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Charleston Lindy Exchange
5/15/2014
City: Charleston, SC
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Dirty Water Lindy & Blues Exchange
9/25/2014
City: Boston
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Dirty Water is a Lindy & Blues exchange in Boston, Massachusetts.

This year will again feature the amazing Gordon Webster.

We plan on having 4 nights of dances, 2 Late nights, an apple picking trip, clam shack visit, and a dance on the Harbor.

Moose Blues
5/16/2014
City: Oslo, Norway
Dances: Blues

Oslo's first blues dance festival combined with Norway's biggest national holiday Grunnlovsdagen!

Bluez Cruize (Scotland)
7/11/2014
City: Edinburgh
Dances: Blues, Fusion

3 blues dance parties, top blues and fusion DJ's, whisky tasting, live blues bands and dancing on a boat!

Copenhagen Lindy Exchange 2014
6/5/2014
City: Copenhagen, Denmark
Dances: Blues, Lindy

More to come

Cruisin' for a Bluesin' 2014
3/14/2014
City: Los Angeles
Dances: Blues

It's Blues...on a boat! From Long Beach,CA to Mexico and back. Join us on an all inclusive cruise with dancing every night and anywhere else there's music! Games, All You Can Eat, Ensenada, Live Music...

Winter Blues
12/13/2013
City: Greenville, SC
Dances: Blues

November Blues
11/29/2013
City: Utrecht
Dances: Blues

The Utrecht Blues Club proudly presents its first workshop weekend with Annette Kühnle and Carter Holloran.
From 29 November until 1 December we’re hosting this great event in picturesque Utrecht.

We’ll have 8,5 hours of classes, 2 parties (Saturday with a live band) and a diner dansant to end the weekend. If you’re ready to release your "inner awesome", join us in Utrecht on 29 November! Check our website or our Facebook group Utrecht Blues Club.

Fallin' In Blues
5/2/2014
City: Grenoble
Dances: Blues

This year, the FIB isn’t just about 2 days of pure blues, but 4 days and 4 nights, with 5 levels, tasters, workshops, competitions and shows, live bands and more surprises to come ! You’ll be able to choose your classes and options with our amazing international teachers!
Come and enjoy the new edition of the FIB from 1st to 4th may, 2014 !
Our FB event : https://www.facebook.com/events/111024165764819/?fref=ts
Our website : http://fib.grenobleswing.com/

Blues for a Dime Weekend Workshop
12/7/2013
City: Copenhagen, Denmark
Dances: Blues

Blues Weekend-Workshop with David Tritel (USA), with focus on estestics and musicality.

Go to the offivial event page for more details:

https://www.facebook.com/events/589306691106736/?fref=ts

Ticket sale: http://billetto.dk/bluesforadime

~ Made with Love

Space City Blues
1/31/2014
City: Houston, TX
Dances: Blues

Space City Blues returns for its second year!

http://www.spacecityblueshouston.com

Breizh Blues Invasion
1/31/2014
City: Rennes, France
Dances: Blues

3 days of pure Blues with:
- 3 couples of international teachers (Adamo & Victoria, Fabien & Lisa, Nicolas & Virginie)
- 4 levels, 7 hours
- parties on Friday & Saturday nights and tea party on Sunday

Blossom Blues 2014
5/16/2014
City: Zurich, Switzerland
Dances: Blues

small class sizes for lots of personal feedback, international instructors, 3 parties, livemusic

Camp Swing
10/10/2014
City: Mendocino, CA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa

In the beautiful woods of Mendocino, Camp Swing includes fabulous classes, LIVE music, great food, rustic accommodations in wood cabins and much more. Now celebrating our 18th year!

Big Red & Blues Vintage Dance Weekend
3/28/2014
City: Bloomington IN
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Solo Jazz

Big Red & Blues will be a weekend you'll never forget, with top-level instruction in both Lindy Hop and Blues dances. There's a track focusing on each, and a hybrid solo track that cuts across the styles!

