Lindy Hopcats periodically hosts instructors to give 15-minute “mini private lessons” to interested dancers. This has been a very popular offering and draws a variety of people. For some it will be their first private lesson experience.
We will open sign-ups about one week before the date of the mini private lessons. If there is anything you would like us to tell the dancers ahead of time, just let us know, and we will pass your message along. If we don’t have an instructor photo of you, please send along a photo that we can use to advertise when we open sign-ups.
Mini private lessons usually happen concurrently with a normal Lindy Hopcats practice session but in a separate space, apart from the main room where everyone else is practicing.
The format is five 15-minute lessons back-to-back starting at 11:30 AM and ending at 12:45 PM. For practice starting at 3 PM, the lessons go from 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM.
Our normal space at the Multicultural Arts Center, the theater, includes a large room with a small room (the “green room”) off to the side. We usually use the green room for mini private lessons while everyone else uses the large main room for a normal practice session.
For The Allston Abbey, we may be able to use one of the side rooms. If not, a corner of the main room will be used for the mini private lessons.
We want you to bring a taste of your authentic private lesson experience to people, or at least as much of it as can fit in 15 minutes, so do with that 15 minutes what you think makes sense. Some dancers may come with specific topics that they want to work on, and others may be looking for general feedback and suggestions on what to work on.
We can provide a bluetooth speaker for you to play music. If you would like to bring your own instead, you are welcome to do so.
We pay instructors their usual private lesson rate for 1.25 hours.