My Lindy Hop Legacy – 11 Years of Bees’ Knees Dance!

My Lindy Hop Legacy – 11 Years of Bees’ Knees Dance!

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 Pop by and check out more of our Blog Posts here.It's hard to believe that it's been eleven years. Eleven years to the day since I taught my first Lindy Hop class; actually it was Big Apple lesson. When I started dancing, I certainly wasn't a natural and wouldn't have expected to become an instruc ...
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Winter 2011 – Advanced Opportunities

Winter 2011 – Advanced Opportunities

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Pop by and check out more of our Blog Posts here.This January, Bees' Knees Dance will be offering two opportunities for Advanced Lindy Hoppers!We've wanted to offer more of these kinds of opportunities for a while. One of the primary reasons that we haven't is that Advanced opportunities don't work ...
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Dear Social Lindy Hoppers – a message to Leaders and Followers

Dear Social Lindy Hoppers – a message to Leaders and Followers

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Pop by and check out more of our Blog Posts here.Have you ever been out social dancing and wondered what the partner you're dancing with is thinking? Toronto Swing Dance instructors, Phil Bourassa and Mandi Gould, are going to let you in on some of their thoughts. Each has addressed a note to the ma ...
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Swing Dancing in Korea – Holy Kimchi!

Swing Dancing in Korea – Holy Kimchi!

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Pop by and check out more of our Blog Posts here.Lindy Hop in Korea is a force to be reckoned with. Wow. Last night I had a pretty spectacular night of social dancing and it was just a normal Monday night of Lindy Hop in Seoul. Well, maybe a normal Monday night for one of the biggest social swin ...
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Korea so far – Rock n’ Roll dance workshops September 2010

Korea so far – Rock n’ Roll dance workshops September 2010

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I arrived in Seoul, Korea late on Wednesday after a pretty decent flight, all things considered. United does NOT have the nice individual television screens that I've gotten so used to. That was a shame. Grumble grumble. But my new travel pillow is awesome.I'm here to teach Rock n' Roll dance worksh ...
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Swing Dresses! How to build your personal Swing Dancing Wardrobe.

Swing Dresses! How to build your personal Swing Dancing Wardrobe.

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Blog post by Mandi Gould. Cover photo from the 2019 ILHC Fashion Show taken by Alain Wong.This original blog post was written August 30th, 2010. I'm working on an update as of February 2020. Stay tuned for updated information!There is something so classic, nostalgic and inspiring about the fashion ...
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Mandi choreographs a Toronto Fringe Festival show

Mandi choreographs a Toronto Fringe Festival show

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Hello friends!I'm pretty excited to be doing the choreography for a show at this year's Toronto Fringe Festival!******For Immediate Release: Please add to your listings/announcementsFrom the folks who brought you All Hams on Deck Brock & John Productions presents: Joe White and the Seven ...
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Do you have friends or family in the Niagara area?

Do you have friends or family in the Niagara area?

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If you have friends or family in the Niagara area, you'd better tell them to put their dancing shoes on!Toronto’s most popular swing dance schools is coming to St. Catharines, and it’s getting rid of every excuse to avoid the dance floor.Can’t dance? “Sure you can,” says Bees' Knees Dance ...
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Win A Month of Free Dance Classes!

Win A Month of Free Dance Classes!

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To celebrate the launch of our 2010 classes we're holding a contest. Win a One Month All-You-Can-Dance Pass! To enter, simply send a message to info@beeskneesdance.com (or fill out the form on our Contact page) explaining why you love dancing or why you would like to learn how to dance. All submissi ...
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2009 – The Year I Taught Myself To Think Like A Thin Person

2009 – The Year I Taught Myself To Think Like A Thin Person

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2009 has been a big year for me. I became engaged, left my day job of four years, re-launched my dance school, sold my beloved condo, moved to St. Catharines, and got married. This has also been the year that I changed my thinking, behaviour and lifestyle and learned to lose and keep off the extra w ...
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