Lindy Hopping into Tango
Shesha emailed me one Saturday afternoon a couple of weeks back and reminded me that ATOMIC’s first Midnight Milonga was taking place that night and wouldn’t [...]
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May 25, 2010
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May 14, 2010
How to ask someone to dance.
Asking someone to dance should be approached with the same politeness and respect as asking someone out on a date. Social dancing does not operate [...]
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April 30, 2010
Top 10 Ballroom Dance Scenes in Vintage Film
Vintage films are filled with wonderful dance scenes that just aren’t replicated in modern film anymore, especially ballroom dance scenes. There’s a magic [...]
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April 24, 2010
“Leather is Better” – What shoes and attire to wear to a Milonga
ATOMIC Ballroom is a casual studio. We don't have a dress code and we are often very comfortable in our Jeans and sneakers. [...]
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April 9, 2010
ATOMIC wins at Viejas Swing Dance Contest!
Congratulations goes out to four ATOMIC Ballroom Teachers who won first and second place at the David Patrone $10,000 Swing Dance Extravaganza at [...]
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April 6, 2010
NEW Midnight Milonga at ATOMIC – What is a Milonga?
ATOMIC Ballroom is going Tango! Beginning April 24, 2010 Saturday late nights at ATOMIC will be taken over by the Midnight Milonga. Starting [...]
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April 1, 2010
24 Hour Cancer Dance-a-thon Wrap Up
It’s hard to believe that another 24 Hour Cancer Dance-a-thon has come and gone, but the 2010 Dance-a-thon came, went and was a [...]
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December 11, 2009
Tap Class Notes from Shesha
I'm excited to be starting my new tap program at ATOMIC Ballroom. We have some 35 people now signed up for the class, held 5pm on Sundays as part of my super popular swing dance series. Each week I'll post the class notes here so that you can practice.
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December 1, 2009
Our Rockin’ New Website!
After much ado, I am proud to present to you the new ATOMIC Ballroom website!!! Check it out: www.atomicballroom.com. We are really excited to have the new website up and running. It was an arduous process, tons of work and lots of long hours, but it was completely worth it. I might be a little bias, but honestly the new website is AWESOME! Building it from the ground up we were able to design it specifically for ATOMIC and its got all the bells and whistles.
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November 30, 2009
Shesha and Sarah win the US Open
Sarah Breck and I were proud to represent Lindy Hop at the US Open Swing Dance Championships in 2009.
In a "Strictly" Lindy contest we improvise to a song chosen by the DJ. Our content must be lindy hop, rather than balboa or Shag, or West Coast Swing. At the US open they have four "Strictly" divisions; West Coast Swing, Hand Dancing, St. Louis Shag, and Lindy Hop. At the end of those contests they top 5 of each Genré participate in a team battle.
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August 17, 2009
Paying it forward…selfishly.
I started my lindy hop habit a number of years ago, when after attending Atomic ballroom a couple of times with what can be best described as “functional” east coast swing abilities I decided I should learn lindy hop and signed up for some classes. I took a beginning series and started social dancing once or twice a week. After the beginning series ended I took an intermediate series and upon its conclusion the instructor approached me about a team that he ran. The team met for a couple of hours once a week to learn and practice. They performed publicly from time to time, but the point of the team was to help beginning lindy hoppers progress their dancing.
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