Texas journalist Molly Ivins coined the term "little-d democracy," but San Francisco has perfected its application with stuff like free clinics, needle exchanges, workers collectives, and creative bartering. Case in point: Rhythm & Motion Dance Workout, with its philosophies "Anyone can dance" and "Everyone has the right to be a beginner." Because so many people have been run out of dance class by the pervasive snotty contempt, fascistic ideas about the human body, horrible music, and the sense that you should already know how to do all the steps, you loser, the anti-elitists at Rhythm & Motion have been hard at work for the past 30 years. At Rhythm & Motion's Free All Day Dance Bash, get to know the program's standard routines (the same ones used in its roughly 200 classes per week) in the morning and afternoon master classes, and take addtional free classes in Afro-Brazilian, Tribal Belly Dance, Flamenco, and other styles. In the evening, enjoy a party atmosphere and performances by instructors past and present, and a general dance party after that.
Wed., Dec. 30, 10 a.m., 2009
