Ballroom Open Level

Going beyond the basic figures of Ballroom 1-6
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Level

Advanced

Styles

Latein, Standard

Teachers

Christoph Hellings

Room

Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille

Costs

40.00 CHF for students, otherwise 80.00 CHF

Time
Thursday, 18:00 - 19:15
16. Nov. 2023 - 21. Dec. 2023

Description

This course will extend your repertoire by learning advanced figures, variations of figures, and individual movements that are characteristic for the respective dances. Technique aspects are covered at points where this is helpful to dance the new figures and variations smoothly, and where the technique helps to experience characteristic movements and body actions of the dances, beyond just doing steps.

Topics in Fall 2023 - Part 2 include:

  • English Tango: extend your repertoire with advanced figures that use the full spectrum of timing, from slower than slow to quicker than quick
  • Samba: improve leading & following in known figures and in new variations
  • Jive: get creative with variations of basic steps and with figures that break out of the basic patterns

Experience from at least Ballroom 1-4 is expected.

The Ballroom Open Level courses let you discover the familiar dances from Ballroom 1-6 from a new perspective. Go beyond the basic figures of the dances, and experience characteristic movements and body actions of the dances, beyond just doing steps.

Reviews

Reviews for Ballroom Open Level

03. June 2024, 18:48 Teachers: Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
In diesem Kurs habe ich diverse neue Figuren und Variationen von Figuren, die ich schon kannte, gelernt. Chris ist hervorragend im Erklären der Figuren, ich habe viel gelernt. Gerne wieder!
16. April 2024, 23:10 Teachers: Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
As always, Chris presents interesting material that fits well to the groups abilities. It’s awesome to have this kind of advanced courses, which (together with the technique trainings on Fridays) create this group of dancers who want to improve together.
14. Dec. 2023, 12:28 Teachers: Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Great and fun course, just the right amount of technique, variations of figures and music to practice.
27. Oct. 2023, 15:04 Teachers: Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
The dance course strikes the perfect balance between reviewing figures, improving technique and focusing on the variety that ballroom dancing has to offer. I greatly enjoyed every session of the course & look forward to the next course! Chris is an excellent teacher!
27. Oct. 2023, 14:52 Teachers: Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
This is a fantastic course, I have learned so much, particularly how figures can be combined, when they can be danced, and how to dance them well. I also really enjoyed the explanations of concepts like swing and different energies of the steps within figures. Chris brings so much positive energy and happiness to his classes, which makes it even more enjoyable to learn and improve. There was also lots of individual feedback and input from the class.

Reviews the teachers got for other courses

31. July 2024, 07:29 Paso Doble Choreography Workshop with Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Toller Kurs. Für alle mit oder ohne Vorerfahrung in Paso Doble empfehlenswert.
30. July 2024, 17:14 Slowfox Basic Technique Workshop with Christoph Hellings, Room: ETH Zentrum, Alumni-Pavillon
Always love a workshop with Chris :)
27. July 2024, 09:45 Paso Doble Choreography Workshop with Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Great course. Build up the choreo bit-by-bit, making it easy to follow. Well-paced progression from dry practice to dancing through the entire combination learnt so far.
16. April 2024, 13:14 Ballroom Training - Basic with Daniel Sparber & Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, ASVZ Arena 3
Great course. Thank you for all the technique tips, they are worth a lot!
20. Feb. 2024, 20:08 Quickstep Basic Jumping Figures with Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Chris gestaltet seine Kurse und Workshops immer so lehrreich und gleichzeitig so spaßig.
19. Feb. 2024, 11:08 Quickstep Basic Jumping Figures with Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
The Quickstep course was super fun, we learned a good amount of figures and had time to practice them. We also learned a bit about the 'character' of the dance.
12. Feb. 2024, 09:02 Cha Cha New Yorker Variations with Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Chris does a very good job at explaining difficult figures/variations by first teaching more simple versions to then make it easier to learn the juicy stuff.
09. Feb. 2024, 10:01 Cha Cha New Yorker Variations with Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
I enjoyed this course, we looked as many variations that we’ll be able to use during the open dancing.
09. Feb. 2024, 09:41 Cha Cha New Yorker Variations with Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Chris is a great teacher & finds the perfect balance between technique that you need, fun figures and challenges!
07. Feb. 2024, 15:59 Polka with Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Very nice introduction to Polka, in particular for everyone who joined the trip to Vienna where we could dance quite a few Polkas.
10. Jan. 2024, 18:08 Polka with Christoph Hellings, Room: Hönggerberg, Raum der Stille
Chris hat ein grosses Theoriewissen und streut es in guten Maße in seine Kurse ein. Nicht zu viel, nicht zu wenig, gerade genug dass es interessant ist, man nicht nur die Schritte lernt, sondern auch lernt wie sie zusammen spielen sollen, und was sich auf andere Tänze übertragen lässt.
05. July 2023, 22:15 Paso & Samba with Christoph Hellings & Daniel Sparber, Room: ETH Zentrum, Alumni-Pavillon
Wonderful teachers, lots to learn and a great, joyful atmosphere. Can recommend!
04. July 2023, 00:58 Paso & Samba with Christoph Hellings & Daniel Sparber, Room: ETH Zentrum, Alumni-Pavillon
Ein toller Workshop der wirklich Freude an Samba und Paso Doble aufkommen hat lassen. Chris und Daniel sind tolle Lehrer
30. June 2023, 13:32 Paso & Samba with Christoph Hellings & Daniel Sparber, Room: ETH Zentrum, Alumni-Pavillon
Bester Kurs, den ich bis jetzt beim TQ besucht habe und das waren sicher 10!
27. June 2023, 19:14 Paso & Samba with Christoph Hellings & Daniel Sparber, Room: ETH Zentrum, Alumni-Pavillon
Great teachers!
27. June 2023, 18:35 Paso & Samba with Christoph Hellings & Daniel Sparber, Room: ETH Zentrum, Alumni-Pavillon
Amazing teachers :) they explained everything very well and in a fun way and we learned lots of great figures that complement the Social/Ballroom program.