Balboa Workshop with Alex DeVoe

About this event

Let’s learn!

1:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Cozify Your Balboa Workshop

$35

No partner required! Age 18+

Join Alex DeVoe and Mishu for an all-level Balboa workshop focused on building the fundamentals that make dancing at faster tempos feel smooth, comfortable, and effortless. Through plenty of practice and repetition, dancers will explore the unique feel of Balboa while developing techniques that improve connection, movement, and confidence on the dance floor. Whether you’re dancing socially or competing, these skills will help take your Balboa dancing to the next level.

About Alex

Alexandra DeVoe is a balboa dancer and teacher based in Philadelphia. She focuses on clear technique instruction, scaffolding, and a chatty, relaxed class environment to support students of all levels. She serves as a Guest Mentor at The Balboa Experiment and has taught all around the East Coast of the US (and one time in a church basement in England). She is an experienced local organizer, including founding a long-running practice group and the workshop Phila-bal-phia with her husband Brennan DeVoe. She is passionate about social dancing, self-directed learning, the fine details of lead/follow connection, and mentoring enthusiastic new dancers.

About Mishu

Mishu is a transplant from Southern California who has been dancing since 2013 and formerly ran the local “Fast Feet Thursdays” here in Tempe! His dancing draws from his passion in Musicality, Connection, Movement, and finally embodying the “Spirit” of dance across whatever styles he explores. He was also part of the Phoenix Bomb Squad performance group and has made it to finals a number of times (and even placed!) in competitions at larger dance events. He is always willing to say ‘yes!’ to a dance or practice together, so please ask him!

Balboa Videos

Pure Balboa

Pure Balboa Values

Bal-Swing

About The Cove Swing Club – Located Inside King Charles Plumbing Heating & Air

The Cove Swing Club is hosted in the warehouse of a fellow swing dancer with an HVAC business. Look for the King Charles signage and red light. The venue features 1,000 square feet of dance floor plus an additional 600 square feet of lounge space.

Food and Drinks

There is free, filtered water right out of taps! There’s a convenience store close by and a few restaurants within two miles.

Air Conditioning

Yes. Currently a 5 ton AC, being upgraded to a 10 ton AC. The owner of the space owns an HVAC company and he swing dances – he knows just how important cool air is. Lucky us!

Parking

Parking is plentiful, free, and located all around the property.

Dance Guidelines

• Frequently wash/sanitize hands during the evening

• Do not attend if you are experiencing COVID symptoms, feel sick, or have been exposed. Help us keep the community healthy; stay home when not feeling well!

• Remember, NO always means NO. Keep in mind that more people than usual may want to limit the number of partners they dance with in an evening. Please be respectful of others’ choices and boundaries.

• We cannot guarantee a completely risk-free environment so please, dance at your own risk taking into consideration your personal health situation.

New Dancer FAQs

New to swing dancing? We have answers to your questions .

Last Minute Changes

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