Make sure you book for our SlowBal workshop on Sunday 19th February, for beginners and those with some experience of SlowBal, before our monthly Balboa Beckons social dance.
On Sunday 19th February we will have a SlowBal beginner workshop taught by the lovely Lynn Maslen before our monthly Balboa Beckons social dance.
SlowBal or Slow Balboa is fabulously stylish and is danced to slow swing music. It bears a strong relationship to balboa, but is a distinct dance which we find delightful and think you will too. Learn (or revisit!) the basics of SlowBal: for complete beginners as well as those with some experience of SlowBal.
The SlowBal workshop will be taught by Lynn Maslen who is well known on the UK balboa scene. She runs Balboa Mondays in Reading and teaches Balboa and Slow Balboa all over the UK, as well as being one of our regular DJs at Balboa Beckons. She has competed and reached the finals at both national and international events including the European Swing Dance Championships, the Thames Valley Balboa Festival, and Birmingham Swing Festival 2016.
When: Sunday 19th February, SlowBal workshop between 12-1pm and 2-3pm, Balboa Beckons between 3 and 6pm
Where: Old Headington Village Hall, Dunstan Road, Oxford, OX3 9BY
How much: Pay via card/cash at Monday classes or online via DanceCloud
£30 for the whole day - Book SlowBal workshop + Balboa Beckons
£25 just for the workshop - Book SlowBal workshop only
£10 (£7 for unwaged/students) for those just coming to Balboa Beckons - Book Balboa Beckons only or pay on the door.
Note that we will be running an Oxford SlowBal weekend with DanceBalboa on 13-15 October 2023 taught by the world-renowned Mickey Fortanasce (USA) and Anna-Maria Bernhard (Germany). This weekend is for those who know the basics of SlowBal so our February SlowBal workshop is to prepare in advance of this weekend - we will be running more SlowBal classes and workshops before October so stay tuned!