Blues Dance Beginner Workshop with Veronika – Everybody Leads, everybody Follows
Date: November 30, 2025
Location: Erlangen, Germany
Join us for an unforgettable Blues Dance Beginner Workshop in Nuremberg, Germany, with Veronika! We will be rotating dance partners throughout the class, so feel welcome to come on your own. This workshop is designed specifically for complete beginners with no prior dance experience required.
As an ELEF (Everyone Leads, Everyone Follows) workshop, it may also be interesting for dancers who are currently focused on just one dance role, offering an opportunity to explore both leading and following.
ABOUT BLUES DANCING
Blues is a music, a dance, a feeling. It can express pain, it can celebrate, it can tease and seduce, it can liberate from the burden of everyday life. It is a very personal and intimate, stylish and expressive form of dance. It is very suitable for slow music, particularly jazz and blues. Blues dancing remains strongly entrenched in African principles of movement.
You can watch an example of how Blues dancing can look like here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSg31gCjLN4.
History
Blues music originated in the culture of African Americans, more specifically in the southern states of the USA. With roots in African rhythms from religious ballads and folklore. Together with jazz, blues is the American expression of how African and European music merge.
Blues dance developed in parallel with the music. It combines elements of African dance as well as European partner dance. Both in the countryside and in the city, the dance spread and developed differently together with the music in many regions.
Its characteristics are its strongly interpretative and improvised basic idea and the connection between the two dance partners and the music.
The ELEF (Everybody Leads, Everybody Follows) approach is becoming increasingly popular, emphasizing shared ownership of the dance between partners. This inclusive method encourages dancers to learn both leading and following roles, fostering a playful and communicative atmosphere on the dance floor. By exploring both roles from the beginning, dancers can develop a deeper connection and enhance their creativity, making the experience more dynamic and enjoyable.
Sunday, November 30th:
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM – Blues Classes with Veronika
6:30 PM – ~1:00 AM – Blues dance house party at Andreas place
Workshop
Salsa Tanzstudio Erlangen: Hauptstraße 55, 91054 Erlangen
House Party
You’ll receive the adress in the info mail after your registration
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- Workshop:
- Non Member: 30€
- Members of the 1. Boogie Woogie Club Nürnberg e.V.: 5€
- Students and people with low income: 15€
- Party: We kindly ask for donations at the party to help support the event.
- Workshop:
An individual registration is required.
If you have registered and are unable to attend for any reason, please inform us as soon as possible.
Do you have any questions, ideas or suggestions? Please let us know and send an email to: blues(at)boogie-woogie-club-nuernberg.de
