about Blues
Blues dancing is a collection of dances and movements of african-american origin with varied rhythms, speed, and expression, and can be danced both partnered and solo. Partnered blues dance means dancing as a couple to blues music, connecting and grooving together while expressing yourself individually. Blues dance is characterized by improvisation, rhythm, community feeling, emotion, and creativity. It often has fluent but grounded movements, with plenty of freedom for feet, hips, upper body and arms. Dancers switch between open, closed, and closed embrace positions. Similar to the music, blues dance varies from slow, quiet movements to energetic expressions. Various blues dancing styles (idioms) developed in different areas in the USA and match the music that was predominately played in a region. The best way to start your blues dancing journey is by attending some of the free taster classes before our social dance events, no partner needed. Reach out to us at the events if you'd like to get involved with arranging more blues dancing in Aarhus.
About the Aarhus Blues Dance Community
The blues dance community in Aarhus Lindy Hoppers organise regular social blues dancing events, classes, and workshops. You can find our events in the Aarhus Lindy Hoppers Calendar, and join our facebook group to stay updated on courses and events:
Blues dancing in Aarhus
Aarhus Blues Cats
We are a community based on volunteering. We call ourselves Aarhus Blues Cats. We have a volounteering team and a core team organizing events and more. We would like you to join us in making blues dancing happen in Aarhus.
Volunteering:
You can help by:
Help setting up at events
Help clean up at events
Organise events
DJ’ing
Dance with new dancers
Help doing intro classes
Take pictures and share them in the group
Bring other volunteer skillz to bear.
We have volunteer messenger groups that you can join.
Contact us
You can contact the core team at AarhusBluesCats@gmail.com
We are: Ann, Chloe, Daina, David, Ida, Jakob, and Jane