Come for the classes, stay for the Blues jam and the comps!

A Very Ruby Christmas (With Special Guest: Lucas Weismann)
12/21/2013
City: Minneapolis, MN
Dances: Blues

Christmas time is here
Happiness and cheer
Fun for all that children call
Their favorite time of the year

After much anticipation, we at Awesometarian are happy to announce that Ruby Red and Luke Weismann will be bringing their special brand of Joie de Vivre (French for Joy of Vivre) to Minneapolis, just in time for the Holidays.

This will be a special two-day workshop featuring these two international dance instructors who can be very difficult to stay in one place long.

Learn to dance from two fantastic dancers who really know their stuff. Classes will focus on good mechanics, musicality and partnership

Rain City Blues 2014
2/28/2014
City: Seattle, WA
Dances: Blues

Rain City Blues has changed its date and regrouping. More to come soon!

Emerald Coast Lindy Exchange and Redwood Coast Jazz Fest
3/27/2014
City: Eureka, Ca
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Join us for the 24th annual Redwood Coast Jazz Fest and the 3rd annual Emerald Coast Lindy Exchange!! Live bands from 10am-2am, including special late night exchange only venues. Come join us in the beautiful redwoods! Exchange housing available.

Rose City Blues 2014
11/7/2014
City: Portland, OR
Dances: Blues

Facebook Save the Date and for more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/177085792496920/

Chicago Green Light Exchange
4/25/2014
City: Chicago
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa

The Chicago Green Light Exchange Weekend...where EVERYTHING GOES! This weekend will feature the very best of live Chicago entertainment all weekend long. We're talking Swing, Hot Jazz, Blues, and all points in between.

Great venues, great live music, walking tours around the city, dance bombs, food, fun, springtime in the greatest city around, and getting back to the roots of why we love to dance.

Some very special features of the weekend will be Johnny Boyd's ( https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyBoyd?) triumphant return to Willowbrook Ballroom after more than a decade, the Spring Balboa Workshop with Mickey Fortanasce and Kelly Arsenault (https://www.facebook.com/events/364828010320489/), dance only passes, taster workshops, late night venues, and LOTS OF LIVE MUSIC that includes jam sessions with Chicago's brightest musical stars.

Obvious Replacement Blues Exchange
6/13/2014
City: Chicago
Dances: Blues

Three nights of dance in tandem with the Chicago Blues Fest. Taking the place of Chicago Underground Blues Experience.

Munich Blues Exchange
12/5/2013
City: Munchen
Dances: Blues

As dancers who love the Blues, we wanted to have our very own Munich Blues Exchange. Sadly, for a number of reasons, we were unable to plan and organize a full-blown Exchange for this year, but will be having a little sneak Blues Exchange as a test of things to come. Should it be successful (AND IT WILL BE), there will be many more and much bigger Munich Blues Exchanges in the years to come!

Melbourne Lindy Exchange
11/28/2013
City: Melbourne, Australia
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa

Nov 28-Dec 1 MLX 2013: At The Movies - Melbourne VIC

http://mlx12.com or http://mlx13.com

SLO Lindy Exchange 2014
4/25/2014
City: San Luis Obispo, CA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

The 9th Annual San Luis Obispo Lindy Exchange

Details TBA

SnowBound Blues
12/13/2013
City: Rochester, NY
Dances: Blues

3 days of Live music Dances and Parties- with 1 full day- 4 tracks of classes and 5 competitions. Largest blues event of it's kind on the East Coast.

Denver Fusion Exchange
1/10/2014
City: Denver, CO
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Fusion, Tango, West Coast, Other

The Fusion Exchange heads to Denver for 2014! It's the top fusion dance event and more than 700 dancers come from all over the world to dance, learn, play, and share!

BABBLE 2014
6/20/2014
City: New York City
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa

Big Apple Balboa, Blues and Lindy Exchange is an EPIC weekend of over 20 hours of dancing to 5 Live Bands and Seasoned DJs. People from across the nation come to DANCE, exchange ideas, and experience
the happening & historic NYC!

