Vintage Dance Workshops
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"Vintage Ballroom Workshops"
Location: Unitarian Fellowship,
595 Townsite Road, Nanaimo,.
Friday March 17, 24, 31, anf April 7th Times 7:30 - 9:00
$10 entry for recorded music, or $15 when live music.No partner required.
The basic steps are easy and a lot of fun.
Musicians are welcome to drop in to listen, or jam.
Workshop 1 Friday, March 17th
Vintage Waltz 1790-1815
Vintage Polka 1840-1880
Vintage One Step 1912
Vintage Galop 1864
Workshop 2 Friday, March 24th
Vintage Waltz 1840
Vintage Polka continues from workshop 1
Vintage One Step continues from workshop 1
then Reviews
Workshop 3 Friday. March 31st
Vintage Waltz 1900
Vintage Ragtime 1890's
Vintage Saunter (foxtrot) 1912
then Reviews
Workshop 4 Friday, April 7th
Vintage Waltz 1920
(Vintage) Swedish Masquerade
then Reviews
Note: Sat April 22nd is a CONCERT, in the evening with members of the Nanaimo Salon Orchestra.
On Fri evening April 21sr there will be day time workshops to dance several of the dances for those who would like to join in the dances. This will be free for those with a concert ticket.
All the music is beautiful for dancing and has interesting moves - all of them still useful in modern ballroom.
The wonderful music includes Josef Strauss, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Schubert and delightful tunes from other composers.
The dances are not strenuous, but they do make for a pleasant work-out.
The dances are not strenuous, but they do make for a pleasant work-out.
Vintage Ballroom - Dance Workshops | |||
Date approx | Title of Dance (& Music) | Style | Composer |
1564 1600's | Sir Roger de Coverly Virginia Reel | Contra Reel | Trad. |
1700's | Circassian Circle | varies | Trad. |
1780 | Progressive Quadrille | Contra | Mozart |
1805 | Duke of Kent's Waltz | Regency | Trad. |
1806 | The Lancers 5th Figure (Danish) | Quadrille | Mikel |
1800's | "The Spanish Dance" | Contra Waltz | Beethoven Rossini |
1700's | Varsouvienne ("La Va") | Schottische | Trad. |
1800's | Bohemian Polka ("Fauerfest") | Polka/Gavotte | Josef Strauss |
1800's | La Rinka (almost a "Landler") | Waltz | Hurndall |
1800's | Barn Dance | Schottische | F. Schubert |
1800's | Veto Galop | Galop | Make Peace |
1900 | Cakewalk / Two Step | Ragtime | TBA |
1912 | "Too Much Mustard" | One Step | Cecil Macklin |