Join us for a celebration of three years of Swing Goth (an organization dedicated to re-approaching partner dancing for modern times).
This event brings together for the first time, a line-up of three Bay Area alternative-swing bands (that's one for each year)! It follows up on the success of past events like Bowie Ball, The Ball of Justice and the bi-coastal Wonderland: A Tim Burton Ball.
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[read more] Join us for a celebration of three years of Swing Goth (an organization dedicated to re-approaching partner dancing for modern times).
This event brings together for the first time, a line-up of three Bay Area alternative-swing bands (that's one for each year)! It follows up on the success of past events like Bowie Ball, The Ball of Justice and the bi-coastal Wonderland: A Tim Burton Ball.
Each band brings their own unique approach to the theme be it Lee Presson and the Nails (
http://www.leepresson.com/), the country's only gothic swing band; Fromagique (
http://www.myspace.com/fromagique) who will performswing covers of 80's goth songs, or The Fantasy Orchestra (
http://barrysyska.com/) who infuse swing with Tom Wait's musical sensibilities.
DJs:
Skip (New Wave City)
Shatter (BaGG)
Ron1n (DLVNmedia)
ALL AGES!!
$16 advance at
http://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2010/06.html#11
$20 at the door
Swing Goth is a Bay Area sensation that has received national recognition for it's unique approach to partner dancing. Forget everything you know about partner dancing, Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, and everything you've seen in movies are a thing of the past. We bring the thrill of dancing together into the modern world by dancing to Gorilaz, Franz Ferdinand and The Killers, and anything else that we want to.
Swing Goth is a completely approachable way of partner dancing that's more true to the free-for-all feeling that was the origin of partner dancing, rather than the footwork obsessed passtime that it's become.”
7:30pm - Doors
8pm - Dance lessons (I'll cover both swing and blues... Swing Goth style)
9:30pm - Barry Syska's Fantasy Orchestra
10:45pm - Fromagique (w/ Bombshell Betty!)
12am - Lee Presson and the Nails
1:30am - DJ's until close
More information on Swing Goth at
http://www.swinggoth.com
**Please note, all times are approximate.
