Roots and Offshoots (1/4) 4/6/10

This is the class review for the first of four lessons in The Jam Cellar's Roots & Offshoots series taught 4/6/10. Your instructors are Trendlyon Veal and Markus Smith.

DC Hand Dance is one of several vernacular jazz dances that developed at the end of the Big Band era. Variations on hand dance can be found in Chicago, the Carolinas, Texas, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, New York, and even Australia and New Zealand.

If you want more information on this art form, email handdancekid@yahoo.com.

The Jam Cellar is a world-reknowned weekly swing dance party held in a posh, turn of the century mansion in Northwest Washington, DC on Tuesday nights. The Jam Cellar offers class series in Lindy Hop and other swing dances for all levels of dancers taught by some of the best instructors in the world. The Jam Cellar also hosts periodic special events. For more information about The Jam Cellar visit http://www.thejamcellar.com/.

Every Tuesday night! You will like it!

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Tags:

• jam
• cellar
• jamcellar
• swing
• dance
• lindy
• hop
• hand
• washington
• dc
• roots
• offshoots
• trendlyon
• veal
• markus
• smith

[ilyaalex]

what are you trying to record? faces? bodies? How can i try smth if i don't see steps?

[freddiekarlbom]

Awesome! Hope you'll do more handdancing.

[ginsushark]

thank you