Location:

Hoffner Lodge, (in Northside)

4120 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45223, USA

Theme:
Community Networking and Dancestorming: Ideas for 2025 (and Beyond!)

Facilitator: Joel Domoe

Agenda:

6:30-6:50pm Review: An Insider's Look at Cincinnati's Swing Dance Scene w/ local leaders

6:50-7:30pm Dancestorming Session: Dance Up or Speak! or Both! What would make our scene awesome?

7:30-7:50pm Presentation: 

7:50-8pm Ten Minute Break

8-8:30pm Discussion: Follow up on our Dancestorming Session

8:30-9pm Freaking Goofy Fun: Social Dancing in a Classroom Rotation to Lord Knows What Kind of Music!

9-9:30pm Common Choreography Rehearsal

9:30-? Hang, Goof, Practice, ?

Cost:
We want your participation! Pay if you can, but don't let $ keep you away.
No splainin' necessary. Be brave and join us!
Suggested $15/night for both classes and the practice
Suggested $5 after 8:45pm for the practice dance only

To Register/Pay Online, Click HERE

Class Description:

Our 4th and last Teacher Development Session of 2024 will focus on togetherness and forward thinking! We'll look ahead to 2025, discuss ideas for the future informed by our past and present, and nurture our awareness and appreciation for each other. This event is for everyone in our community, not just for those that occupy the traditional role of "teacher." After all, EVERYONE is a teacher! Be sure to bring your thoughts, ideas, appreciations, and dancing shoes!

Goals:

1) Be Together! Our Cincinnati Swing Dance Community is filled with pretty awesome people. Let's hang out with each other!

2) Propose, Promote, and Vet Ideas For the Future. Let's inform each other about what we are thinking so we can support each other and help make more great things happen down the line.

3) PHUN! One thing I ain't never done...

4) Feel the Great Pleasure of Giving Voice to Others. You're gonna like the things you hear!

Location:

Hoffner Lodge, (in Northside)

4120 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45223, USA

Theme:
Teaching Beg/Int Swing Dance: An Introduction to S! Foundations Process and Syllabus

Instructor: Joel Domoe

Agenda:

6:30-6:40pm Purpose: What are the reasons for S! Foundations Tuesdays?

6:40-7pm Format: What is the design of S! Tuesdays and how does it support our purpose/reasons?

7-7:30pm Fundamentals: What are they and how do we present them?

7:45-8:10pm Beginning Material: What is it?

8:10-8:30pm Beg/Int Material: What is it? How is it different from Beginning Material?

8:30-8:45pm Conclusion, Q&A

9-9:30pm Common Choreography Rehearsal

9:30-? Hang, Goof, Practice, ?

Cost:
We want your participation! Pay if you can, but don't let $ keep you away.
No splainin' necessary. Be brave and join us!
Suggested $15/night for both classes and the practice
Suggested $5 after 8:45pm for the practice dance only

To Register/Pay Online, Click HERE

Class Description:

Our August Teacher Development Session will present the approach, values, and process that SupermurgaNati! will use for the upcoming and future sessions of our S! Foundations Tuesdays Beg/Int Swing Dance Lessons - which will take place on Tuesdays starting Sep 3, 2024 at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center.

Goals:

1) Present and Inform the Cincinnati Swing Dance Community about the approach we intend to use for S! Tuesdays, the reasoning behind the approach, and the values we aim to uphold. The more our students, teachers, and other community members understand about the S! Foundations approach, the more successful we will ultimately be in developing more and better dancers and also strengthening the health of our swing dance community.

2) Prepare Teachers to teach at S! Foundations Tuesdays and in other venues as well.

3) Offer An Example (for consideration & critique) of one approach to providing Beg/Int swing dance instructional programming.

4) Promote a Common Understanding of how this part (S! Foundation Tuesdays) of our swing dance community operates to support future discussion, consideration, and improvement regarding this and other practices/approaches in our community.

