CORNELL SWINGS: Dance & Workshops
Hot Toddies Jazz Band + Tony & Jaime
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Join us for a FREE swing dance weekend with two full days of workshops, plus the big dance - featuring THE HOT TODDIES JAZZ BAND (from NYC) and international swing dance instructors TONY & JAIME! All events are free to attend... come to one, or everything!
SCHEDULE
THE DANCE - Sat. April 16th (Appel 3rd fl)
feat. The Hot Toddies Jazz Band w/vocalist Tatiana Eva-Marie
* 6:30pm - free beginner swing dance lesson & crash course
* band plays 3 sets from 7:30-10:30pm
WORKSHOPS (day 1) Sat., April 16th:
* 10-12: Intro to swing & Lindy hop (Appel 3rd fl)
* 2:30-4:30: Charleston transitions & swingout variations (Big Red Barn)
WORKSHOPS (day2) Sun., April 17th:
* 10-12: Performance moves & closed position techniques (Willard Straight Hall 5th floor lounge)
* 2-4: Tricks & sequencing (Appel 3rd floor)
BAND
THE HOT TODDIES JAZZ BAND are a fun loving hot jazz & swing band based in NYC. They play all around town with an eclectic mix of styles perfect for dancing, lindy hop & good times!
Recently, their wacky music videos for "Dunkin Bagel" and “Five O’clock Coffee” off their debut EP "Quarantine Tracks" (2021) each hit over 100k views on Facebook, and over 10k on YouTube!
The band is led by by Grammy nominated violinist GABE TERRACCIANO (Turtle Island String Quartet) and noted composer, producer & drummer PATRICK SOLURI. It also features some of the top musicians in the swing & jazz worlds including JUSTIN POINDEXTER (Jazz at Lincoln Center), DAN LEVINSON (Mel Torme, Woody Allen, The Aviator, Boardwalk Empire), RON WILKINS (Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gilespie); plus noted vocalists QUEEN ESTHER (James “Blood” Ulmer), and HANNAH GILL (Post Modern Jukebox); as well as special guest pianist GORDON WEBSTER.
DANCE INSTRUCTORS
NYC master swing dance teachers TONY & JAIME are some of the most sought after dance coaches and instructors around the globe. As a partnership they represent an extremely intricate, complex, and hyper-connected jitterbug style. As teachers they are known for bringing up dancers quickly, as well as training champion competitors. As international swing dance instructors, Tony and Jaime teach all over the US, Canada, and Europe. As performers, they are frequently invited to share their style with such notable theater and dance organizations as Jacob's Pillow, The Group Theatre Too, Jazz Choreography Ent., American College Dance Festival, Lincoln Center, and Hofstra University Dep. of Drama & Dance.
TONY FRASER is a seventeen year veteran of swing dancing, competition, coaching, and teaching. He’s a best-of-breed technical instructor, a specialist in Collegiate Shag, Lindy Hop, Aerials, Tricks, and Partner Charleston. He’s been on television and stage many times, and is an ALHC and US Open champion.
JAIME SHANNON is a classically trained dancer having earned her dance degree from Hofstra University. She has worked with several New York City based modern dance, contemporary, and jazz dance companies such as Azul Dance Theatre, Dance Cat-Alyst, Lauren Hale Dance, HalloHallo Inc, Kelley Donovan and Dancers, and the Bronx Opera Company.
Tony and Jaime have teaching and performing together since 2010.