Stop just listening to blues and start dancing to it! Blues dancing is an incredibly approachable dance with the basic steps typically taking only minutes to learn. This form of dance got started in the juke joints at the end of the 1800’s. People were tired at the end of the day. They crammed into little juke joints and started to cling and sway to the soulful music.

Over the next 130 years blues dancing styles were created and have evolved. Started in the United State, blues music and blues dancing is now enjoyed worldwide. You will locally find a vibrant blues dancing community in Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago.

This 3-hour workshop is being taught by guest instructor Andi Hansen, a nationally-recognized member of the blue dancing community hailing from our neighboring State – Michigan. The event and evening social is at Puddler’s Hall in Milwaukee.

The evening of the workshop is a 3-hour blues dancing social by guest DJ Brandy of the Chicago blues dancing scene followed by a DJ dual between Andi Hansen and local blue DJ Trevor Williams. Many of the songs can be danced to with Lindy Hop and 6-count Lindy (“East Coast”).

Register

Register by emailing MilwaukeeStomp@gmail.com. Payment by Venmo @Milwaukee-Stomp or credit by phone.

• Workshop + social:
  • $30 ahead of time
  • $40 at the door
• Social only: $7

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Schedule

1:30 – 3:00 PM	Blues Dancing Tool Kit
3:30 – 5:00 PM	Struttin’ (a common style of blues dancing)
8:00 – 8:30 PM	Basic blues lesson
8:30 – 11:30 PM	Blue dance social ↠ DJ Brandy from the Chicago blue dance scene ↠ DJ battle between Andi Hansen and local blues DJ Trevor Williams