BEGINNERS SURVIVAL KIT: JOOKIN’ BLUES
11 Classes | 80 minutes
Learn some classic blues moves and add some style to your dancing! The term ‘jookin’ refers to a family of blues dances that developed in the Jook Joints in the Deep South of the USA. Jook Joints are small bars, so there is a focus on body rhythms and solo body shaping as opposed to big travelling steps.
COURSE AIMS
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Add some attitude to your dancing!
- Dance the ‘hip push’ solo and partnered
- Add hip styling while dancing in side by side
- Add hip styling in a turn
- Dance in opposition and lead / follow the transition in and out of this position
- Improvise with all the moves you know, adding hip styling at your leisure
- Dance the shimmy solo
- Dance the shimmy partnered
Purchase of this course gives you unlimited access to the lessons forever!
