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Balboa for lindy hoppers

Tuesday 29 April 2025
We love balboa and would love to see more balboa danced in our social scene :) We are aiming this special class at swing dancers who know the balboa basic and are keen to gain confidence and vocabulary for their social dancing. Come and explore just how fun, creative and musical balboa can be!
Ela Rose Studios
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The Night Owls - Thursday Night Swing

Between Thursday 24 April 2025 and Thursday 11 December 2025
These classes are designed for dancers starting from scratch. They'll introduce the fundamentals of swing dancing, the basic shapes and some accessible moves you can use on the social dance floor. Each class will build up your swing dancing vocabulary so you can start creating and improvising with your partner. Expect to have fun and meet loads of new people, while you explore becoming a grounded, versatile and expressive dancer. We'll also share some of the amazing artists who have created jazz music and hope to inspire you to learn more about this rich, living culture.
Moss Studios
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Solo Jazz - the next steps

Workshop
We are so excited to offer a follow up workshop to our recent "Solo jazz from scratch". Perfect for anyone discovering solo jazz or looking to refine their rhythm and moves! We will learn new jazz steps and recap previous ones too. No need to have attended the last workshop - all welcome!
Moss Studios
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Slow Balboa with John and Julia

Workshop
Come and learn this beautiful style of balboa, danced to slow jazz music. It has beautiful connected movement, flow and amazing opportunities for musicality. John and Julia are accomplished balboa dancers and teachers and have had the opportunity to learn slow balboa from some of the world's best. We are so lucky to have them teaching in Melbourne! This workshop is aimed at dancers with some experience already in either balboa, blues or lindy hop...the classes will be tailored to make sure dancers of all styles have a great experience!
Moss Studios
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The Night Owls - Monday Night Blues

Between Monday 28 April 2025 and Monday 12 May 2025
These classes are designed for dancers starting from scratch. They'll introduce the fundamentals of blues dancing, the basic shapes and some accessible moves you can use on the social dance floor. Each class will build up your blues vocabulary so you can start creating and improvising with your partner. Expect to have fun and meet loads of new people, while you explore becoming a grounded, versatile and expressive dancer. We'll also share some of the amazing artists who have created the blues and hope to inspire you to learn more about this rich, living culture.
Moss Studios
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The Night Owls - 3rd Birthday Blowout!

All weekend events
Join us for a very special Night Owls birthday weekend where we celebrate just how much we love LIVE music! We are thrilled to announce that the amazing Jessie Gordon Quartet will be joining us for a live blues night AND a live swing night! And if that's not enough, we will have a whole day of amazing workshops on the Saturday 17th to leave you challenged and inspired. We cannot wait to have you join us!
Multiple venues - check details page for more