Learn how to progress from just repeating moves and patterns, to actually dancing. Learn the fine points of leading, following, syncopations, pattern selection, connection, musical Interpretation, music theory, music interpretation and other techniques that will separate you from the majority of dancers on the dance floor. These three-day seminars are complete with hand-outs, video evaluation, and practical applications covering advanced topics in depth. It is best to already have a partner when signing up but not necessary. If you sign up as a single we can do our best to partner you with someone. Every year, Brent and I are amazed when Mario puts our euro together. We sit in awe. Euro his intensive, we understood where his thought process was and understood how he hears EVERYTHING in the music. Everyone in the country makes reference to his unbelievable routines and how he misses NOTHING in the music. Before we went into the seminar on Friday night, Brent was extremely worried because those of you who know Brent, know he is SEVERE Attention Deficit. So, he was panicking because he was afraid he would not be able binarie listen long enough to catch everything he needed to catch. By the end of the intensive, Brent and I were on our way to the last day of the class and we had to stop and get gas. Brent and I were literally out by the pump practicing what we were learning. For Brent, this is UNHEARD OF!! Brent would NEVER dance outside a Gas Station. Hell, I can barely get him to practice our routines for a competition in a DANCE ROOM!!! People in town were asking Brent and I why we would take the class when we have won the Open multiple times. Our answer to that is this. No matter how many titles, you can NEVER be your BEST and you can NEVER stop LEARNING. What a great opportunity to truly learn how he does it.!!! Thank you Mario for preserving "The Dance" and giving credit to those who gave it to YOU!!! You ARE "The King of Swing" and always will be. We love you not just for your talent but for your friendship. I have been so impressed by his informative and entertaining presentation that I have hosted several in the San Francisco Bay Area. All the Intensives I have hosted have been filled to capacity, and many attendees have opted to re-take opzioniu event in order to more fully absorb the material. Many of my novice students who were told that it would be "too advanced for beginners" have told me how much they appreciate having the information available to them at the early stage of their dance training; they now feel that they know what to work on, and more importantly how to achieve the progress they want. If everyone practiced what Mario suggests, then our dance would be more fulfilling and creative for both partners on both the social and competitive dance floors. Your enlightenment sessions in New Jersey will have a long lasting effect. Your presentation of west coast swing is the most user friendly approach to the dynamics of the dance that I have EVER seen, bar none. I really hope that binarie hang out for a very, very long time. You have started a revolution opzioniu needed to be ignited in the WCS world. A trombonist in your orchestra. Ok, in my opinion, you are the best swing dance instructor anywhere, not by a little, by a LOT. Man, you give a lot. For your students, the clarity and real-time illustration of everything you say, and your own social dancing ALL put forth a coherent depiction of great swing dancing. You make me think deluded as I may be that I can really do this! I guess I got 5 years left to learn everything else I can from you. And based on my body movements and leg lines on that video, i gotta get on the stick! It was solid dance, great to watch. A good illustration of how to lead a pleasant dance - and it moved right along. You matched the level of what you led precisely to her following skill so that she always knew where she was going and was moving smoothly without strain or worry. She was smiling from ear to ear constantly, man. She was glowing afterward. Making the woman feel like that is my dancing goal. I am going to accomplish this! And then, get this, when you got through with her, she felt so good about herself she asked me to do a strictly at the next event with her! She never would have even thought like that before. Because you are immersed in so many student-dancers pulling at you all at once and busy, you might not have the opportunity to be aware of this stuff, but I know Jen fairly well, and I witnessed it. You just should know - the good you do. Your dances with Reisa and Anne - awesome, granted. That ride was beautiful. You -changed -Jens -life. In my definition of dancing, humanity, and everything else, thats the stuff that matters. With all due respect, I am proud to call you my friend. And its gotta continue a long time. The information was presented in a clear and understandable format that any level of dancer or age group could pick up. William Ward once said, "The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. Over the course of a 35 year career teaching Social Dance, I have taken or given thousands of classes, workshops, and intensives, and would rank my recent intensive as the pinnacle of my learning experience. In my opinion, Mario is without peer as a teacher, historian, and great ambassador for West Coast Swing. Mario, This weekend was amazing! It is difficult to express in words my appreciation of your hosting of the Mario intensive in Cleveland. Even so, I will do my best to do so. As a dancer, this one weekend has forever changed my dancing and how I practice with a partner. Splitting the time with a partner will foster success in any dance partnership. What a great idea - simple, and fair. Mario presented a incredibly