RHYTHM TOOLKIT

This course is packed with 26 classes and aims to give you an introduction to common rhythms & timings found in blues music.  You will learn to identify and dance to the rhythms, then improvise with them so you and your partner can have a wonderfully interesting rhythmic dialogue.

CLASSES

1. Single Time
2. Half Time
3. Quarter Time
4. Mixing Single, Half & Quarter Time
5. Single, Half & Quarter Time Partnered
6. Triplets Explained
7. Triplet Footwork
8. Triplets Partnered
9. The Blues Shuffle Explained
10. Shuffle Footwork
11. Shuffle with a Partner
12. Solo Transitions: Triplets & Shuffle
13. Transitions with a partner
14. Slow Quick Quick Shuffle Explained
15. Slow Quick Quick Shuffle Footwork
16. Slow Quick Quick Shuffle Partnered
17. Triple Rhythm Explained
18. Triple Rhythm Footwork
19. Triple Rhythm Partnered
20. Improvising with Rhythms: Group 1
21. Groovin' with Group 1 Rhythms
22. Improvising with Rhythms: Group 2
23. Groovin' with Group 2 Rhythms
24. Creating a Rhythmic Dialogue
25. Rhythm Recap
26. Improvising with Rhythms: Group 3

COURSE AIMS

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Dance ‘single time’
• Dance ‘half time’
• Dance ‘quarter time’
• Add the triplet rhythm into your footwork; solo and with a partner
• Add the shuffle rhythm into your footwork; solo and with a partner
• Add the triplet rhythm into your footwork: solo and with a partner
• Add the ‘slow quick quick shuffle’ rhythm into your footwork: solo and with a partner
• Transition between different rhythms
• Improvise with rhythmic footwork while dancing solo and with a partner
• Dance with different rhythms to your partner, while staying connected