Blues Dance ATL aims to serve the metro Atlanta blues dance community by nurturing vernacular blues dance education and social blues dancing to live blues bands and DJ'd blues music. To further that aim, we are throwing Brickyard Blues. There will be lots of dancing, lots of learning, and lots of good blues music. Julie's expressive dancing and dynamic connection are known throughout the blues dancing world. With a background in theatre and solo dance, and an undying desire for continued learning, she is best known for her solo movement, choreography, aesthetics, and killer follower expression. 2016 Interview on Slow Drag presented by blues dance instructors Julie Brown and Shawn Hershey; 1941 film, 'The Blood of Jesus' with slow drag dancing. 1929 film, 'St Louis Blues' with Singer Bessie Smith dancing the slow drag at 12:23-13:15; The Strut. 2018 blues instructors Laura Chienko and Clyde Wright dancing The Strut A Drape and Drag flows, drives, pivots, and shapes around a dance floor. Danced to slow jazz and jazz-blues music, it leaves your dance partners smiling and viewers applauding. After lots of research into dances to this style of music in the early 20th century, Ruth and Mike offer their version. Julie Brown A Landscape of Slow Drag. Posted on September 1, 2018 September 6, 2018 by bluesyjune. It's easy when thinking about a social dance, like slow drag, to think of it as more specific and more narrowly-defined than it is. Since slow drag is one of the more well-documented dances Downtown Julie Brown opens up about her disco-dancing background and the early days of MTV. Which MTV Host Was a World Champion Disco Dancer? The Priceless Lessons Ken Paves Learned from His Parents. HEIDI FITE began dancing and teaching the Blues in St. Louis in 1999 and has been dancing, teaching, and performing ever since. An early promoter of Blues dancing, she began the first national Blues dance workshop, Cheap Thrills which has since transformed into the nation's largest Blues dance workshop and competition weekend, bluesSHOUT!. Use these to get a better idea of which blues music match different blues idiom dances to enrich your personal practice. Blues Idiom Dance Playlists. December 4, 2017 June 2, 2018 by laura. laura. Julie Brown, Susan Olson, Ross Blues Muse includes two full days of instruction, a Blues Jack & Jill competition and Jill competition, special performances, and three nights of social dancing to nationally hailed Blues DJs, complete with late-night dances. Learn some vintage blues dances like struttin and the slow drag to start off the night right. Fun for first-timers and experienced dancers alike! After the lessons, Julie Brown and John Brooks will be teaming up to spin for us all night long! As always, the lesson costs $5 and the dance another $5. Urban Social Dancing for adults specifically featuring, the partnering dance referred to as "Steppin" or "Chicago Steppin" and Soul Line Dancing. Dance Urban promotes dance events and supporter of Boston HBCU Grads. Serving Greater Boston to Connecticut. Rated E for Everyone 30-40, 40+. A new way of dancing. 2015 July 19th, Nocturne Blues: Julie Brown, Natalya Alissa, and Shawn Hershey Performance - Duration: 2 minutes, 46 seconds. Blues Dance World. 4 years ago; Blues Dance World uploaded a video 4 years ago 21:11. 2015 June 27th, 2015 July 19th, Nocturne Blues: Julie Brown, Natalya Alissa, and Shawn Hershey Performance - Durat