Intermediate/Advanced Lindy Hop Workshop!
with Carla Heiney and Nathan Dias

Saturday, January 22, 2011, 1pm-4pm @ Avenue Dance Studio, San Francisco

Workshop Format: 2 classes, 1:15 minutes each, progressive format

Description: Join Nathan & Carla, two of the Bay Area’s top Lindy Hop instructors, for a fun and technically challenging afternoon of Intermediate/Advanced Lindy Hop. The first class will focus on technique and improving social dance skills — including, but not limited to advanced he-goes-she-goes and barrel roll combinations — while the second class build upon that and  put those ideas to good use in a fun mini-choreography.

Location: Avenue Dance Studio, 4541 Irving St. @ 46th Ave, SF, 94122

Date/Time: Saturday, January 22, 1:00pm-4:00pm

Pre-requisites: All Intermediate and Advanced dancers.  Intermediates must have taken at least 3 continuous months of Intermediate Lindy Hop and are regular social dancers -or- have instructor’s permission. If you are unsure, please email Nathan for advice.

No partner needed. 24 students max.

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Full Workshop, 2 Classes

Leader Registration is SOLD OUT! Only a few follower spots remain!

$30/student early registration by Thursday, January 20.
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About your Instructors

Carla Heiney

Carla Heiney is competitively one of the most successful women in the swing dance community. With 5 ALHC titles, 6 US Open titles, and a World Lindy Hop Championships title she is one of the most decorated Lindy Hop instructors. She has travelled all over the country and the world teaching, and over the past several years has been a staple of the San Francisco dance community.

In 1997, Carla fell in love with classic Swing music from the Big Band era; a direct result of her grandfather singing the tunes around the house with the occasional ÒtruckinÕ stepÓ added into his leisurely stroll. She went searching for this music and dance that made her Pappy sing & prance, and when she found it, she too lost her heart to the rhythms and rhymes of distant times.

Since then, Carla has been around the world teaching, learning, & dancing. Competing is fun for Carla and a great way to push her limits, but her real passion is teaching dance and social dancing. She travels all over the country and the world teaching this art form to others and is excited to call San Francisco home and be a part of the thriving San Francisco Bay area dance community. She has a down to earth teaching approach, but still takes learning seriously and focuses heavily on quality of movement, partner connection, musicality, and most importantly, enjoying the dance! Carla searches for that fine balance of staying connected to the roots of the dance, where it came from and why, while still pushing the envelope of where the dance can go. Lindy Hop is a constantly evolving dance that should be rooted deeply in its vibrant & extensive history, but still bursting with energy towards a brilliant future.

Nathan Dias

Nathan specializes in Lindy Hop, the high-energy swing dance from the 1930s and 40s. Nathan also loves to dance Charleston and jazz dance, and has dabbled in tap. He started swing dancing in 1997 and lindy hopping in 2000. A regular dancer in San Francisco since 2001, Nathan enjoys the , creativity and personal connection of social dancing as well as the challenge and satisfaction on working on and improving his dance.

Nathan teaches regular group swing dance and lindy hop classes in San Francisco at Cat’s Corner and Avenue Dance Studio. Nathan’s teaching draws on many years of dance lessons, workshops and social dancing as well as his experience as a performer and competitor. Above all else, Nathan believes that dancing is about joy and having fun and he does his utmost to convey this whenever he teaches.

Nathan was also an original member of the 3 Minute Maniacs, the premier San Francisco lindy hop troupe originally headed by international lindy hop sensations Carla Heiney and Kevin St. Laurent. Nathan performed with this group all over San Francisco, aboard the USS Hornet, and was part of the team that took 2nd place at the 2005 Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown.