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Blues Battle
6/19/2015
City: Toronto, Canada
Dances: Blues

We're putting it all on the line... again!

Sydney Blues
2/20/2015
City: Sydney, Australia
Dances: Blues, Fusion

Sydney Blues = 9 hours of workshops + 3 international teachers + 3 nights of partying

Prague Blues eXchange 2015
4/24/2015
City: Prague, Czech Republic
Dances: Blues

Every year, we bring you 3 long nights packed with groovin’ live music, so you can dance your shoes off! From new talents to the biggest bands around, every year we bring together lovely city, lovely people and great music to enjoy true Prague spring and the shared passion called blues.

Prague Blues eXchange is a non-for-profit event, and one you can even help to make better! Every year we encourage dancers to step in, propose a workshop or lecture, and participate in daytime activities. It’s a FESTIVAL BY DANCERS FOR DANCERS.

Nocturne Blues
7/17/2015
City: New York City, USA
Dances: Blues

Nocturne Blues... New York City's International Blues Dance Exchange!
Come take classes from renowned International Instructors, and dance your butt off until the wee hours of the morning with dancers from all over the world.

The Blues Garden
3/13/2015
City: Gothenburg, Sweden
Dances: Blues

The Blues Garden is a blues dance workshop with an open, welcoming atmosphere, theme based class tracks and great live music, all set in our own cozy venue. It is intended for you who are passionate about your blues dancing and social dance regularly. At this event, we do not offer beginners classes.

Breizh Blues Invasion
1/30/2015
City: Rennes, France
Dances: Blues

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

Pirate Swing 2015
3/13/2015
City: Ann Arbor, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Solo Jazz

Pirate Swing is a Lindy Hop and Blues Workshop, featuring instructors including Bobby and Kate, Mike and Casey, Joe DeMers and Mike Legenthal.

Music provided by Gordon Webster.

Utah Lindy Exchange
1/16/2015
City: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Featuring the Nate Anderson Band.

Lindy Diversion
3/6/2015
City: Denver, Colorado, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Solo Jazz

Lindy, blues, tap, and jazz workshop weekend with classes taught by:

Skye Humphries & Naomi Uyama
Virginie Jensen
Ceth Stifel & Tiffiny Shea
Damon Stone

Live Music by Gordon Webster and Friends

Blues Before Sunrise
3/27/2015
City: Melbourne, Australia
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Solo Jazz

Melbourne's own Blues Dancing Festival. This epic weekend will be jam packed with blues & slow lindy! Workshops on Saturday & Sunday, plus solo jazz & musicality classes!! Amazing blues/swing bands & skilled DJs.

LaBLove
2/20/2015
City: Philadelphia, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

BABBLE 2015
5/15/2015
City: New York City, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz

Big Apple Balboa, Blues AND Lindy Hop 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!

Paris Blues Exchange 2015
7/10/2015
City: Paris, France
Dances: Blues

Mark your calendars and save the date for a Paris Blues Exchange.
We're bringing you five nights of Blues (traditional & fusion music) you won't soon forget!

Swing Out New Hampshire
9/2/2015
City: Hebron, New Hampshire, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz

The friendliest dance camp in the world! Located at a sleepaway camp in beautiful New Hampshire. Join the fun and join the sing-a-longs! Includes top international instructors!

DanceFun Lindy Cruise
5/3/2015
City: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Solo Jazz

7 Days and Nights to the Eastern Caribbean and Bahamas
Aboard Carnival's Dream
Ports of Call: Key West, FL, Freeport and Nassau Bahamas
Departing New Orleans, LA

Instructors:

Steve Conrad (Phoenix AZ)
Rusty Frank (El Segundo CA)
Daniel Newsome & Lainey Silver (Brooklyn NY)
Jerry & Kathy Warwick (Dallas TX)

Corvallis Swing & Blues Weekend
1/23/2015
City: Corvallis, OR, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Three days of dancing. Four Oregon bands. Late nights until 3 a.m.

The weekend is a celebration of the 5th anniversary of the Corvallis Swing Dance Society, the joy of dancing, and the community we've created in this town.

Please welcome Oregon musicians Gumbo, Cherry & the Lowboys, Breakers Yard, and Kevin Selfe & the Tornadoes!

Hosted by the Corvallis Swing Dance Society and OSU Blues communities.

Steel City Blues Festival
3/6/2015
City: Pittsburgh, PA
Dances: Blues

Featuring a jam-packed workshop schedule, our famous blues clinic, fantastic live music, fabulous dancers, and more fun than you can shake a stick at.

