What IS Blues Dance?

A must read!

Blues Instructors/DJs
Bryan Spellman - Dallas, TX / Denver, CO
Damon Stone - Dallas, TX
Greg Avakian - Philadelphia, PA
Heidi Fite - San Francisco, CA
Jerry & Kathy Warwick - Dallas, TX
Steven Watkins - San Francisco, CA
Tina Davis - Dallas, TX
Mike Legett - Philadelphia, PA
Jeff Miller - Virginia Beach, VA
Allena Brown - Mystic, CT
Amanda Gruhl - Boston, MA
Bill Speidel - Norfolk, VA
Chris Mayer - TX
Chris Ransdell - Tulsa, OK
Corey Wright - Washington, DC
Dave Madison - San Francisco, CA
Devona Cartier - NY
Don West - Dallas, TX
Duane Grover - Washington, DC
Emiliano Estevez - Philadelphia, PA
Ginger Brown -
Heather Adams -
Jered Morin -
Josh Fialkoff -
Julie Brown - Boston, MA
Laurie Zimmerman- Philadelhpia, PA
Martin Beally - Seattle, WA
Martin Jones - Memphis, TN
Matt Kelsey - Los Angeles, CA
Meghan Betsch - Atlanta, GA
Mihai Banulescu - San Francisco, CA
Mike Marcotte - Washington, DC
Ogden Sawyer - Boston, MA
Patrick Warren - Austin, TX
Roy Rydbeck - San Francisco, CA

Wiki Blues Information :
Wikipedia - Blues Dance.

Quick Links:
Housing Etiquette - A must-read for hosts and guests.

Blues Exchanges & Workshops, Etc.
BluesCalendar Blues Events Calendar

Enter The Blues Workshop - Atlanta, GA

Bluesalicious Exchange -Mar 19-21
Memphis, TN

Blues Shout Workshop - April 16-18
Austin, TX

Show Me Blues - June 4-6
St Louis, MO

Steel City Blues - Pittsburgh, PA

L.A. Blues - Oct 1-3

Los Angeles, CA

Sweet Molasses Blues - Boston, MA

Blues Societies & Organizations (concerts, festivals, etc)
Natchel Blues Network - Norfolk/Va Beach, VA
Blues Foundation - Memphis, TN
- plus Tons of Blues Links here.

Recommended Reading:
Black Dance in the United States from 1619 to 1970. Emery, Lynne Fauley. California: National Press Books, 1972.

Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance. Gottschild, Brenda Dixon. Connecticut and London: Greenwood Press, 1996.

Jookin': The Rise of Social Dance Formations in Black Culture. Hazzard-Gordon, Katrina. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990.

Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance. Stearns, Marshall, and Jean Stearns. 3rd ed. New York: Da Capo Press, 1994.