6 Sundays, 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
Oct 20th - Nov 24th
Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto
No previous dance experience is required
Just show up. Partners typically rotate
Make friends from different backgrounds
Dress comfortably. Dance shoes are recommended
Cross Step Waltz, rooted in the elegant French Valse Boston of the 1920s, blends the grace of traditional waltz with foxtrot-inspired cross-steps. Revived in 1995, it now enchants dancers worldwide with its flowing style and endless variations.
A timeless state of energized focus, involvement, and enjoyment. Colloquially known as being in the zone
Cross Step Waltz
Embark on a captivating dance adventure with this series designed especially for beginners or individuals with no prior dance experience. Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of Waltz and unlock the secrets of this elegant dance. Combine your learning with a flow concept every week to add another dimension to your learning experience.
6 Sunday afternoons, 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
Oct 20th - Nov 24th
Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto
Acquire the essentials of lead and follow roles, refine posture, Waltz position, connection, balance, line-of-dance, navigation, and graceful rotation. And, we'll cover basic pattern of Cross Step Waltz that flows into a Turning Basic.
Flow Concept: Amor Fati
Review and refine the turning basic and see how small changes introduces new variations. Learn the Waterfall a variation of the Turning Basic and explore some turns.
Flow Concept: Stages in Learning
Enhance your growing Waltz skills with the lively and playful Grapevines, while exploring Free Spins, Rollaways, and Parallel Spins for added flair.
Flow Concept: Connection
Shadow Position also called the Varsovienne Position a century ago is sometimes called the Cape or Horseshoe Position today. Learn Shadow Figures and enjoy them for their visual appeal, connection, control, comfort, fluidity and variety in movement.
Flow Concept: Trust Emergence
Tango figures in waltz feel like heaven and earth meeting—combining the relaxed elegance of waltz with the fiery passion of tango. Learn to integrate some basic tango figures like ochos and giros into your waltzing.
Flow Concept: Integration
How to pivot? Perfectly suited to the entrepreneurial spirit of Silicon Valley. Learn the single, double, and triple pivots, and if time allows, explore a few pivot variations.
Flow concept: Body Mind
Karn Verma
Karn, founder of Feeling Flow, has taught at Stanford's Bechtel International Center, Jikoji Zen Center, Friday Night Waltz, and the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. He led the first MIT-CNC and Stanford Alumni workshops and hosts community classes and world-class artists at Tea & Tango. Teaching social dance since 2017, Karn blends engineering and meditation into his philosophy, making dance easy and fun. You can read more about him here www.feelingflow.org/founder
Rachel Grant
Hearing how much her friends enjoyed social dancing, Rachel attended a free waltz class in 2018 ahead of a big event called the Viennese Ball. She fell in love with dance, went on to take more classes, and soon found herself performing at the same Ball where she took her first steps. Talk to Rachel for encouragement to dance, biology fun facts, poetry snippets, and strength training tips. Better yet, ask her to dance!
Viennese Ball: https://tinyurl.com/2xuxz82x
The main dance studio at the Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto
Doors open 15 minutes before class.
Google MapsSome pictures of the JCC campus
Tango Lessons with combined pricing
Starting Oct 20th at Oshman Family JCC Palo Alto
Join Feeling Flow for a six-week series of social dance lessons, including Cross Step Waltz and Argentine Tango, in partnership with the MIT Club of Northern California. Classes run from October 20th to November 24th at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto.
or email: teacher@feelingflow.org
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