San Luis Obispo Lindy Exchange 2015
4/24/2015
City: San Luis Obispo, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Our Tenth Anniversary exchange is this coming year! Join us on April 24th to 26th for all of the dancing and games that you know and love! If you have never joined us in San Luis Obispo, you are in for a treat! We are going to have all of the wonderful bands and DJs, Lindy games, dancing on the beach, blues and swing until the wee hours to celebrate the many years that have gone into making sloX the "people's exchange."

We can't wait to dance with you!

Tobacco Road Blues Party
8/7/2015
City: Durham, NC, USA
Dances: Blues

Munich Swing Dance Championships
3/13/2015
City: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa

Classes with Michael Jagger & Evita Arce.

Competitions in Balboa, Lindy Hop, Shag, Solo Charleston and Solo Blues.

Dirt Cheap Blues Exchange '15
9/10/2015
City: Virginia Beach, USA
Dances: Blues

Keeping You In The Blues! Da Blues, Da Beach, Duh!

Women's Retreat
3/20/2015
City: Rockaway Beach, Oregon, USA
Dances: Blues, Other

Whatever stage you're at in the life cycle of a woman, the ancient practices offer something to support you and your body. Come spend a little time connecting with and embracing the feminine in you.

A three day experience overnight at Camp Magruder.

Montreal Bagel N Blues
4/23/2015
City: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dances: Blues

Huge blues workshop weekend with 5 class levels!

la jam
4/30/2015
City: Orléans, France
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Solo Jazz, Other

t’s a unique French festival where the worlds of dance and music meet to understand and enjoy each other even more. This festival is part of a special week dedicated to the link between music and dance, taking place in and around Orleans. With concerts and dancing classes, it involves numerous enthusiastic jazz, swing or blues lovers who will share their passion with you.
You’ll find …
- Dancing lessons of lindy-hop, Charleston, jazz roots, Blues, tap-dancing, body drums with Dax and Pamela Gaizutyte, Fabien and Lisa, Cedric and Caroline among others. Thanks to subject courses based on musical quality, you’ll learn how to master the necessary technical tools in order to improve your creativity and your feeling for improvisation. You’ll discover how your body can express music and become its visual embodiment.
- Music lessons: directed by the MagicShookHeads and the Bolden Buddies, come and learn how to play swing for dancers. Within Dixieland-like groups, you’ll work to get ready for the orchestra battle at the end of the session; and you’ll also work within big band group.
- Musical listening lessons: they take place before night with the musicians. They aim at completing the day lessons and learning to decipher the shades and variations of music to better play them.
- Wonderful nights with the 12 musiciens of the Bolden Buddies playing and Marjorie Moreau and her DJ’s staff at the deck for you to get off at the dancing ring and be one with the music!
With many more surprises to come!
Book your stay right now for an unforgettable experience!

Albany Lindy & Blues & Swimming
7/10/2015
City: Albany, NY, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Whether you've never been to a dance exchange before or been to too many, ALBS is one not to miss. The fun, relaxed atmosphere combined with high-class musicians and dancers is a win-win combination. Come out and enjoy the full weekend or individual dances with us.
Sponsored by the DanceFlurry Organization
For more information as it becomes available see: http://www.albanylindyandblues.com

Beantown Camp
6/25/2015
City: Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
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!

Crazy Rhythm Challenge
2/20/2015
City: Toulouse, France
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz

Workshop weekend with classes taught by:

JB & Tatiana
Fabien & Lisa
Patrick & Natasha
Cedric & Caro
Anne-Helene & Bernard

North Star Blues 2015
9/17/2015
City: Minneapolis, USA
Dances: Blues

Sweet Georgia Blues
8/14/2015
City: Atlanta, USA
Dances: Blues

Michigan Mini Fusion Reaction 2015
4/3/2015
City: Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Dances: Blues, Fusion

2 days of blues and fusion workshops sandwiched by several hours of dancing.

Northwest Recess
8/20/2015
City: Bellingham, WA, USA
Dances: Blues, Fusion

For 2015 our favorite Recess will implode back to being its normal amazing self. As usual, the inspiring Lookout Arts Quarry plays our host: a magical setting of an 86 acre rock quarry turned circus community south of Bellingham, WA.