Unlike other weekends, BABBLE is a collaboration of the NYC community
where different local organizations represent what they know best
in Balboa, Blues, and Lindy (that's right, we do ALL 3!)
all in one melting pot of an incredible weekend!*

Recess Gender Bender
12/13/2013
City: San Francisco, CA
Dances: Blues, Fusion

Vision Statement: At the Gender Bender Recess we are working to break down the conventional assumptions that negatively define our roles within the community based on our genders, our bodies, our sexual orientations, and our physical sex.

Curriculum Overview : The weekend will include the following three types of workshops.
Dance Workshops: Classes covering a variety of topics including: learning your non-dominant role, dancing switch, gender neutral dancing, role neutral dancing, and classes addressing how gender is expressed by or projected onto movement.
Activist Workshops: Interactive workshops and discussions addressing larger cultural and community issues such as gender assumptions, homophobia, sexism, consent, and the sexualization of dance.
Facilitated Discussions: Focused conversations designed to create constructive and safe spaces to share personal experiences, discuss issues we see in our community, and construct action plans to bring home after the event.

The curriculum will be scheduled so that participants can shape the focus of their weekend in whichever way they prefer. Come and spend an entire intensive weekend working on your dancing and your non-dominant role. Come and spend an intensive weekend talking about and workshopping some of the hardest hitting gender and oppression issues in the community. Or take a combination of activist and dance centered classes. One of our largest goals in this event is to create new bridges between dancer allies who are new to the activist scene and long time activists whose lens can help us create the community we all deserve.

Can't Stop The Blues 2: Big Damn Heroes
11/28/2013
City: Virginia Beach
Dances: Blues

November 28-Dec 1st
Can't Stop The Blues 2: Big Damn Heroes
The Continuing saga of the crew of the PULSE traveling across the 'verse bringing the knowledge of Blues Dance.

Radical Instructor Training
12/12/2013
City: San Francisco, CA
Dances: Blues, Fusion

We will be holding a Radical Instructor Training the Thursday and Friday before the event, December 12th-13th. The goal of the training is to give dance instructors the tools and awareness necessary to teach in a more inclusive and empowering way. Anti-oppression activists will lead instructors through focused workshops and facilitated discussions. Together, instructors and organizers will work to realize the safer and supportive community we all deserve.

Topics to Be Covered At The Training
Check Your Privilege
Consent
Social Hierarchies and Power Dynamics
What the Fuck is a PGP?
Creating Safer Spaces
Protecting Our Own Communities
Being Allies and Being Leaders, and How They are Both Important

When:
Thursday (Dec 12th): Noon until 7pm
Friday (Dec 13th): 11:00am - 6:00pm

Location:
Fort Awesome: Coopertive Roots
3090 King Street
Berkeley, CA 94703

Prague Blues eXchange
4/25/2014
City: Prague, Czech rep.
Dances: Blues

Every year, we bring you 3 long nights packed with groovin’ live music, so you can dance your socks off! Every year we look for at least 5 finest bands and the coolest DJs. Every year we savor with other dancers the true Prague spring. Every year we bring together lovely city, lovely people, great music and shared passion called blues.

Some info about the last year + photos: http://bluesinprague.wordpress.com/prague-blues-exchange/prague-blues-exchange-2013/

Also, Prague Blues eXchange is a strictly non-profit event. An event, where you can name your price and pay what you think is fair.

And last, but not least, a festival you can help to make even better! Every year we encourage dancers to step in, propose a workshop, lecture or pastime activities. It’s a FESTIVAL BY DANCERS FOR DANCERS.

WORKSHOP BLUES DELIRIUM feb14
2/1/2014
City: Paris
Dances: Blues

2 days of lessons and social dance in Paris, more informations to come...