generous amount of dance knowledge in a very understandable fashion and also gave us methods in which to master and develop the knowledge over time. As a teacher, I am looking forward to, and excited about, sharing my new found knowledge with students. As a bystander, I now have greater appreciation for the dancing I watch. Being aware of the elements of dance helps me to enjoy them so much more. As a person, the Mario intensive has enriched my life. It is a wise man who seeks wisdom and a fool who believes he has it. For over 10 years now, I have been dancing. For over 10 years I have sought to be a good dancer and never expected to reach that ideal. Similarly, and as time went on, I sought to be a good teacher, a good partner, and a DJ. During the Mario intensive my goals have changed. Never expecting to reach these ideals, I now seek to be a great dancer, a great teacher, a great DJ, and a great partner! This is Lee from Connecticut. Over the past few years my wife Ginger and I have attended several of your weekend workshops and recently attended your Intensive in Windsor, Connecticut, May We both agree that what we learned during the intensive was more than we expected. Your insights into the West Coast Swing dance, along with your "Real World" analogies really helped to cement, in our minds, that this is one terrific dance. Your teaching was clear, and the workshop was well organized. We heard no complaints that the class was either too slow or too fast, even thought there were varying levels of dance ability in attendance. In our "non-dance" careers, both Ginger and I are professional trainers and as such, we appreciate mastery when we see it. You are truly a master of dance and a opzioniu teacher of dance as well. We only wish we lived binarie to your area so that we could continue to benefit from your knowledge on a regular basis. I hope you realize and take pride in the fact that when you do what you did for us in Connecticut, and other parts of the country presenting information professionally, clearly, sequentially and enthusiasticallyyou really make significant impacts on lives of every dancer in the room, whether they realize it or not. Honey, you were not kidding about the crack! And my best lucky euro dance before was NOTHING like the thrill of this. But being CONSCIOUS of all this new stuff, some of which I was already instinctively doing, is PHENOMENAL. This is way up there and a tribute to you and your teaching ability. It is absolutely not for beginners or the faint of heart. He is really, really big on leadable social dancing. All I can say is hear him out. He makes a very compelling case. Lots of insights into how judges score. I bet it will also increase your interest in blues. I am very new to dance 4 months. I left your workshop with a new attitude. You inspired me soooooo much! Rather than then normal thinking. I can do this. I can become a dancer and I can even become a very good dancer. You are a true gift to the dance community. The weekend was fabulous as usual. Every time I do the intensive I get all jacked up and excited all over again, and inspires me to work harder and learn more. All I can say is "Thank you, thank you, thank you"! What an amazing experience. Single mom, 5 kids to raise. Dancing with Barry for the past 6 months and now listening and watching you, has opened my eyes to the amazing possibilities of the dance. You are truly inspirational. You are able to explain concepts in ways that make sense even to a math geek and you give us all things we can work on both with a partner and on our own. I learned more about the dance in three days than I ever thought possible. Your weekend has given me not only the tools I can use to work on my dance but also the inspiration to do so. I just wanted to send you a note saying how much I enjoyed the intensive this past weekend. Much of the material was absolutely brand new to me. Learning about Texture, Shading, Depth - way, way beyond my expectations. What fertile ground to dance on! Hey - is this like getting out of Kindergarten? Your workshop this last weekend was one of those incredible opportunities for growth, and I am so thankful I had the opportunity to be there. It was inspiring, filled with extremely valuable information, and provided definite ways to become a better dancer. For anyone who truly loves music and truly loves to dance, your intensive workshop is a MUST! Sometimes it is hard to know who is teaching what is "real" about this dance. You are straight forward and direct about your philosophy, and you back it up with a knowledge of music and dance that shows depth and experience. The dance about which you taught is the dance that captivated me. The dance about which you taught can be danced by a 15 year old and a 70 year old person. I hope the influence you have can effect a re-balancing of the content of WCS. I have a framed poster that says, "I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. He has blessed us. I started practicing at 6am. It is like the skies have opened up and the light is pouring in. In less than one minute, you shed light on a major issue that has been restricting and confining My swing dancing ever since the beginning - and I am talking also Lindy, Balboa, Jumpswing, WCS, everything swing. I am a musician, composer, and instructor. I feel that I have had a look not only under the hood, but that we have ripped apart the whole engine of the Ferrari that is WCS, studied it in detail, and put it back to together again. And even more than that, I know in detail how to customize the dance to my peculiar temperament, adapt to other temperaments, and still be well within leadability, and the rules of the game.
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