WCS Keeners Club

 

Unless advertised as “All Levels”, these sessions are for those who are very comfortable with most 6-count and 8-count WCS patterns. Experience with turning anchors, folds, and closed position is also recommended.

 

Dates & Topics

Please pre-register.

	Sunday, November 3, 1-5 pm Timing & Musicality II $40 REGISTER for November 3 > Building on September’s session, we’ll review “macro musicality” concepts then venture into “micro” musicality. Preparation material will be emailed to registrants the week prior.
	Sunday, January 12, 1-5 pm All-Levels Glow-Up The FIRST 9 Leads and 9 Follows who register & pay will be critiqued. If you are not critiqued, you will still contribute, learn a tonne, and will enjoy a lot of social/practice dancing throughout the session. $40 REGISTER for January 12 > What to expect: Maria’s signature critique and coaching session customized to each dancer (provided you can dance through a song). You’ll experience immediate, visible results and you will participate in an affirming communal experience.
	Sunday, March 16, 1-5 pm Blues Musicality $40 REGISTER for March 16 > Explore blues music and blues-y dance skills, including connection, footwork, patterns & styling. Preparation material will be emailed to registrants the week prior.
	Sunday, May 4, 1-5 pm – TBA Details to come.
	Sunday, July 13, 1-5 pm – TBA Details to come.
Format	3-hour workshop 1-hour practice social ~ Once every 6-8 weeks
Location & Logistics	Pure Havana, 190 MacLaren St. @ Elgin St., Unit 205. Enter building from side door on Maclaren and head upstairs. $4 in the City Hall lot at 110 Laurier Avenue West (~8-minute walk to studio) or free on MacLaren and other nearby streets if you’re lucky. WHAT TO BRING: Indoor-only dance shoes Refillable water bottle Notebook and/or video device Please familiarize yourself with these Commitments to understand expectations and promises around inclusivity and conduct.

 

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MORE INFO: About Keeners Club | What to expect | What not to expect | Things you might learn |

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About Keeners Club

Keeners Club is my favourite way to teach, inspired by my favourite way to learn (i.e. intensively). These sessions have been honed since 2015 for groups in Canada and the US. I will continue to develop new material for you, too.

The format and approach enhances all other WCS learning and practice. It will empower you to self-develop, it will challenge you, it will help you break through dance plateaus. You will connect to and grow within a community of shared interest.

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What to expect

• Brain-busting concepts
• Immediate application in your body and in the dance
• Opportunity to play, create, and develop a unique style
• Challenge and encouragement — also tough-love and technical correction when needed
• A lot of fun, a bit of frustration, and endless personal growth

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What not to expect

• Pattern-focused workshops (although your repertoire will expand, sometimes exponentially)
• Prescriptive technique (you will solidify strong foundations and improve your quality of movement)
• More talking than dancing (in my classes, you move!)
• Too much focus on one role (WCS is an improvisational conversation in dance and I address both roles equally)

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Things you might learn

• The actual rules of WCS (there are only a few, but real freedom in the dance requires proficiency in them)
• A language of movement specific to WCS
• How to be the best possible partner in either role
• Maximum efficiency of movement in either role
• How to practice more effectively — alone or with others
• How to build new repertoire, new styling, and greater expression in the dance
• How to deconstruct what you see in videos
• Musicality and more…