Taking Your Couple Dances to the Next Level

During this deep-dive workshop we will explore the possibilities in the couple dances featured in Balfolk. We’ll look at why we do certain things in couples the way we do them. We’ll question the steps we do in the dances and see if there are any alternatives which also fit the dance. During this workshop you will get a taste of multiple possibilities for variations in different dances. We’ll look at different ways of varying the dances, for example we will let go of the normal dance embrace and see which possibilities will open up. But we’ll also explore the possibilities we have while being in this dance embrace. Besides the dance couple we will also look at the dance floor as a whole and experiment with the group dynamic during a couple dance.

Teachers: Leo Visser and Marjolein Bente

Duration: Preferably at least 3 hours (if less then we require a group which has a basic level already).

Requirements: A sound system where we can plug a laptop in.

Prerequisites for participants: This workshop is open for everyone who has done at least one dance instruction and a ball before.