Do you love dancing blues, do you want to explore in more depth the historical origins and the cultural evolution of blues dancing and music?
Would you like to spend a weekend of discovery with a community of equally curious people?
Come and join us in Amsterdam for The Blues College, where we shall gather a small crowd of blues enthusiasts who are ready to learn and experience more about blues.
Our teachers and organizers are working to create a weekend that:
- will get you thinking about how blues as a dance style, musical genre, and cultural phenomenon is defined
- explores the relation between music, dance and history by bringing together experts, musicians and dance teachers, and
- empowers you to express yourself through your dancing by understanding how others did that before you.
The weekend will feature:
- 1,5 hour solo Afro dance class
- 1,5 hour partner Blues dance class
- 1,5 hour history lesson on Blues culture and its social context
- 1,5 hour musicality and solo dance class
- Three parties with live music
- Movie Night
- Whisky tasting (check out our cool whisky experts here.)
- Saturday Soul Food Dinner
Practicalities:
- February 1-3, 2019, Amsterdam
- Full pass € 130,- (excl. Whisky Tasting and Dinner)
- Dinner Saturday € 19,50
- Whisky Tasting € 15,-
Registration is open! Click here to go straight to the registration form.