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Getting Directions
We are providing you with an opportunity to get complete directions and a map from your home to your class. We are doing this with the 17 most popular classroom sites in the Fall term. Following the class description and dates is the location of the class. Sites that are followed by the maps.expedia.com logo are the ones for which you can receive directions. Clicking on the location -- highlighted in blue -- will open up a window in maps.expedia.com. It might take a few moments to launch. You will be asked for a starting point. Fill that in. Scroll down to the destination point. The address of the end point will already be filled in. Continue to scroll down and click on “Get Driving Directions,” and you will be provided with detailed instructions and a map, which can be printed. However, we are experiencing a glitch with the program. You can still get directions by clicking on the location, except you will have to fill in the state and zip code of the end point. All dance locations are in the 19119 zip code. You can also click on the Locations link at the bottom of the page and that will take you to the current locations page. Classes with an * are at the instructor’s home and directions will be given after registering for the class.

Craig Bogan-El

African and Jazz Dance

DA01. This class is designed for beginners and advanced students. It begins with meditation, warm-up, and across the floor work. There will be various movements from West Africa and South Africa. These exercises put a strong emphasis on hip, abdomin, and legs. It will fuse with basic jazz, and we will have live percussion at each session. For each person, this will be a different experience. Wear tights. This class will be a conducted barefoot. Lots of fun and fitness.

Craig Bogan-El has instructed dance programs for children and adults for 10 years and has taught hip-hop and jazz classes at MALT for five years. He has taught at Temple University and attended San Diego Mesa College.

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Bop is Back!

DA02. Philly Bop is hot right now and MALT has its hottest teachers, Marck Best and Felicia Kelly. The Philly Bop begins with the basic steps of the jitterbug but at a slightly slower tempo, and with movements more graceful and fluid. Then you will learn the more challenging part of improvisation! Bringing a partner is optional, but always encouraged when learning this couples’ dance. You will be amazed at what you come away with.

Marck Best and Felicia Kelly are with Flaco’s Dance Factory, in the business of teaching bop, line dance, and cha-cha to adults and kids since 1997.

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Introduction to Swing Dancing

DA03. The jazz sound of the Big Band Era inspired an authentically American dance style that has stayed with us (and changed with us) throughout the decades, and is still growing in popularity today. Join the swing revival, and enjoy dancing to music from the ’30s through the ’90s and into this century. Single-time and triple-time swing basics will be covered in this course. We change partners for faster group learning and to get to know each other.

Debbie Klingler, a long-time MALT instructor, teaches a wide array of partner dances, including Swing, Ballroom and Latin dancing. She teaches throughout the Philadelphia area, and can be found enjoying dancing with her students and partners in many local dance clubs.

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Intermediate Swing Dancing

DA04. This course picks up where the introductory course leaves off. Now you’re ready to move on to the more complex step patterns used in the original style of swing that has become the rage today-the Lindy. Add moves that were adapted from the Charleston of the Roaring ’20s to give your partner a break from the Lindy turns and for variety.

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Introduction to Ballroom Dancing

DA05. Experience the thrill of swirling to big band music! Ballroom dancing is always in style! Join this very popular introductory course and enjoy the rhythm of togetherness on the dance floor. People of all ages can move to the steps of classic ballroom dances. Included in the class will be the waltz, foxtrot, and tango. We change partners for faster group learning and to get to know each other. Class size is limited, so register early!

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Intermediate Ballroom Dancing

DA06. This course is a continuation of the introductory Ballroom class. Develop your ability to lead or follow your partner, while letting the character and feeling of each dance shine through. Expand your repertoire of dance steps in the waltz, foxtrot and tango. Build the confidence you need to join your classmates at an area ballroom dance event.

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Mambo/Salsa

DA07. Find out whether you prefer the strong, aggressive style of the original mambo or the soft, silky feel of the nightclub-style salsa so popular now. Develop your own style as you learn steps that can apply to either version of one of the hottest trends in dancing today. We change partners for faster group learning and to get to know each other.

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Latin Dancing

DA08. Hot! Hot! Hot! Join this fun introduction to the ultimate in dancing, Latin style! Enjoy the music while you learn movements and variations in the exciting cha-cha, rumba, and merengue. We change partners for faster group learning and to get to know each other. Combine this class with the Mambo/Salsa class, and you’ll be ready to join your classmates as you dance the night away in the Latin clubs.

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Modern/Jazz Dance

DA09. Like taking chances while exercising discipline? Enjoy modern’s bare foot and jazz’s attitude? Learn the basics of both jazz and modern, including stretch, breath rhythms, contractions, spirals, shift of weight, oppositional pull, falls, and recoveries. Students practice a variety of steps and combinations. Then on to composition and choreography, creating your own movements while moving and improving together. Some theatre dance, too. Wear any kind of dancewear, shorts, or sweats - no jeans or confining clothes. You’ll be barefoot or wear socks.

Patti Nasuti has an extensive background in Horton and Graham, the styles of the influential modern dance companies such as Alvin Ailey and Philadanco. After graduate work in dance at the University of the Arts, she performed with the Philadelphia Civic Ballet, Ballet Klos, New York’s Martha Graham School, and in operas and dinner theatres. She also currently coordinates the dance program at Settlement Music School in South Philadelphia.

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Middle Eastern Belly Dancing

DA10. The art form that Americans call “Belly Dancing” encompasses a variety of dance styles performed since ancient times by people living throughout North Africa and the Middle East. This class will focus on the Egyptian style of dance. The movements are graceful, yet strong. Classes will include a warm-up, basic hip and torso isolations and arm movements.

Debbie Panebianco’s performing name is Lalume. She has 25 years experience as a professional Middle Eastern dancer, in addition to extensive training in ballet. She is a member of various Middle Eastern dance troupes in Michigan, Maryland, Ohio, and here in Philadelphia. She’s also performed in local restaurants in the Philadelphia area.

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