Sep 3, 10, 17, 24*
Oct 1*, 8, 15*, 22, 29
Nov 5, 12, 19, 26
Dec 3, 10, 17
Dates with asterisk may move to a different location
Registration for this schedule starts on 07/01/2024 and ends on 12/17/2024
Participants must currently be 18 years to 111 years old.
Swing Dance Foundations is designed to get students swing dancing quickly, but also to be flexible & accommodating of students’ availability. Each individual evening (class) will stand independently on its own, so if you missed the previous week, that’s ok. Of course the more classes you can attend, the more material you will learn and the more practice you will get.
Each Tuesday class will be 1.5 hours long. Students can take as much or little of the 1.5 hours as they like, but we recommend doing the entire hour and a half. Each week the approach and material will vary so regular students are getting new material all the time, but the first half hour will always focus on fundamentals of technique, the second half hour will always feature beginning level repertoire, and the last half hour will introduce slightly higher level (beg-int) concepts and material to challenge, expand, and inspire. We will always center these classes around Jitterbug, Lindy Hop, Charleston, Blues, Balboa & Vernacular Jazz - the core idioms of our Swing Dance program.
“Swing Dance” is a family of American social dances that includes many idioms. They vary aesthetically and stylistically by geography, cultural trends, and/or time periods. Created by African Americans, these dances became enormously popular and today are enjoyed by people all over the world. Although there are different idioms and styles, all swing dances also share many similarities and are frequently mixed together or influential upon each other. In these classes, we will focus on the swing dance idioms of the “Swing Era” of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s and most closely associated with Big Band Jazz and Jump Blues music: Jitterbug, Lindy Hop, Charleston, Blues, Balboa, & Vernacular Jazz Occasionally, other dances may work their way into classes as swing dance is a living, creative art form. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!
Adults: 18+
Joel Domoe of SupermurgaNati
Joel Domoe coordinates the design, development, and teaching of Swing Dance Tuesdays in collaboration with CCAC and other swing dance luminaries in the Cincinnati Area.
Joel is the founder of SupermurgaNati, whose mission is: To amaze, enable, and empower Cincinnati's Jitterbugs and Lindy Hoppers creatively, technically, and socially by providing opportunities for elite instruction, generous mentoring, exciting collaboration, supportive connections, and amazing dance.
Joel has been teaching, performing, community building, and producing events in the Swing Dance community all over the Eastern United States for 25 years. He is a former Virginia State Open Jitterbug Champion and Southwestern Regional Lindy Hop Champion. He has served as Competition Coordinator and/or Head Judge for the American Lindy Hop Championships (Stamford, CT), Lindy Focus (Asheville, NC), and Beantown Dance Camp (Boston, MA) multiple times. Joel has taught classes at far too many events to name. He is a founding and honorary lifetime member of the Piedmont Swing Dance Society in Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina and was a founding member and first president of the Atlanta Swing Era Dance Association. He has founded and directed three different Swing Dance Troupes: Bums and Bombshells (Greensboro, NC), Heavens to Murgatroid! (Atlanta, GA), and The Cinci SnapShots (Cincinnati, OH). In Cincinnati, among other things Joel served as a co-producer of SwinGallery (Cincinnati’s longest running weekly swing dance event) from 2006-2016.
Please contact Clifton Cultural Arts Center if you have any questions.