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2010 Lindy Hop/Swing Classes

Learn the basics of Jitterbug, Lindy Hop, and Charleston with
Shauna Dunlap and Mark Godwin.

Yes, we promise we can work with awkward husbands; no experience required!

Classes and performance team for kids, too!

Coming Soon: Monthly Family dance! Show off your skills and have fun swing dancing with all ages.

Working on a quarterly dance in NE Denver.

CLASSES

Teen Swing!

Kids ages 13+; join our incredibly fun group of teens learning to swing dance, throw each other around, routines for performing, and lots of opportunities to show off.

Saturdays

Next session starts Sep 6, 2010

10AM-11AM (Glee Club Dancers)

11AM-12:30PM

$40/month

Adult Beginning

Thursdays

Next session starts Sep 6, 2010

8-9PM

$25/month

Intermediate Adult

Int Class - Thursdays	Next session starts Sep 6, 2010	7-8PM	$25/month
Performance Routine - Thursdays (DSP2)	Next session starts Sep 6, 2010	8-9PM	$25/month**Free with Int Class!

Kids

Partner recommended - siblings work great! Ages 8-13

Thursdays

Next session starts Sep 6, 2010

6-7PM

$30/month/person

Performance Teams

Denver Side Project and DSP2 - our Int/Adv Performance Teams
Contact us for more information or to book a performance.

More info coming soon

Denver Side Project currently practices on Saturdays from 3-5PM downtown.
DSP2 practices Thursdays 7-9PM at Basement Dance.
The Colorado Swing Dance Club (CSDC) Team practices on Fridays from 6-7PM at the Denver Turnverien.

Privates

30-45 minute privates available on an as-available basis. Pay per class. Partner not required. Email for prices and schedule.

Register

To register, email Basement Dance* or pay online and registration is automatic.

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BIOS - Shauna Dunlap and Mark Godwin

SHAUNA DUNLAP

Though she looks young (or at least tell her she does), Shauna has been "jitterbugging" for 21 years, lindy hopping for 15, and teaching swing for 12 (Tap for 14). Her focus the last few years has been discovering new lindy hop trends (her forever goal to remain "cool"), and making your dancing relevant, unique, but also technically sound. Shauna has traveled to share her lindy hop passion to several states, and most recently was invited to teach at Mile High Blues in Denver.

MARK GODWIN

After discovering lindy hop at CO's School of Mines, Mark was a quick learner developing his skills through the Mines team; competing at several Swing Battles. Later he moved on to Joe and Nelle's Charleston Chasers, Atomic Rhythm, and Woodside Jumpers; and was recently made a member of 23Skidoo!. You will quickly learn to love Mark's cutting edge dance style, friendly teaching ability, and solid technique.

PARTNERS

After being partnered on the newly renamed Woodside Jumpers team in Denver, this partnership has turned into an unbeatable teaching pair. Between Shauna's "old-school" knoweldge (she started lindy hopping in 1994), and Mark's current, "hip" style and technique, their students are sure to learn a little bit of everything, plus seven and a half.

Recent teaching credits include a performance/workshop weekend in Salt Lake City, returning to teach a larger workshop weekend in November; invited to teach workshops in both Seattle and Las Vegas in 2010; and Shauna was a guest instructor at Mile High Blues.

Most recent competition credits include Shauna winning the Jack and Jill at Rhythm is a Jumpin in Kansas City last month, and competing at 505 Stomp (NM), Midwest Lindyfest (MN), and Camp Jitterbug (SE); soon to continue on to Lindy on the Rocks, the International Lindy Hop Championships in Washington DC (ILHC), Swing-IN, and others!