WesGrooves Social Dance Series: Detroit Line Dancing with Kendra Bostock and DJ Monday Blue
Friday, April 11, 2025 at 7:00pm
Fayerweather Beckham Hall, 55 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown, Connecticut
Free and open to the public.
The first event in the new WesGrooves series of social dance events with a vision to create community connection through rigorous play and creative movement will feature soul line dance workshop and party guided by teaching artist and community organizer Kendra Bostock andmusic from Brooklyn-based DJ Monday Blue from 7pm to 10pm.
Also known as Detroit line dance or hustlin’ this popular community form has roots in the Harlem Renaissance jazz and swing eras and disco. Leave your nerves at the edge of the dance floor as you try out line dances, from the Electric Slide and the Wobble to the NA Hustle with expert guidance. When we move, you move!
Each WesGrooves event will start with an introductory dance workshop led by a visiting instructor before moving into open dancing in a joyous and party-like atmosphere to live music. No previous dance experience is necessary. Students, faculty, staff, families, and community members are encouraged to take to the dance floor together. Participants can come and go as they please—but instruction will take place at the start of the event. Light refreshments will be offered. Bring your energy and your friends, get in the groove, and learn how different dances from across the world bring people together. Learn more about the WesGrooves series.
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for the Arts, Dance Department, Resource Center, and African American Studies Program.
Kendra J. Bostock is a proud Detroit native working as a dancer, teaching artist, choreographer, arts administrator, facilitator, and community organizer in her current home, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. She has performed with various New York City dance companies and toured internationally, including a European tour with DJ Kid Koala and a featured performance at the MTV Iggy Awards. Bostock is currently a company member of Movement of the People Dance Company.
A daughter of AfroCarolina, DJ Monday Blue is a Brooklyn-based DJ who blends nostalgia with fresh experiences through her music. With over a decade of experience, she has worked with various organizations and brands, spinning both digital and analog, though her heart belongs to vinyl. As the official tour DJ for the Buy From A Black Woman Inspire Tour, she also brings her talents to the theatrical stage and curates Doyennes of Disc, a vinyl party featuring all women selectors.