Improvisation and individuality tips, and feedback on how to improvise anytime to create authentic dances while you compete or social dance.

Great dancers not only pull ideas from the music, but also contribute their own musical ideas, playing with the musicians. In this class we'll become composers ourselves: creating, combining, and arranging lines of rhythm to create a musical and rhythmically rich dance.

Great Blues dancing feels effortless, but it requires a high level of active listening, awareness and intentionality. This class strips away patterns and footwork to focus entirely on the mechanics of high-level connection. The sole purpose of this session is to fine-tune how we dance together, transforming leading and following into a continuous, subtle and detailed physical dialogue.

An outsider's observational journey into Black art, culture, and fashion.

"How does a dancer from Asia truly connect with the soil that birthed the Blues?"

As an Asian dancer and cultural outsider, stepping onto the sacred grounds of the American South was a profound challenge and spiritual awakening. This session offers a raw, first-person narrative of a pilgrimage to the roots of Black cultural expression—bridging the gap between practicing the dance globally and honoring its history locally.

Join this unique sharing session as we journey down the legendary Blues Highway 61, a soulful expedition across the heart of the South. From the vibrant energy of Memphis to the raw, dusty crossroads of the Mississippi Delta, this presentation documents an immersive fieldwork project through exclusive photography and personal stories.

Together, we will decode the history preserved across 8 iconic Blues museums and institutions (including Beale Street, B.B. King Club, Delta Blues Museum, Stax Museum, and the Blues Hall of Fame). We'll look past the tourist surface to capture the unfiltered of Black art, fashion, faith, and daily life.

The journey culminates in Clarksdale—the setting of the film Sinner—where we'll dive into the world-renowned Juke Joint Festival. Step into the smoky, historic juke joints, meet local musicians, and discover what it truly means for an outsider to learn, respect, and be embraced by the roots.

This is more than a travelogue; it is a cultural unraveling. Come discover how understanding the lived experiences of the Delta can profoundly transform the way we move, feel, and respect the Blues on the global dance floor.

In this class, we'll explore how momentum, direction, and elasticity can help create flow in partner dancing. Through connection and movement dynamics, we'll discover different ways to build, maintain, and share flow together.

From dancing at a party to competing, performance begins the moment an audience is present. Learn what makes each of your dances a performance while remaining cohesive with blues dancing and African American culture.

Part of learning this dance is developing a more nuanced understanding of what blues is and can be—instead of waiting for the "right" answer. In this class, we'll develop our own critical eye to see where there are nuanced boundaries and where there is breadth in blues as an art and culture.

Blues dance is not a monologue—it is a three-way conversation between you, your partner, and the music. In this 90 minute class, Damon and Kelsy break down the mechanics of true collaborative partnering, filtering every interaction through the fundamental Black American cultural concepts of Hotness and Coolness (the dynamic balance of high-energy expression and effortless restraint). Rather than focusing on rigid patterns, this class elevates your musicality by teaching you how to share energy and space on the dance floor. You will learn to treat partnership as a living dialogue where the music sets the stage, and both dancers actively shape and contribute to the conversation.

Dance is a state rather than a succession of learned steps. This workshop explores how to find the state of dance within the steps you have learned and provides guidance on how to get there.

This class explores close, rotational movements in jazz-blues dancing. We'll give leaders new ideas or refine their existing ones, and to give followers ways to enhance and shape momentum in this context.

In this “Challenge Mode” musicality and aesthetics intensive, we will focus on lesser explored elements of the Blues aesthetic. The expectation and evaluation of the African-American cultural values will be rigorous. By holding students to an uncompromising standard of movement, we work on bridging the gap between “doing a dance” and embodying the culture. You will walk away with a deeper, visceral understanding of Blues musicality and the physicality required to truly dance it.