Caledonian Balboa presents
About
The Balboa Brush Up is a two-day dance workshop, organised by Caledonian Balboa. This Improver Plus workshop will focus on improving the basic technique, forms and quality of movement within our Balboa dancing.
The workshop is being taught by Anni Skoglund & Gašper Hrovat from Gothenburg, Sweden.
Students will get 7 hours of classes, plus an evening dance and an afternoon tea dance, with the best Edinburgh DJs on the decks.
Workshop Level
Improver Plus
If you have some Balboa experience but want to brush up on the fundamentals, then this is the wokshop for you.
Please note: This is an improver level workshop and it is not suitable for complete beginners. You should already have taken classes in leading or following key moves and be familiar with the basic step, out and ins, lollies, swivels and throwouts.
We will focus on revising and refining technique: working on movements every Balboa dancer should be familiar with in pure Balboa and Bal-Swing and making these, your own movement and the connection with your partner even better - smoothing off any rough edges to give you greater confidence to just enjoy yourself in a social dance and to be ready to develop your dancing to the next level.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
It is not a requirement that you must sign up with a partner, however please be aware that we are keen to keep the classes as balanced as possible.
Therefore please note we may need to operate a waiting list (for both Leads and Follows) if oversubscribed, to try and preserve this balance.
After all, no-one likes to have to sit out too often in class.
No, we are not going to be able to officially offer hosting for this event.
We can however provide details of various options for accommodation around Edinburgh on request.
- Tickets are non-transferable.
- If you cancel your place at the event more than 1 month before the start date, you will receive a 50% refund of any money paid.
- If you cancel your place less than 1 month prior to the event, no refund will be given of any money paid.
- We reserve the right to change the teaching line up, if due to injury or any other reason beyond our control, and will not offer any refunds for this.
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Workshop Day 1
Day One of classes with our fabulous teachers.
Date : Sat 17th February
Time: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Venue : Columcille Centre
Address : 2 Newbattle Terrace, Edinburgh EH10 4RT
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Saturday Evening Dance
Put some of what you have learned into practice on the dancefloor at our Saturday night dance. Our DJs will be back and spinning some of the hottest Bal tracks around.
Date : Sat 17th February
Time: 7.30pm - 11.30pm
Venue : Stockbridge House / Lifecare
Address : 2 Cheyne St, Edinburgh EH4 1JB
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Workshop Day 2
Day Two of classes with our fabulous teachers.
Date : Sun 18th February
Time: 10.30am - 3.00pm
Venue : Stockbridge House / Lifecare
Address : 2 Cheyne St, Edinburgh EH4 1JB
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Sunday Tea Dance
Wind down with some chilled out Sunday afternoon tunes. Chat, eat cake and have a dance before heading back to reality.
Date : Sun 18th February
Time: 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Venue : Stockbridge House / Lifecare
Address : 2 Cheyne St, Edinburgh EH4 1JB
Anni Skoglund & Gašper Hrovat
- Photo credit: Andrew Miller Photography
- International Balboa Teachers
- from Gothenburg, Sweden
Dance Only Pass
£10
- Saturday Evening dance
Workshop Pass
£75
- 7 hours of top-class tutition
- Saturday Evening dance
- Sunday Afternoon dance
Dance Only Pass
£10
- Saturday Evening dance
Full Workshop Pass
£75
- 7 hours of top-class tutition
- Saturday Evening dance
- Sunday Afternoon dance