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8 YEARS AND STILL DANCING! NYC’S HOTTEST After Work Salsa Dance Party … is Still Here! LIVE SALSA MUSIC BY WILLY’S NYC SALSA PROJECT & DANCE PERFORMANCES EVERY MONDAY For those who loved our Monday parties at El Flamingo… we invite you to our newest party… hosted at the beautiful Taj Lounge NYC ———- Taj Lounge 48 West 21st Street-NYC (Between 5th & 6th Ave.) Intimate Dining, Cocktails, Lounging & Dancing… Within A Modern Decor, Designed With Accents of India Exquisite Ambiance, Fantastic Sound & Gorgeous Wood Dance Floor… Wonderful Way To Fire Up Your Week! Doors Open 5:00pm *$6 Admission til 7pm/$12 After *Happy Hour til 6pm *Drink Specials all night *Free Salsa Dance Lesson 6:30pm hosted by: Jamie Josephson www.learn2salsa.com DJ’s: Henry Knowles, Nelson Torres, Louie Love & Guests Dress in Good Taste (We reserve the right to admission) 21 & OVER – ID REQUIRED Info & Dinner Reservations: (212) 868-9102 Mezzanine Available For VIP Bookings Hosted by: DJ Henry Knowles, Talia Castro-Pozo & Mike Peña

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Office:	+1(914) 316.3222
Location:	48 WEST 21st STREET New York, NY

Margaret Batiuchok’s hard work, critical eye, creative drive, and love for dancing has inspired many. Beginning modern dance at age twenty, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance from California Institute of the Arts in 1978. She began dancing Swing in her early 30′s while a pre-med student at New York University. She met George Lloyd, an African-American “Savoy Ballroom 400 Club” dancer (twice her age) and just six months later they won the 1983 Harvest Moon Ball at Madison Square Garden. Margaret then began teaching, performing, promoting, producing, and writing about Lindy for the Swing Community.

In 1988 Margaret received her Master’s Degree from NYU. Her groundbreaking 104-page thesis, “The Lindy,” and DVD’s produced with her partners Frankie Manning, George Lloyd, Charlie Meade and her partner/student Tom Lewis, remain important historic contributions documenting Swing Dance. Margaret has also written many articles (award winning) for Dancing USA, The Ballroom Review, Jitterbug Magazine, and Dance Action.

She co-founded the New York Swing Dance Society (NYSDS) in 1985, when there was no organized Swing  dancing in New York. The NYSDS became a mecca for all generations, races, and level of dancers, with the weekly dances consistently drawing 300-500 dancers. Margaret, a volunteer board member who has hired the bands for over 20 years, has also been president since 1996.

Margaret launched the Lincoln Center Midsummer Night Swing series with Frankie Manning, where she recommends bands, teaches, and performs each summer. On closing night 2005, she helped conceive, produce, and danced in a tribute to Illinois Jacquet. Margaret has produced many large tribute events honoring great dancers, musicians, and in 2006, the Savoy Ballroom. She currently performs with Savoy legend, Harvest Moon champion Sonny Allen.

When West Coast Swing was almost unknown in the East, Margaret traveled to national events as New York’s sole ambassador and brought the dance back home. She began teaching and held the first West Coast Swing Dance in New York, bringing West Coast Swing instructors to the NYSDS weekends. In 1986 and ’87 Margaret went to Myrtle Beach’s SOS to bring Carolina Shag to NYC. Now, venues for dancing Lindy, West Coast, and Shag are available in NYC every night of the week.

Teaching for over twenty years, Margaret ran week-long Swing programs at Omega Institute, and has taught Jazz, Ballroom, and Swing at NYU. Currently teaching yoga-stretch and dance at Rockefeller University, teaching seniors elsewhere, dancing with children, and developing related arts workshops (poetry and art), she continues to run the annual Mohonk Swing Weekend, which she founded. She has judged and taught at a variety of events including the U.S. Open, NADC, Seattle Swing, Can’t Top the Lindy Hop, and Lindy Hop Showdown. She has shared her love of dance with many students (including John Festa), who have made their own major contributions to the Swing World.

Currently working on a new film documentary on Swing, Margaret Batiuchok continues to surprise, delight, and inspire through her commitment to the art of dancing.

