Class Description: 

Drawing from Contact Improvisation principles, this class will deepen our understanding of what connection is and how we can become more creative in our connection within our partner dancing. We'll explore using alternative connection points; safe, comfortable, and exciting weightsharing; and creating moments where lead/follow roles can dissolve and we can follow momentum and curiosity. All levels and dance backgrounds are welcome in this class! 

Instructor Bio:  

Miryam Coppersmith (she/they) is a Philadelphia-based performance-maker, writer, dancer, and educator. She began social dancing a decade ago at Oberlin College where she studied Contact Improvisation and Blues dancing intensively. Since moving to Philadelphia in 2016, she has taught and organized for Powerhouse Blues, CI Philly, and Blues Muse. Miryam also studies Yiddish folk dance, Lindy Hop, Balboa, House dance and Contemporary dance. Her social dance classes focus on increasing awareness (of our own body mechanics, partnership mechanics, culture, history, and musicality) to foster more play and creativity in our dancing. You can learn more about Miryam's work here: miryamcoppersmith.com 

Bio:

Colin has been dancing swing since 1999, and has stopped to try many other dances along the way. He moved to the Washington, DC area in 2013 and started volunteering for area dance groups. He currently helps to organize for Capital Blues. 

Bio:
Coriander Focus is an artist who is perfectly happy to use whatever artistic medium she can get her grubby mits onto as a way to explore and play in the world around her. Photography, writing, fiber arts, dance and DJing are all included in her extensive dabblings of artistic expertise. Her musical focus is on music that feels like sinking into satin sheets after lighting a candle and drinking a glass of wine, the auditory equivalent of bedroom eyes. In 2022 she dove headfirst into creating DJ sets for Fusion, West, and Blues and loves nothing more than getting to share some of her favorite songs with her community to all get to dance to.