Please look over the attached ad, and then contact me to register and
reserve your place for this incredible day of dancing! We already have 100
dancers signed up, including 50 students from other colleges! It all
happens right here on campus, so register today - don't miss out!
After registering, take advantage of the excellent tapes in the DI video
library to brush up on your dancing! To participate in the Saturday
workshops, you need to know:
beginning level East Coast Swing for the East Coast Swing workshop,
beginning level West Coast Swing for the West Coast Swing workshop, and
beginning level Salsa for the Salsa workshop.
(no prerequisites are required for the Spins & Turns workshop)
The more you know going in, the more you will get out of this rare
opportunity of having such great instructors right at your doorstep! Tapes
will be available at practice tonight.
To help you practice and prepare for this workshop, we also have:
a Latin & Nightclub dance this Saturday evening in Krannert, and
next Wednesday's practice will feature a 15 minute Salsa review lesson.
Mark
m-balzer@uiuc.edu
333-5980
*** DI Swing & Salsa workshop with Enio Cordoba, Illini Union, 6/29 ***
The Dancing Illini would like to invite you to a dance experience
you'll never forget! Get ready for Enio Cordoba and Terryl Jones, known
throughout the US for their fun, high-energy Swing & Salsa dancing and
teaching, as they present a morning of Swing and an energizing afternoon of
Salsa, including a dance technique session to help you improve your Spins,
Turns and Latin Body Action!
Anyone who has already taken a beginner class in Swing and in Salsa
(or has equivalent experience) will greatly benefit from these two
technique-packed workshops on Saturday, June 29th. If any of your dancing
friends have left town for the summer, please give them a call and let them
know about this! They won't want to miss it either!
If that isn't enough, we're having 2 "Warm-up" dances on Friday, June 28th:
A "Get-Ready!" ballroom dance:
8:00 - 11:00pm, $6/person.
The Regent Ballroom, 1406 Regency Drive W., Savoy, 217-359-5333
Ballroom DJ plays recorded music for waltz, foxtrot, rumba, cha cha
tango, swing/jive, west coast swing, quickstep, hustle, mambo,
nightclub two-step, and samba.
Dress code: No jeans, no sneakers.
A "Get-Set!" Salsa dance:
11:30pm - 2:00am, $3/person.
The Regent Ballroom, 1406 Regency Drive W., Savoy, 217-359-5333
Salsa DJ plays recorded Salsa and Merengue music.
Dress code: No jeans, no sneakers.
Then on Saturday, we all "GO!" to the Illini Union Courtyard!
The schedule of events for Saturday, June 29th is as follows:
9:00 - 10:30am Fun 'n Flashy East Coast Swing, figures and technique.
10:45 - 12:30pm Swing club style West Coast Swing, figures and technique.
12:30 - 2:00pm Lunch Break. Dancing Illini members will lead groups
to nearby restaurants for lunch.
(participants are responsible for their own food costs)
2:00 - 3:45pm Hot Salsa!
Great figures and technique to improve your dancing!
3:45 - 5:30pm Spins, Turns and Latin Body Action Explained!
Learn to spin like a top and move like a pro!
Cost will be $5 per workshop, and all four for only $15.
(Tickets are purchased at the door, but you need to register ahead of time)
Finally on Sunday, race to the "Finish Line" in room 314 in the Illini
Union for some additional advanced Swing workshops that are FREE to the
Saturday participants! The schedule of events for Sunday, June 30th is as
follows:
12:00 - 1:30pm More East Coast Swing, technique and styling
(taught by Terryl Jones only).
2:00 - 3:30pm More West Coast Swing, technique and styling
(taught by Terryl Jones only).
Don't miss out! Enjoy some great social dancing and meet Enio and Terryl
from 8:00pm - 2:00am at the Regent Ballroom on Friday, June 28th. Prepare
to be blown away by their dancing!!! Then on Saturday, June 29, join us to
learn some great dancing and technique tips from these award-winning
instructors. And don't worry - all you need to know is beginning level
material in these dances to participate on Saturday. Enio and Terryl will
teach us the rest, in the style they're famous for! Stay for more advanced
workshops on Sunday June 30, which are free to all the Saturday
participants!
You must register for this workshop - simply email or call Mark - the info
is given below. We can only accomodate 200 participants, so please reply
soon. (Tickets are purchased at the door, but you need to register ahead
of time)
We look forward to dancing with you on June 28th and 29th!
Mark Balzer
Dancing Illini
m-balzer@uiuc.edu
217-333-5980 office
217-337-5679 home
About Our Instructors
Enio Cordoba is a dancer, choreographer and the Owner/Director of "Let's
Dance L.A.", a large dance studio in California where he teaches all styles
of dancing.
He is a 2-time Feather Award Winner for Hottest Salsa Dancer in America
("Feather Awards" are the "Academy Awards" or "Oscars" of dancing) and
he holds a third Feather Award for Top Teacher in America!
Enio is a US Open Swing Championships Judge, and is a coach and
choreographer of more Swing dance and figure skating champions than we have
room to list here. Enio is a USBC Pro-Am Champion, World Salsa
Championships Semifinalist, USBC Rising Star Champion and a US Amateur
Latin Champion.
Enio was a Semi Finalist in the World Salsa Championships in 1990,
the Organizer & Head Judge for the DiSaronno Amaretto Salsa Championships,
director & choreographer of SALSAtion, and he will be the choreographer of
the next Salsa video for supergroup Orchesta De La Luz.
He is a true supporter of college dance programs and even teaches dancing
at the University of Southern California. As an instructor, he is well
known and respected around the world for his lively, fun-filled classes and
his effective teaching style.
Terryl Jones is an instructor and choreographer at "Let's Dance L.A."
and a Fred Astaire National Rising Star Ballroom Champion.