Toronto, Dance on Boxing Day!
Take a Bachata Workshop
Need to work off some Holiday dinner? In preparation for the upcoming Toronto Bachata
Festival, GoDanceMambo has arranged for Leslie Ferreira from LA, Calilfornia and Lucky Sipin of Toronto to teach Bachata workshops starting at 7pm at Dovercourt House on December 26, 2009.
Lucky has been dancing professionally since 2004. His extensive martial arts and hip hop background has helped him quickly understand body movements and isolations. Lucky has performed in the Philippines, Hawaii, Bermuda, Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto.
Leslie is very well known for her Dominican Style of Bachata and is a World Bachata Competition Finalist. She has taught and performed in the United States, Hawaii, Canada, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Europe and Australia.
Watch some of Leslie’s Dominican Style Batchata footwork below!
Click here for more information about the Boxing Day Bachata Workshop and Dance Social
Swing at Dovercourt House
Also on Boxing Day, Swing Toronto will be hosting dance featuring the Drew Jurecka Quartet.
The Swing & Tap Academy of Toronto will teach beginner classes 7pm to 9pm, Charleston 7pm, and Lindy Hop 8pm. Afterwads you can dance all night!
Drew Jurecka is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Royal Conservatory of Music where he studied with Lorand Fenyves, Drew has played with the Oshawa-Durham Symphony Orchestra, the Canton Symphony, and has played the Hollywood Bowl with Diana Krall, Shirley Horn and Dianne Reeves. He has also appeared with the Roberto Rosenman Quartet, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, is a featured soloist with Jeff Healey’s Jazz Wizards, and has even starred in a film Liszt’s Rhapsody playing a gypsy violinist.
Get details about Swing Toronto’s Boxing Day Dance here.
Salsa at the Estonian House
Also on Boxing Day Toronto Salsa Nights presents: The 2nd Annual Boxing Day Party at the ESTONIAN HOUSE (958 Broadview Ave, Toronto) starting at 9pm. There will be no lessons; just Salsa, Cha-Cha and Bachata All Night Long. There will also be a performance by the United Salseros Men. There will be a cash bar and tickets are selling for $15 at the door. For more information contact Gary or Maya Geronimo at 4165226077.
Waltz Around the New Club Viva Dance
A couple times around the new Club Viva Dance studio should be enough to burn several hundred calories! Ballroom dancers can enjoy a practice at North America’s largest dance studio from 8pm to 11:00 pm on Boxing Day, Dec 26/09 for only $5. Music will cycle through all the Ballroom (Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz, Quickstep) and Latin (Cha-Cha, Samba, Rumba, Jive) dances. A partner is recommended.
If you still haven’t had enough feasting for the Holidays, you are also invited to participate in Pot-Luck dinner during the practice. Doors open at 7:30 pm. More info and directions at: http://www.clubvivadance.ca/.
