INTENSIVES & SPECIALTY CLASSES
Savana Barreau & Joao Parada
All Level | 2 hours
Creative Connections: Explore, React, Transform
Discover how to use different types of connection to transform your dance. Through visual awareness, stretching, opposition, and other fluid, contact-inspired approaches, you'll develop your ability to react in the moment, make spontaneous decisions, and explore new movement pathways beyond habitual patterns.
Meet Savana & Joao
Savana and Joao are known for their dynamic teaching style, infectious energy, and clear, engaging instruction. Their diverse background in various dance styles brings a unique approach to West Coast Swing, blending technique and creativity.
All Level | 2.5 hours | Partner Required
Bodyweight, Dips and Tricks
Dive into the world of bodyweight, dips and tricks in this 2-part intensive workshop. Learn to execute dips and tricks for your Social, JnJ and Stritcly, with precision, control, and safety while developing strong and efficient body mechanics. Whether you want to enhance your social dancing or bring more impact to your performances, this training will help you move with confidence and fluidity.
Part 1: Lighten the Load - Saturday 11am
Understanding bodyweight for tricks, dips, and dance.
Part 2: The Heart Beyond the Axis - Saturday 4pm
Where power and speed arise through shared responsibility.
Limited spots available. Registration required with a partner.
Featured on America's Got Talent and World of Dance, Alyenendrov is a six-time OPEN World Swing Dance Cabaret Champion and multi-time US Grand National Champion. Known for his powerful stage presence and athletic performance style, he believes technique is the heart of style.
Meet Alyenendrov
OPEN COMMUNITY DISCUSSION WITH:
Joelle White, Etienne-Joseph Charles, Joao Parada, Kyle FitzGerald
Moderated by Marie-Ève Landry
Most of us started dancing because it felt good. Then came the comparing, the levels, the competition, the injuries, the voice that says you should be better by now. This panel is about getting the joy back, or never losing it.
We've brought together dancers from different communities and different dance styles, some who have been dancing for decades and have reached the top, and some who are newer to WCS. They'll talk about what keeps them on the floor, what almost drove them off it, and what they'd tell their earlier selves and how they get back to the joy of just dancing.
Come if you've ever:
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left a dance feeling worse than when you arrived
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felt like everyone else is further along than you
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wondered why something you love started to feel like work
You'll leave with stories, a few ideas to try on your own dance floor, the relief of hearing that you're not the only one, and hopefully a renewed commitment to finding joy in dancing again!