed.

Treat yourself to some fun doing Israeli Partner Dances. You deserve it.

The first hour is for beginner's. You do not need to know how to dance. You will learn. Everyone can learn Israeli Partner Dancing.

Easy, exuberant, great music, great friends, come out for a great time.

On Monday nights, beginning November 22 to December 27, for, a minimum of 4 and up to 6 nights.

We rotate partners and do dances more than once, so everyone gets to do every dance, everyone gets to dance the same amount and everyone gets to dance with everyone else. If you come with your spouse and you do not want to rotate, you do not have to. Rotating is your option.

Teaching is based on my book of dance instruction Partnership Dancing(tm).

Rather than memorizing choreography, the women will learn the skill of how to follow every Israeli Partner Dance without learning the steps. This is a good skill to have and is applicable to all social dances, particularly choreographed dances. You will be able to follow other folk dances, including things like Contra Dancing, without having to worry about the patterns.

The men will learn how to make every dance a pleasure by communicating via their body language. You will learn how to get the woman to do what you want by manipulating space, without wrestling the woman around.

There is no gender bias. You can dance which ever part you want.

We will be videoing some of the teaching.

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5. Wednesday 11/24 - West Coast Swing with Essie

Eagles Club, 4562 NW 13th Street

7:00 - West Coast Swing class and dancing

$3 members, $5 non-members

Joshua Angel, joshuadancer79@gmail.com

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6. Thursday 11/25 - West Coast Swing with Judi

Imperial Dance Studio, SW 34 Street

7:00 - 8:00 : Class

$35 Month

Judi Markell, jlmarkell10@comcast.net

352-375-7763, imperialdancestudio@hotmail.com, www.imperialdancestudio.net

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7. Tuesday 12/07 - Mostly Swing Dancing

Thelma Bolton Center, 516 NE 2 Ave

6:50 - 9:00 : Lesson and dancing

$8, $6 students with ID

Richard, 352-213-8769, mostlyswinggainesville@yahoo.com

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8. Saturday 12/11 - Tango Encanto

Evolve Pilates & Fitness, 6450 SW Archer Road, 2nd floor, Gainesville, FL. Near Beef O'Bradys in the "Kanapaha Station" plaza.

8:30 - 12:30 - Tango Encanto milonga

Friends, smiles, music, drinks and food - always welcomed. See you soon on the dance floor.

$10 per person, $5 for minors and students with valid ID, for the dance. Payable to Tango Encanto.

No street shoes are permitted…proper dance shoes are required so that we don't damage the beautiful floor.

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Andrew Weitzen, publish@dancecalendar.info, 352-327-3672, Gainesville, FL

 

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