Fair City Blues
3/21/2014
City: Dublin, Ireland
Dances: Blues

Ireland's 2014 blues event will feature 2 days of workshops and 3 nights of dancing with:

- Andrew Smith & Nicole Trissell (USA)
- Annette Kuehnle (Germany)
- more teachers to be confirmed!

We can't wait to welcome you to Ireland :)

Music City Lindy Exchange
3/21/2014
City: Nashville, TN
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Nashville's first Lindy Exchange is coming to a city near you! (Nashville Specifically)
Featuring at least 3 nights of Killer live music, historic Nashville Locations, great people, DJs, and tons of friends.

We are Proud to Announce that Solomon Douglas will be Joining us on Saturday and leading TWO killer bands. The Solmon Douglas Swingtet as well as a a late night Blues Trio.

Pirate Swing 2014
3/7/2014
City: Ann Arbor
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Pirate Swing brings together great teachers, great music, and a pirate theme.

ESpanish Blues Festival
4/11/2014
City: Madrid
Dances: Blues

ESpanish Blues Festival Second edition is here!!!

This time bigger than last year: 4 couple of teachers from the USA, 2 from Europe, 4 levels ...but still with our soul INTACT, that sustained us last year: we invite you find your own voice in blues, and express your self freely within our blues community (social and artistic aspects of the dance is what we prey for ; ) )

TEACHERS

Chris Mayer and Amanda Gruhl (USA)
Tim O'Neill and Julie Brown (USA)
Dan and Mike Legenthal (USA)
Shawn Hershey and Natalya Gomez (USA)
Adamo Ciarallo and Vicci Moore (Italy/ UK)
Gaston Fernandez and Alba Mengual Alamo ( Argentina/ Spain )

Blues with Jenny & Dan!
2/21/2014
City: Heidelberg, Germany
Dances: Blues

Jenny & Dan from New York will be teaching a great blues workshop in beautiful Heidelberg!
Check our website for any updates!

Weekend Blues Workshop with Barry
12/7/2013
City: Berlin
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Fusion, Tango, Solo Jazz

WBWB is an intensive 7 hours Blues Weekend Workshop dance experience designed to enhance and improve your overall movement application. It will help you take the technical information and transform it into movement application. So if you want to geek out on Blues, improve your body awareness and see improvement in the way you move in just one weekend, this is the workshop for you.

Barry "The Man" Douglas:

It is hard to describe Barry. After all of his dancing experience from childhood onwards, his successes and teaching in over 24 countries some say he is the legend, others describes his as the ambassador of the Blues, others as just TheMan. He is really "The Man" of Blues and it would be a pity to miss this great dance legend while he is in Berlin.

Even before starting his formal training, at the age of 12, Barry was learning Blues standing on his grandfather's feet and listening to his grandpa's stories of the “Black Bottom”, the “Dirty Boogie” and the party days of Juke Joints and Speak Easies! His fascination with these stories and others about Blues dancing and its relationship to slavery is what inspired him to start his long and joyous journey in the world of professional dancing. Although he is certified in 16 different dances and has won multiple state and national championships, he still retains his street roots and his fascination with the Blues.

His smooth, authentic style and method of teaching will provide you with all the little technical details you need to make your dancing smoother and more fluid.

Schedule
Friday 6th December evening: Party (Free entry for partipants)
https://www.facebook.com/events/238676612962712/
7th and 8th December: Classes from 12 til 4p.m.

Class topics will include:

Solo Jazz and partnered content
Partnering techniques and tips

The prices:
early bird till 10.11.2013 : 95 €
normal(till Decemmber) : 115€
lazy bird (in December) : 125€
extra private hours : 90€

Registration:

To receive confirmation,
transfer a deposit of 25 € to the bank account below and
send an e-mail to
sercansenozan@msn.com
with your name and information that you transferred the deposit.

Bank Account:
Konto nummer: 0135722700
BLZ:10040000
Commerzbank

https://www.facebook.com/events/406822319446229/

Oberlin Jazz Dance Festival 2014
2/28/2014
City: Oberlin
Dances: Blues, Lindy

This year with Swing AND Blues!