The days will be filled with swimming and cliff-jumping in the flooded quarry pits and hiking in the thousands of acres of surrounding national forest! The nights will be filled with dancing in the circus warehouse, the Recess Bus, as well as the legendary floating dance floor that Recess custom built three years ago.

This, all alongside the usual hallmarks of Recess: boundary-pushing Alt, Fusion, and Blues music bumping until well past sunrise and a radically inclusive ethic that can't help but inspire.

Alternative Blues Delirium Workshop
5/8/2015
City: Paris, France
Dances: Blues, Fusion

Dear Bluesy Fellows!

For the third consecutive year, Blues Delirium organizes a workshop in Paris in May!

Same ingredients : an awesome Blues Instructor from abroad, wonderful and diverse blues dancers from everywhere, live music, eclectic DJ sets, outdoor dancing, shared meals...

What does mean ALTERNATIVE BLUES ? The music won't be trad blues but VERY ECLECTIC MUSIC and the content of the workshop will be focused on how to dance on this fusiony music!

It will be a 50 to 80 persons event, the less expensive as possible, with hosting.

Hope to see you in there!

Titanic Tango-Blues Fusion Weekender
2/27/2015
City: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Dances: Blues, Tango

Featuring classes taught by Lucas Weismann and Jeannie Lin.

bluesSHOUT! 2015
4/17/2015
City: Chicago, USA
Dances: Blues

Winter Blues
1/30/2015
City: Greenville, SC, USA
Dances: Blues

Blues workshop weekend with classes taught by:

Ruth Evelyn & Mike Grosser
Campbell Miller & Philippe Wilson
Julie Brown & Timothy O'Neill

Recess Gender Bender
1/2/2015
City: Camp Tahosa near Denver, CO, USA
Dances: Blues, Fusion

At the Gender Bender Recess we are working to create safer spaces within our dance community for all peoples, bodies, genders, and sexualities.

A cluster of 13 cabins situated on a snow-covered lake at 9,000 feet in the India Peaks. All meals will be provided and communal. Workshops all day, dancing all night. Prepare for snow, hot chocolate around a fire with inspired, deep conversation about real and hard issues.

The curriculum is designed to both inspire and challenge every participant. We will actively be working on the major projects we identify in our own communities, as well as the major projects that we identify in ourselves.

Everyone will be taken together through a single curriculum of Dance Workshops, Activist Workshops and Facilitated Discussions.

Camp Savoy
8/7/2015
City: Guildford, England, United Kingdom
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Shag

Workshop weekend at the University of Surrey, just outside London.

Teachers:
Jenny Thomas (UK)
Remy Kouakou Kouame (FR) & Moe Sakan (UK/JAP)
Michael Jagger & Evita Arce (USA)
Katja Hrastar & Nejc Zupan (SLO)
Brian Lawton & Samantha Siegel (USA)
Sharon Davis (AUS)
Trisha Sewell (UK)
Richard Pucci (UK)
Tony Jackson (UK)

Live Music from The Shirt Tail Stompers

Swing Camp OZ
1/17/2015
City: Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz

Teachers:
William Mauvais & Maéva Truntzer
Pontus Persson & Isabella Gregorio
Stephen Edward Sayer & Chandrae Roettig
Michael Jagger & Evita Arce

Cruisin' for a Bluesin' 2015
3/20/2015
City: Los Angeles, USA
Dances: Blues

A relaxed and social time with so many of my favorite people on a floating hotel that stops where I can get the worlds best tacos and tequila? Yes please. I can dance countless hours to great music as well? I could ask for nothing more.
~ Damon Stone, St. Paul, MN 2013

Red Hot Blues 'n BBQ
5/22/2015
City: Washington, USA
Dances: Blues, Other

The music. The dancing. The bacon. The tofu.

On May 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th — Memorial Day 2015 — Capital Blues is throwing down a magnificent blues dancing holiday. It’s going to be the most *memorable* Memorial Day weekend, indeedily. We’re pumped to welcome your to our nation’s capital: sunny, crawfish-tastic Washington DC.

So plot out your tickets (maybe tell your boss you’re going to a “family reunion”), and get excited for some fantastic dancing. We’ll have amazing musicians every night, superb DJs to take us late to the night; and the BBQ competition to win hearts and warm bellies. We’ve got four days and four nights, so maybe expect a party or two, yknow?

