BALBOA & BAL-SWING

First Phrase of the Bal routine to "Them There Eyes"

Jeremy & Laura take you through an hour of practicing Bal ideas for all levels. Recorded from their Live session on May 24 via Facebook.

Learn Laura's tool box for cool moves, inspirations and movement! Being able to do all her stylings will help you grow as a dancer with more vocabulary and movement articulation and also push you to new levels!

In this video Jeremy gives you 5 fun stylings that he loves doing in his Toss Outs! These include moves inspired by legends Willie Desatoff, Bart Bartolo as well as some fun modern Slides and Shape changes!!

In this video we explore the lead/follow mechanics and connection of a Throw Out down the Left-Side (Opposite of a normal throw out). It a good foundational course that will help you with other advanced concepts when getting better at your Throw Outs!

Up your balboa game with these fun stylings and shape changes for leaders and followers! We are hoping that these concepts will give you more ideas for creativity and tools to put in your partnered dancing.

Bart Bartolo is an iconic bal-swing dancer from So Cal. His is famous for encouraging our younger generation to me "smooth" and be your own dancer. In this episode video we get our inspiration from one of his memorable bal-swing show steps and give our interpretation.

Add to you Bal-Swing by understanding different ways to transition using the 'come around'. This video goes over connection, mechanics and a variety of exits when leading and following the come around i.e lolly kicks, promenades and come arounds into closed position.

This video focuses on the technique and mechanics that help lead/follow ad-libs steps in all directions. It's a great foundational base for breaking free of patterns and experimenting with leading and following momentum and weight changes.