Instructors and Bands to be announced soon! For updated information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/755553941125613/?context=create

Montreal Bagel and Blues
4/18/2014
City: Montreal
Dances: Blues

Blues Exchange
5/1/2014
City: Grenoble
Dances: Blues

Before the FIB, two days of visiting the city, the countryside and the surrouding moutains, with outdoors dancing, and live Blues band every nights!

Lindy Focus
12/26/2013
City: Asheville, NC USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz

Lindy Focus is a premiere Lindy Hop, Balboa, Blues and Jazz Dance Camp and New Year's Party

Toronto Blues Battle
6/20/2014
City: Toronto, Canada
Dances: Blues

Battling Bands, DJs, Teachers, and Dancers... One Heavyweight Blues Event!

BluesCon 2014
4/11/2014
City: San Francisco
Dances: Blues

Three days of blues dance, music and classes in San Francisco, CA. More info soon!

petit ESBF
12/13/2013
City: Madrid
Dances: Blues

This is a small version of ESBF.
Teachers:
Adamo Ciarallo and Vicci Moore (Italy/UK)
Gastón Fernández and Alba Mengual (Argentina/Spain)

2 levels, lots of fun
Madrid, Spain

www.espanishbluesfestival.com

Swing Soul & Blues IV
12/7/2013
City: Baltimore, MD
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Solo Jazz, West Coast, Other

Join us for our annual party at the Mobtown Ballroom featuring killer music, great dancing, and all-night revelry.

Start your night with a special class taught by the effortlessly cool and creative Alfredo Melendez and Flouer Evelyn (NYC), then rock it out on the floor all night with favorite DJs Adam Bean (Baltimore), Jerry Almonte (D.C.), and Mike Marcotte (D.C.). We’ll have you partying, Mobtown-style, until the sun rises over Charm City.

Epic Fusion 2014 by Burning River Blues
4/12/2014
City: Cleveland, OH
Dances: Blues, Fusion, Tango, West Coast

Our 3rd year running - this year we will focus on connection between partners, between dance styles and with the music! All levels are welcome and encouraged to join us!

Mountain Top Blues Camp
7/27/2014
City: Ferme Les Costes, 07160 Nonieres, France
Dances: Blues

REGISTER NOW: https://squareup.com/market/denver-fusion-training

MTBC is an intensive dance experience designed to enhance and improve your overall movement application. It will help you take the technical information and transform it into movement application. So if you want to geek out on Blues, improve your body awareness and see improvement in the way you move in just one week this is the camp for you. This camp is geared toward students that have taken a training with us before or that have attended a number of our workshops. Attendees can also invite dancers they feel will enjoy this type of immersive dance experience. (Invitees should have at least 2 years of dance experience)

Concept of our classes and teachers:

The class schedule will be designed by our teaching team so that each class builds on the previous one for better conceptual learning. There will be 4 to 5 hours of classes everyday with plenty of time to practice. Our Blues camp will feature small classes giving you greater contact with the teachers allowing you get intensive feedback to improve your dancing skills. The facility offers beautiful dance floors with scenic views indoors and outdoors which will inspire you as you are practicing.
Unfortunately this camp is only being offered to intermediate and + levels and can be offered to only 40 students so that we can really concentrate on improving dance skills and techniques.

The Fun Part:

There will be Live Blues on Friday, August 1st, supplied by Dan Nash and social dancing every night so that you won't want to go to bed.

Thanks to Marjorie the facility will offer free WI-FI to keep you connected with the outside world, three delicious home made dishes per day and a very nice swimming pool to relax and refresh yourselves. All surrounded by beautiful mountain vistas that are breathtaking!

We will also have a Market day for a bit if fun and we will close the camp with a Blues filled picnic giving us the opportunity to decompress as a group.