Swing, Ballroom& Latin & wedding couples
Margaret Batiuchok
504 East 63rd Street
New York, NY 10021
(212) 598-0154
Lindy and West Coast Swing, Ballroom, Shim-Sham, Charleston and Country Western
www.danceMB.com
marg@nyc.rr.com

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Tuesday after work party at the Empire Hotel Rooftop Bar
44 west 63rd street (b/w Columbus and Broadway) – Located across Lincoln Center
Doors open at 6pm – 1am
It has two levels and three rooms of outdoor enjoyment. There is food served and bars through out the venue to quench your thirst and appetite.
no reason to worry if it rains – the glass ceiling opens and closes
Crowd: Elite/Very High End – Mix crowd – Mostly Latin and International
Music: Latin, classics, R&B and top 40
Strict Dress Code: Business attire – Blazers preferred, hard bottom shoes and button down shirts for gentleman- NO EXCEPTION ON THE DRESS CODE
Admission: no price/free
JUST SAY SOULATINO AT THE DOOR
THIS IS A 21 AND OVER EVENT -
For Birthday packages – please call 718-796-7979

The Ravel Hotel Rooftop has been transformed with an all new Style &Retractable Glass Roof for those chilly nights or rain this spring / summer season. If you have yet to experience this beautiful venue with breathtaking views of the East River what are you waiting for? Nestled between the Queens Borough Bridge and Manhattan’s premier skyline, this mid tier roof offers guests a unique backdrop for those seeking an intimate & social setting.
Each and every Wednesday come experience what NY’s upscale Latino community has kept a secret.
WHERE: 8-08 Queens Plaza South, Long Island City
MUSIC:
Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, House, Rock, Classics & 80s
PRICING:
Ladies FREE All Night; Gents $15 – just say SouLatino and receive a FREE drink ticket
AGE: 21 & Older

Quickstep
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This article is about the dance. For the cycling team, see Quick Step.
Quickstep is an International Style ballroom dance that follows a 4/4 time beat, at about 50 bars per minute. An example of a song suitable for the classic quickstep would be Louis Prima’s Sing, Sing, Sing. From its early beginning as a faster Foxtrot, the Quickstep has become quite distinctive. It is danced to the fastest tempo of the ballroom dances.

History
The Quickstep evolved in the 1920s from a combination of the Foxtrot, Charleston, Shag, Peabody, and One-Step. The dance is English in origin, and was standardized in 1927. While it evolved from the Foxtrot, the Quickstep now is quite separate. Unlike the modern Foxtrot, the man often closes his feet and syncopated steps are regular occurrences (as was the case in early Foxtrot). Three characteristic dance figures of the Quickstep are the chassés, where the feet are brought together, the quarter turns, and the lock step.

This dance gradually evolved into a very dynamic one with a lot of movement on the dance floor, with many advanced patterns including hops, runs, quick steps with a lot of momentum, and rotation. The tempo of Quickstep dance is rather brisk as it was developed to ragtime era jazz music which is fast-paced when compared to other dance music.

By the end of the 20th century the complexity of Quickstep as done by advanced dancers had increased, due to the extensive use of syncopated steps with eighth note durations. While in older times quickstep patterns were counted with “quick” (one beat) and “slow” (two beats) steps, many advanced patterns today are cued with split beats, such as “quick-and-quick-and-quick, quick, slow”, with there being further steps on the ‘and’s.

Patterns
The two International Style syllabi of ISTD and IDTA for Quickstep differ very little.

The American Style dance competition program does not include Quickstep, but a limited version of the dance is taught and danced socially in some American dance venues.

Style
The Quickstep is elegant like the Foxtrot, and should be smooth and glamorous. The dancers should appear to be very light on their feet. It is very energetic and form-intensive.

References
Silvester, Victor 1982. Modern ballroom dancing: history and practice. Paul, London.

 
The A.W.A.R.D. Show 2010-2011 Series Participants Announced
A national panel of distinguished dance experts evaluated applications from across the United States for The A.W.A.R.D. Show! series taking place in Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle. Panelists included Martin Wechsler, director of programming of The Joyce Theater Foundation; George Lugg, associate director of the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT); Lane Czaplinski, artistic director of On the Boards; Phil Reynolds, executive director of The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago; Randy Swartz, artistic director of Dance Affiliates; and Rob Bailis, director of ODC Theater.

See the full list of artists selected to participate in each city here.

Photo of Liberation Dance Theater by Bethanie Hines