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Come Early.
Dance Hard.

If you come to town early, there are plenty of great opportunities to dance. Take a look at our calendar.

Wed 01/07-WCS @9pm
  Lenora's Room $5
Thu 01/08-Lindy Hop @8:30pm
  PPAA $5
Thu 01/08-Arg. Tango @8pm
  Northstar Ballroom $5
Tue 01/13-Blues @9pm
  Lenora's Room $5

News & Updates

Bluesalicious
(March 20-22, 2009)

Challenge

Welcome to Portland Fusion Exchange

3 Days of Dancing and 3 days of Classes
+1 Unofficial Night of Dancing

We're giving you more of what you loved last year: all in one venue, 30 minute breaks between classes, free coffee all day and all night long, your favorite instructors, great DJs, and uninterrupted social dancing! Experience the passion of dancing by using the combination of all your dance knowledge (whether it be blues, west coast, slow lindy, soul, argentine tango, or any other dance) so that you can best create your own style to fit the music.*

ONLINE Registration is CLOSED!

We look forward to seeing you very, very soon!

Pricing

Our base price is $175 for all 3 days of classes and dances, and $75 for a dance-only pass, however, we are still offering a $25 Pre-Registration Discount ($50) on our Dance Only Package.

We're Getting Close!!!

There are less than two weeks until PFX! To speed things up when you arrive, please fill out and sign our waiver. You'll be able to get to dancing and having fun that much sooner!

Individual Dance Pricing

Individual dances are not available for purchase online, but here are the pricing schedules.

  All Day (Class & Dance) Classes ONLY Dance ONLY
Friday $60 $40 $25
Saturday $60 $40 $35
Sunday $60 $40 $20
All Access Pass $175


  All Night Main Dance ONLY Late Night ONLY
Friday $25 $15 $15
9:30pm - 3:00am 9:30pm - 12:15am 12:15am - 3:00am
Saturday $35 $25 $25
9:30pm - 5:00am 9:30pm - 1:00am 1:00am - 5:00am
Sunday $20 $15 $10
9:30pm - 3:00am 9:30pm - 12:15am 12:15am - 3:00am

Early Check-In

For locals (and those who come to town early) we will be offering early check-in at Tuesday Blues from 7:30 - 11:00pm. Pre-registered and pre-paid guests will be able to check-in and pick up their registration packets and T-shirts at this time. If you haven't pre-paid you'll have to come to regular check-in which begins on Friday, Jan 9.

What Is Fusion?

Fusion is the combination of dances in such a way that allows dancers to use all the techniques, connections, and movements of many dances (in particular lindy hop, blues, argentine tango, soul or west coast). This is a constant communication from lead to follow (and vice versa) that uses the dancers' knowledge of more than one dance to flow from one dance to another (i.e. when leading a boleo style movement inside a blues song, a blues follow without tango training would most likely not loosen her leg and swing it around because she is not as familiar with how her legs should move in the air, whereas a follow with tango training would know exactly what to do with that movement regardless of what dance she was doing) within a song/dance.

Instructors

  • Bill Borgida (Austin, TX) - Classic Blues
  • Mihai Banulescu (San Francisco, CA) - Blues, Tango, Fusion
  • Andrew Sutton (Sacramento, CA) - Just Dance
  • Lucky Skillen (NYC) - Blues, Hip Hop
  • Lessa Thieme (Seattle, WA) - Blues, Hip Hop
  • Brenda Collins (Portland, OR) - Blues
  • Ben Long (Portland, OR) - Micro Blues, Fusion
  • Jason Isbell & Trina Siebert (Portland, OR) - West Coast, Fusion
  • Jeremy & Karissa Lightsmith (Seattle, WA) - Team Building & Partnering, Blues, Fusion
  • ...and more to come!

* This event is geared towards persons with some prior exposure to dance, particularly one or more forms of swing-related dances. All dancers are welcome!