The next PML Session will be on Dec. 15th and I am signing people up now. The 3 people who were unable to take one have spots locked up so there are only 6 spots left available for those interested.

*** As described previously, they are 3 song (approx. 15 minute), private lessons to work on whatever you may want, but more about what you may ‘need’. Not limited to WCS, the time will be to either quickly analyze, evaluate and correct current techniques, or make your basics better, work on lead & follow, turns, a new ‘play’, syncopations, body lines & isolation movements for breaks and styling, or maybe just learning a new move. $10. first-timers, $15. after that.

I highly recommend trying this approach to add to learning your dancing. I think you’ll find it very beneficial and it’s an inexpensive way to target your needs and get you what you need to work on a little at a time. Of course it’s up to YOU to then use the info and practice. Dancers dance. We do it for a lot of different reasons but we all find that the better we do it, the more fun we have. And wouldn’t we get bored if we ever got to the point where we were as good as we ever could be? That’s one of the great things about Dance. It’s a constant self improvement exercise but one that’s fun as well as healthy both physically and mentally and the results are felt all along the way, in many ways.

Who is Mark Traynor

Mark has been involved with the Dance Industry in every capacity for over 31 years. Since concentrating primarily upon West Coast Swing (WCS) for the past 20 years he has helped establish many techniques now being taught and used throughout the WCS circuit nationwide. Because he has never been a competitor on the circuit it took some time for his Floorplay concepts to spread and take hold across the nationwide West Coast community but now can be seen and are used everywhere by dancers and instructors alike, possibly without ever knowing where they originated.

Mark has suggested for years that because of the ever expanding possibilities, as well as techniques already utilized and accepted by the WSDC, NASDE and the dance community in general, WCS should be re-classified as another dance form completely. Aficionados of the dance will tell you that what we’re doing today, and have been doing for quite some time is not classic WC anymore but a much more advanced, all inclusive form of Swing that has evolved far beyond its original intent and syllabus.

Today, Mark continues to be an innovative force thru his Floorplay Dance Clubs and teaching concepts. Here are several that have helped make today’s WCS a much easier dance to learn, execute and understand as it continues to evolve.

Read Mark’s Articles

Various Steps, Patterns and Movements
The Extended Count
The ‘Play’ Set-Up