One-day Sunday blues workshop with Mike & Dan Legenthal, before Burren Blues that night.

*Schedule*
-12pm - arrive & check in
-12:15-2pm - Class block A: Blues Continuity - Exploring different blues music styles, following musical threads, and adapting movements through time and genre!
-break-
-2:30-3pm: Lunch & learn: Learning skills - amp up your learning!
-break-
-3:15-5pm: Class block B: Love the One You're With: Expanded edition - Having a great dance often comes down to the right mindset and the right tools for the job. There are all sorts of reasons that we have sub-par dances, but so many of them are fixable: getting stuck in your own head, struggling with disparate skill levels, having different dance backgrounds, and more. In this class, we’ll explore how to find the joyous things about the person you’re dancing with, and how to give them the best version of yourself as well. This class was such a fun time at Blues Muse that we decided to expand it into a longer block to give us more time to play with the unexpected joys of dance and how to find them.

*About Mike & Dan*
About Mike: Mike's true loves in life are teaching, dancing, following, and music. There's no order, because for her, these things are intrinsically linked. In addition to national events like Lindy Focus and Enter the Blues, Mike has taught at countless regional events in Lindy, Blues, and Balboa, as well as traveling all over the country to teach and perform. She performed in an all-girls Charleston troupe at Camp Jitterbug's Jump Session Show in 2007, and in the all-girl blues troupe, the Hoodoo Ladies, at events from DC to BluesShout in St. Louis. Additionally, she has taught at events ranging from one-month artists residencies to international training camps.

Mike combines an intuitive understanding of connection with an analytical speaking style to give her students technique, but also strives to challenge and inspire her students to push themselves further into the music. She aims to help leaders create artistic compositions that are clearly led; she wants follows to have the ability to be a completely literal follow, and the inspiration and freedom to be an imaginative and dynamic contributor. In the classroom or on the social floor, she seeks a connection that involves active communication from both partners, to make a dance together.

About Dan: Dan Legenthal lives in Boston, MA, working on as many vernacular jazz and blues dances as he can. His passion extends to both the social floor and competition. When not competing, he teaches at events like Korea Blues Camp (South Korea), Hot Blues In Toulouse (France), and The Blues Experiment (USA).
Drawing from his degree in Classical Guitar, Dan has unique insight into how to practice and develop one’s skills, and uses that knowledge to create a dynamic and engaging learning environment. Since dance is experiential, Dan likes to prioritize doing, and treats learning like a sequence of experiments where you can learn as much from failures as from success. This philosophy is anchored on clear, precise language, and a belief that every student is capable of developing their own skill by patient, intentional practice.

Photo credit: SJKostusyk Photography

*Policies & accessibility*
-Covid-19: Masks & proof of vaccination required (masks provided if you need them)
-Restrooms are single-occupancy and gender-neutral
-The venue is not wheelchair accessible (up 1.5 flights of stairs)
-Please refrain from wearing synthetic fragrances (e.g. axe, perfume, cologne), to make this event accessible for folks with fragrance allergies