As you can see, the camp is a great opportunity for you to combine a very nice holiday in the mountains of France with great dance training from some of the best teachers in the world of Blues.

Class topics will include:

Solo Jazz and partnered content
Partnering techniques and tips
Musicality
Performance
Body Awareness and conditioning
Group games and activities to stimulate perceptual awareness
Tasters to sample other styles of dance
Blues History
Ballroom Blues and more
Classes also include tasters, socials and supervised practice times

Pricing is comprised of three factors:

Classes: Early bird Before February 1, 2014; 290 euro. After February: 315 euro

Food - includes a full board of 3 home cooked meals per day: 225 euro

Lodging – Camp site lodging 60-90 euro/week or
Shared room accommodations: 90-175 euro/week

FOR CLASS REGISTRATION go to:
https://squareup.com/market/denver-fusion-training

For housing registration: Send an e-mail to:
sercansenozan@msn.com
with housing option. We will let you know about available places.

Volunteering: Just let us know if you are interested at the same e-mail address. We will let you know about the opportunity. Class registration link will be posted soon.

Ciderhouse Blues
11/29/2013
City: Bristol, UK
Dances: Blues

BRISTOL, UK – The Blues Underground’s first foray into Beautiful Bristol from Marvelous Manchester. Terpsichorean Titan Tristan Brightman will be heading up the organziational and operational side of things as Loquacious Luke Weismann and Vivacious Velody (Just Velody, folks!) heat up the classromm with their Teaching and dance.

Enter the Blues 2014
2/14/2014
City: Atlanta, GA
Dances: Blues

Enter the Blues returns in 2014 for a weekend full of workshops, competitions, and most importantly, social dancing!

Livin' the Blues
5/1/2014
City: SCOTLAND
Dances: Blues, Fusion

Scotland's Travelling Not-for-Profit Blues Dance Festival

WORKSHOP BLUES DELIRIUM may14
5/24/2014
City: Paris
Dances: Blues

2 days of lessons and social dance in Paris, more informations to come...

The Blues Experiment
4/27/2014
City: The Outer Banks, NC, USA
Dances: Blues

The Experiment is a radically unique, highly intensive Blues workshop featuring small, select groups of participants together with top professionals of our generation in an extraordinary live+work+play environment.

hamlet fusion weekend
6/4/2014
City: helsingborg/helsingør
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Tango, Other

There's something awesome in Denmark. live music, dancing - Lindy blues tango and more!

Stay tuned for more info!

Austin Blues Party 7
4/4/2014
City: Austin, TX
Dances: Blues

Austin Blues Party returns in 2014 with 3 nights of dancing, 2 days of workshops, friendly competitions, and great live music by some of Austin's finest!

Also, IT'S NOT SUMMER! Halleloo.

http://www.austinbluesparty.com/

Tobacco Road Blues Weekend
9/19/2014
City: Durham, NC
Dances: Blues

After a successful first year, we're back for round 2! We'll have more instructors and more dancing for another great weekend! Follow us on our website for updates.

My Lindy Kraze
1/17/2014
City: Huntsville, AL
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa

Annual MLK Exchange in Huntsville, Al. Dance Lindy, Balboa and Late Night Blues at Multiple Venues. Housing Will Be Available. Check The Website for Updates.

Blues Castle Camp
3/30/2014
City: Beesenstedt, Germany
Dances: Blues

Dear Night Folks

I'm sure you already heard about the gorgeous Balboa Castle Camp. But now...we proudly present the first Blues Castle Camp.
One week of classes with the "crème de la crème" of teachers and unforgettable nights of dancing in a fairytale castle atmosphere.
Accomodation and food are on-site!
31.03.2014 - 06.04.2014
Schloss Beesenstedt

save the date!

cheers,
the Blues Castle Camp Team

bluesSHOUT! 2014
5/9/2014
City: Chicago
Dances: Blues

Blues in the Night
1/17/2014
City: West Lafayette
Dances: Blues

Annual blues workshop hosted by Purdue University.

