It was a very interesting dance weekend. Interesting…good.
We started off our dancing at Mike’s Dance Barn in Nashville, In., to the fabulous piano playing of Terry Lee and the Rockaboogie band. I know we sound like a broken record, but that band simply does NOT put on a bad show. Every time we’ve seen them they’ve been fab…and that’s not just Terry, but every band member. Rockabilly legend Art Adams was there too; we were sorry to miss him but we had to get up early for the last half of our dancing weekend.
Saturday morning we drove to Cincinnati, Ohio, to be instructed by Rosie Lemkin, a member of the Flying Cloud Vintage Academy of Dance to learn 1920s style Foxtrot. She was a wonderful, patient, and knowledgeable teacher. She packed an unbelievable amount into two hours. We learned a number of moves in two different rhythms.
1920s Foxtrot is very different from ballroom; no reverse poise, and it is much more bouncy. Gary and I both fell in love. Rosie also showed us a vintage style of waltz which we also really liked. But first we want to master the Foxtrot.
Check out the clip below. I posted a 1920s Foxtrot a few weeks back, this one is called The Baltimore, closely related. In fact, we learned a move today that is much like some of the swaying moves in this dance. The cool thing about these dances is that you can mix and match, create, and improvise. And doesn’t it look fun?
OMG, another vein of dance we’ve opened…
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