Fast Feet Festival

Classes in balboa and collegiate shag and two dances to live bands

Dance Styles: Balboa, Collegiate Shag

Price: £100.00

Time: 10.00-23.00 Saturday, 10.00-18.00 Sunday

Ticket Options: Ticket only (prebooking essential)

A whole weekend of fast dancing: classes with wonderful teachers, with social dancing to live music from Jim Wynn on Saturday and Benoit Viellefon on Sunday. We are expecting dancers with reasonable levels of experience of one or both dances, e.g. you should feel comfortable dancing balboa and/or shag at a social event. This year we’ll be running parallel tracks: one for dancers who want to focus on improving their balboa with a taste of collegiate shag and the other for collegiate shag enthusiasts with a little bit of balboa. Please feel free to get in touch if you’d like to check anything in terms of levels/experience.
Teachers for shag are the fabulous Peter and Aila from Shag Pile. Peter and Aila's teaching is grounded in classic moves and elegant styling, and is informed by first hand research into original clips. Their students learn to combine efficient movement with playful musicality through immediate, highly responsive tuition.
For balboa, we’re thrilled to have Yulia, Sasha, Janet and Chris who are well known on the international bal scene. Yulia and Sasha are easily recognisable for their zippy yet smooth style. They are two times California Balboa Classic winners, and 6-time Pure Balboa Classic champions.Janet is renowned for her footwork and her "follower voice". She inspires dancers of all levels to find their own individual style. Chris has wonderful musicality and can explain just what is needed to make the dance flow beautifully while having fun.