CRASH!!! Delft Blues Festival
2/14/2014
City: Delft, The Netherlands
Dances: Blues

Celebrating one year of blues dance in Delft we'll be dancing to live bands throughout this pretty Dutch town.

South Florida Lindy Exchange
1/16/2014
City: South Florida
Dances: Blues, Lindy

This event attracts East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop and Blues dancers from across the globe to meet, mingle and dance the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend away in sunny South Florida.

Feelin' Blues
1/17/2014
City: Tel Aviv
Dances: Blues

For the 3rd time, Feelin’ Blues is stepping it up and setting a high bar for blues events all around!

Teachers:
Joe DeMers & Mike Legnethal
Chris Mayer & Amanda Gruhl
Brenda Russell
Ksenia Parkhatskaya
Adamo Ciarallo & Vicci Moore
Ron Dobrovnisky & Sharon Guzman

You don’t want to miss it!

Bringin' Home the Blues
12/6/2013
City: Manchester, UK
Dances: Blues

Join Luke Weismann, Velody, Craig Thomson and Megan McDonald for a weekend of Blues in Manchester!

Live music and master classes with local instructor Velody and international blues dance instructor, Lucas Weismann! or our Live Music with Velody! Get Your Ticket NOW

Corvallis Swing and Blues Weekend
1/24/2014
City: Corvallis, OR
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Three nights of dancing to live and DJed music in the heart of the Willamette Valley, showcasing our favorite venues and local musical talent, and introducing you to the Corvallis dance community.

Swingin' In The Rain
1/3/2014
City: Seattle
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz

This weekend is all about SWING DANCING. We have top level instructors, outstanding musicians, your favorite DJ's and classes covering a variety of topics. We want you to join us in Seattle for the second annual Swingin' In The Rain, and enter one of our competitions, if you are up to it!

Solo Blues (and more!) with Barry Douglas!
12/13/2013
City: Heidelberg, Germany
Dances: Blues

Barry "The Man" Douglas from Detroit will be coming to Heidelberg in December for two days of workshops!

Those who got to experience him headlining events such as Berlin Blues Explosion or The Crave know that Barry is not only a fantastic dancer but above all an amazing teacher!
If you really want to immerse yourself into dancing to a variety of blues music then this is your workshop!

Barry will be teaching 4hrs of Solo Blues on Saturday, and 3hrs of Partnered Blues on Sunday.

We'll also have an extra special Christmas Blues Social on Friday 13th and a big blues party on Saturday, possibly even featuring live blues (tbc)!
But that's still not all: On Saturday the class break will be extra generous as we're all going to head over to the beautiful Heidelberg Christmas Market after lunch where we can do some last-minute Christmas shopping and Glühwein drinking together!

Albany Lindy & Blues Exchange
12/6/2013
City: Albany, NY
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa

Kick off the third annual Albany Lindy & Blues Exchange with the Capital Swing Dance on Friday and more great dances for the rest of the weekend.

- Workshops by Shawn Hershey
- Music by Gordon Webster and the BluesSHOUT! All-Star Band with Shawn Hershey and Josh Fialkoff.

Registration and more information available at:
http://www.albanylindyandblues.com/

Mountain Top Blues Fest (MTBF)
7/27/2014
City: Ferme Les Costes, 07160 Nonieres, France
Dances: Blues

MTBF is an intensive dance experience designed to enhance and improve your overall movement application. It will help you take the technical information and transform it into movement application. So if you want to geek out on Blues, improve your body awareness and see improvement in the way you move in just one week this is the camp for you. This camp is geared toward students that have taken a training with us before or that have attended a number of our workshops. Attendees can also invite dancers they feel will enjoy this type of immersive dance experience. (Invitees should have at least 2 years of dance experience)

Concept of our classes and teachers:

The class schedule will be designed by our teaching team so that each class builds on the previous one for better conceptual learning. There will be 4 to 5 hours of classes everyday with plenty of time to practice. Our Blues camp will feature small classes giving you greater contact with the teachers allowing you get intensive feedback to improve your dancing skills. The facility offers beautiful dance floors with scenic views indoors and outdoors which will inspire you as you are practicing.
Unfortunately this camp is only being offered to intermediate and + levels and can be offered to only 40 students so that we can really concentrate on improving dance skills and techniques.

