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edit What is Blues Dancing?

Blues dancing is a style of dance stemming from the jazz and blues music that it is traditionally danced to. It is one of the most "free" partner dances in that the dance has no formal steps or moves and each dancer has considerable opportunity to do what they wish with the music and their bodies. Blues dancing can be shallowly defined as an often closer, slower and more intimate counterpart to swing dancing. It developed in North America at the turn of the 20th century and it has its influences from Africa, which can be seen in the blues' posture which is more down and rooted to the ground than many other dance styles. Blues dancing is sexy, seductive and sultry. Men dance with womyn, men dance with men, and womyn dance with womyn.

Below you will find a growing list spotlighting upcoming Blues Exchanges and events across the world. This is wiki so feel free to hit the "edit" tabs and contribute to this page or contact me for help.

edit Upcoming Blues Dance Exchanges & Events

July 4-6, 2008 in Austin, Texas

• Austin Blues Party is in its second year.
  • (See http://www.austinbluesparty.com/ for more details.)

July 11-13, 2008 in Seattle, Washington

• The Blues Collective is presented by Rhythmic Jazz and is a weekend of Blues workshops by Kevin Buster and Lizzy Boyer of Seattle.
  • (See http://rhythmic-jazz.com/8.html for more details.)

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edit Related Dances

edit Special Thanks

• BluesExchange.com [1]
• LindyLibrary.com [2]
• SwingOutOfTown.com [3]

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