SupermurgaNati! Int/Adv Mondays
Teacher Development - Swing Dance Classroom Management

Join an in depth discussion of topics related to spreading the love of swing dance through group classes! Our facilitators have over 75 combined years of experience teaching swing dance at a community level. Familiarize yourself to and possibly even influence their perspectives while shaping your own!

Dates:
Monday, May 6, 2024

Facilitators:
Joel Domoe, Ellie Zhukenova, Jesse Fatheree, Bryan Sykes, Melanie Myers

Agenda:
6:30-6:50pm Classroom Rules, Style Guidelines, & Suggestions for Community
6:50-7:10pm Topic 2 Considering Your Audience
7:10-7:30pm Topic 3 Classroom Geometry/Formation
7:30-7:50pm Topic 4 Rhythm, Rotation and Timing
7:50-8:10pm Topic 5 Lesson Planning & Visualization
8:10-9pm Additional Topics, Q&A, Discussion
9-9:30pm Rehearse Lindy Chorus, Shim Sham, Jitterbug Stroll, & Tranky Doo
9:30-10:30pm Social/Practice Time

Cost:
We want your participation! Pay if you can, but don't let $ keep you away.
No splainin' necessary. Be brave and join us!
Suggested $15/night for both classes and the dance
Suggested $5 after 9pm for the practice time only

Teacher Training
This session on classroom management will be valuable for any member of the swing dance community, but will highlight topics of most interest to experienced dancers who may find themselves teaching or assisting in group class situations. Anyone is welcome to participate and/or observe the session. As with all SupermurgaNati! Mondays, there will be space for everyone present to contribute to the discussion, learning, and community building process.

Dates:
Mondays ~ Feb 26 & March 4

General Agenda:
6:30-9pm Teacher Training Workshop
9-9:30pm Rehearsal/Refinement
9:30-10:30pm Social/Practice Time

Specifics by Date:

Mon, Feb 26 ~ Swing Dance Teacher Training I
Instructor:  Joel Domoe

6:30pm  Material/History
9pm Rehearse Lindy Chorus & Tranky Doo

Mon, March 4 ~ Swing Dance Teacher Training II
Instructor:  Joel Domoe

6:30pm  Process/Methods
9pm Rehearse Lindy Chorus & Tranky Doo

Cost:
We want your participation! Pay if you can, but don't let $ keep you away.
No splainin' necessary. Be brave and join us!
Suggested $15/night for both classes and the dance
Suggested $5 after 8:45pm for the practice dance only

To Register/Pay Online, Click HERE

Teacher Training
These two sessions of teacher training are actually independent, but reinforce each other. It's ideal to attend both sessions, but it's OK to attend just one - either one - as well.

Session I: Material/History PreClass Work
If possible, please do the following 3 things prior to class on Mon, Feb 26

• Brainstorm every “kind” (genre, idiom, style, etc) of “Swing Dance” that you can think of and bring your list to class (can be on your phone, written, in your head, etc)

• Think to yourself, how would you define the phrases “Swing Dance,” “Swing Music,” “Swing Era,” “Swing?” Be prepared to discuss.

• Bring any books or resources that you have that are relevant to Swing Dance History. Please mark your name and phone number on them.

Session II: Process/Methods PreClass Work
If possible, please do the following prior to class on Mon, March 4

• Choose one of the following "moves" and prepare a short syllabus outline (one page or less) for teaching it in 15-20 minutes

  • • Swing Out from Open/Lindy Turn

    • 6 Count Inside Turn

    • 6 Count Closed Position Basic & Open Position Basic

    • Side by Side Charleston

    • First 32 beats of the Shim Sham (Shim Sham Shimmies and TOBA Break)

    • Any move of your choosing

• On your syllabus, label each line as one of the following:

  • • "Concept" (that you intend to convey to the students)

    • "Activity" (that you intend for the students to do)

    • "Discussion" (something you will discuss with the students)

    • "Other" (explain if you like, or don't)