The Fun Part:

There will be Live Blues on Friday, August 1st, supplied by Dan Nash and social dancing every night so that you won't want to go to bed.

Thanks to Marjorie the facility will offer free WI-FI to keep you connected with the outside world, three delicious home made dishes per day and a very nice swimming pool to relax and refresh yourselves. All surrounded by beautiful mountain vistas that are breathtaking!

We will also have a Market day for a bit if fun and we will close the camp with a Blues filled picnic giving us the opportunity to decompress as a group.

As you can see, the camp is a great opportunity for you to combine a very nice holiday in the mountains of France with great dance training from some of the best teachers in the world of Blues.

Class topics will include:

Solo Jazz and partnered content
Partnering techniques and tips
Musicality
Performance
Body Awareness and conditioning
Group games and activities to stimulate perceptual awareness
Tasters to sample other styles of dance
Blues History
Ballroom Blues and more
Classes also include tasters, socials and supervised practice times

Pricing is comprised of three factors:

Early bird Before February 1, 2014; 290 euro. After February: 315 euro

Food - includes a full board of 3 home cooked meals per day: 225 euro

Lodging – Camp site lodging 60-90 euro/week or
Shared room accommodations: 90-175 euro/week

For housing registration: Send an e-mail to:
sercansenozan@msn.com
with housing option. We will let you know about available places.

Volunteering: Just let us know if you are interested at the same e-mail address. We will let you know about the opportunity. Class registration link will be posted soon.

Steel City Blues Festival
3/14/2014
City: Pittsburgh, PA
Dances: Blues

Going into its 7th year, Steel City Blues Festival features 3 tracks of workshops taught by nationally-renowned instructors, social dancing until 5am, live music, competitions, a blues clinic, and more.

Uppsala Blues Dance Winter Camp 2014
1/24/2014
City: Uppsala, Sweden
Dances: Blues

Welcome to a weekend with 8 h of blues dance workshops on two levels with Philippa Svensson & Vivien Nivesse and Ulla Ritamäki & David Tritel.
https://www.facebook.com/events/546546232090294/

Beantown Camp
6/26/2014
City: Beverly, MA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz

A week of incredible classes and social dances at the beautiful Endicott College, 1 hour from Boston. Special events during the camp include Beantown Bounce (the instructors' show), Camp BBQ, Camp Social, Talent Show, Beantown Karaoke, Soul Party, as well as relaxation time at the beach and hanging with friends at the Pub.

Features the best food of any dance camp!

Hot Blues in Toulouse
6/20/2014
City: Toulouse
Dances: Blues

Teachers Team:
Mike Legenthal & Dan Legenthal (US)
Cédric Clerc & Caroline Faivre (FR)
Bernard Cavasa & Anne-Helene Cavasa (FR)
more to come

Bands:
vendredi: The Little HOT GANG
samedi: Le Bardi Manchot

www.studiohop.com

Penguin Swing 2014
2/14/2014
City: Grand Rapids, MI
Dances: Blues, Lindy

We're back for more after a great first year!

Michigan Mini Fusion Reaction
2/7/2014
City: Ann Arbor, MI
Dances: Blues, Fusion, West Coast

36 hours of hot fusion dance - 2 intensive workshops in core fusion technique - 3 nationally reknowned fusion instructors - 2 fusion toolkit classes - 16 hours of social dancing to blues, electronica, neotango and alternative spun by fusion DJ's & VJ's

Herrang Dance Camp
6/29/2014
City: Herrang, Stockholm County, Sweden
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Other

The largest and longest swing dance camp in the world!