This event is produced by The Breakaway.
© 2023 – 2024 The Breakaway Swing LLC
This event is produced by The Breakaway.
© 2023 – 2024 The Breakaway Swing LLC | 2013-2022 Silicon Valley Swing Dance LLC
Here are the Special Topics classes to choose from on the selected day(s). You do not have to sign up for a particular option.
Saturday – 10:30am to 12noon
Option 1: First Stops Routine with Sugar & Barbara – LMD, Grand Ballroom
Option 2: …
Option 3: …
Option 4: …
Sunday – 10:30am to 12noon
Option 1: Second Stops Routine with Sugar & Barbara – LMD, Grand Ballroom
Option 2: …
Option 3: Shim Sham to the motherland with Traci & Latanya – LMD, Hall 1
Option 4: …
You can email us to ask to be waitlisted.
Other alternatives to consider: Sign up for a weekend dance pass and the à la carte morning classes (when available). It’s a great opportunity to learn from the same teachers you would get in the track classes.
You can email us to ask to be waitlisted. We may have weekend and evening dance passes available at the door.
You can email us to ask to be waitlisted.
Other alternatives to consider: Sign up for another track if space exists there, or a weekend dance pass and the à la carte morning classes (when available). It’s a great opportunity to learn from the same teachers you would get in the track classes. Another option could be to sign up as a follower in our Newcomers track if you wanted to start learning the other role.
You can email us to ask to be waitlisted.
Other alternatives to consider: Sign up for another track if space exists there, or a weekend dance pass and the à la carte morning classes (when available). It’s a great opportunity to learn from the same teachers you would get in the track classes. Another option could be to sign up as a leader in our Newcomers track if you wanted to start learning the other role.
Leaving aside the Newcomers Special track, we have 5 full weekend tracks, four teaching couples, and four large spaces (the multi-purpose room [MPR] is a small room). This means we cannot have all tracks in classes at the same time, and each track will have an empty slot in their schedule.
We do our best to:
All non-newcomer track groups are folded into a single pool for registration called Full Weekend. Once registered, you have to fill out our Level Check Questionnaire.
Track group descriptions are available here.
As a non-beginner dancer, you should have a good idea what the dance roles are. You can decide to take the workshop in either role, to get better in that role in your dancing or start learning a new role. Make sure you fill out the level check questionnaire based on the role you pick.
This track is for you if…
You are new to Swing dancing and Lindy Hop, or have only taken a handful of classes. You’re looking to learn a lot and have a lot of fun. This track will provide just the right amount of classes.
It is a more affordable track perfect for new dancers. The track will be taught by instructors Sam Nguyen & Calvin Lu.
Partnered dancing takes two people with two different roles, commonly referred to as leader and follower. Both partners contribute equally to the dance, but in different ways. The leader is the one usually initiating movement and thinking about the dance in terms of shapes. The follower interprets the lead and moves accordingly, adding their own contributions to the dance. The dancers send each other cues about their movements and intentions through their connection as well as visually. The dance becomes an unspoken conversation between the dancers.
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