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Damon Stone workshop
Blue Bella
@ Ciao Bella
bluebellasd@gmail.com
5263 Baltimore Dr.,
San Diego, CA 91942
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Damon has been dancing his entire life. Starting with vernacular jazz/blues he went on to Hip-Hop, and eventually studied over a dozen different dance styles until coming full circle focusing primarily on the history and styles of swing and blues, in 1995.
He has taught dance extensively on both coasts, and studied the development of vernacular jazz/blues dance regionally and nationally, traveling to New York, Chicago, Memphis, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, St. Louis, and New Orleans. He has been interviewed as a jazz dance historian in documentary and for radio.
Damon has been a featured instructor at numerous swing camps and jazz festivals and workshops and camps across the U.S. and Canada. He is a member of the California Historical Jazz Dance Foundation, and a member of the Northern California Lindy Society. [My input: In speaking w/ other dance organizers who run bigger events, at least one said that Damon is in the top 3 best dance teachers, he actually teaches the dance. I agree.]
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Liz has been doing some form of dance or artistic movement her whole life, from competitive figure skating to her newest passion - blues dancing. Although she's only been studying Blues seriously for 3 years, Liz already has an impressive list of accomplishments, including being named a finalist in several contests as both a leader and a follower.
Liz teaches every week in San Francisco at Roots on Saturdays and has taught at Friday Night Blues several times. In addition, Liz has helped her husband, Damon Stone, teach workshops in Denver, CO. Her teaching style is highly humorous while also focusing on important technical elements that will help dancers have a fun, safe dance and become the best dancers they can be. [My input: Liz is a talented follow who can teach us a lot. I haven't taken from her yet, but she always adds great input in classes I've been in w/ her. ]