Registration + all details arriving as they arrive.

with love,
Capital Blues

Anderson Blues & Lindy Exchange
1/23/2015
City: Anderson, Indiana, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Solo Jazz

Instructors:
Lindy- Jonathan Fisk & Katherine Kat Blum
Blues- Sarah Lokay & Ross Blythe
Solo Jazz- Shannon Lea Watkins
Solo Blues- Sarah Lokay

DJs
Lindy:
Brennan Bowman
James Benze
Cansu Çimen Bozkuş
PJ Ryan
Briana Ayers

Blues:
Canada Pennett
Kyle Patterson
Ross Blythe
Josh Davis

Blues Recess New Years Eve Party
12/31/2014
City: Denver Area, USA
Dances: Blues, Fusion

Celebrate New Years Eve Recess style! Party location: same as the Blues Recess Radical Instructor and Organizer Training, outside Denver.

Everyone is invited to stay for the night, camp in the snowy back yard, or sleep in the crowded basement with the rest of everyone.

The event will be FREE!

BYO Food and drink, and of course we accept donations if you want to support the rad work Alt-Blues Recess does (and even rad work costs money).

We will kick you-alls out of the house at 1pm New Year Day, unless you are doing the Radical Instructor & Organizer Training with us, then you get to stay for the next 2 days!

There will be lots of crazy good times. Guaranteed.

Moscow Christmas Swing Dance Camp
1/3/2015
City: Moscow, Russia
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Boogie Woogie, West Coast

Workshops with many international instructors in many dances!

Cider House Blues
1/30/2015
City: Melbourne, Australia
Dances: Blues, Fusion

Cider House Blues is back, and boooyyy is it going to be awesome.

Last year: The amazing Justin Riley. A beautiful farm on the Mornington Peninsula. Learning to move our bodies to delicious bluesy tunes. Dancing under the stars. Laughing, eating, sharing and ukelele mashups.

This year: The amazing Justin Riley, and TWO OF HIS FRIENDS!! Yup, we also got Mark Carpenter and Kelly Howard, only two of the most creative, inspiring blues dancers in the USA!
Check them out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neajEXOluBE

Also this year: Two days of lessons with all three teachers. Two nights of dancing. The farm is now green, and we even have a puppy. Food and lovely coffees on the deck. Joel is thinking about creating some huge wooden thingamajig in the paddock.

And WE MADE CIDER!! Nancy is even trying to keep Joel from drinking it all before the event.

So mark your diary.
Get your camping gear in order.
Because this summer is going to be amazing.

Camp Jitterbug & the Jump Session Show
5/22/2015
City: Seattle, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Shag, Other

The 16th Annual Camp Jitterbug & the Jump Session Show is one of the longest running and well attended swing dance events in the world. Join us for 4 days of live music, amazing workshops and non stop dancing.

Backdoor to Blues III
3/13/2015
City: Paris, France
Dances: Blues, Lindy

There will be one day with Blues classes and one day with Lindy Hop classes with teachers:
Fabien Vrillon & Lisa Clarke (FR/UK)
Gaston Fernandez & Alba Mengual (Spain)
Cédric Clerc & Caroline Faivre (FR)
Rija 'Ridz' & Lucile Pinteaux (FR)

You can take a full-pass (all classes and parties) pr just a day pass (only blues classes + parties or only Lindy Hop classes + parties)

ROMA LINDY EXCHANGE - 2nd edition
6/5/2015
City: Rome, Italy
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz, Shag, Boogie Woogie, West Coast, Other

THE GREATEST ITALIAN EVENT IS COMING BACK!!!

we are proud to present:

☆ The SECOND ROMA LINDY EXCHANGE!!! ☆
☆ 5 - 6 - 7 JUNE 2015 ☆

THREE DAYS OF DANCE, MUSIC, COMPETITION, ENTERTAINMENT, VINTAGE, SHOWS,FUN, AND MUCH MORE IN THE ETERNAL CITY!!!


Every night:
♢ Battle of the Bands
♢ Vintage Fashion Show
♢ Live Music
♢ Competitions
♢ Lindy Battle
♢ Shows
♢ Dj Set & Record Hop
♢ Retro Hair & Make Up Corner
♢ Vintage & Dance Merchandise
♢ and much more...

On morning:
* Gladiator walking tour
* Roman food tour
* Italian wine tour
* Lindy On The Road
* and more...


☞ PRICE: registration will OPEN 7th DICEMBER with a great price!!!! ! ! REGISTRATION ONLY ON LINE ! ! !


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BANDS:
- The Red Wagons
- Bixi Big Band
- Swing Valley Band
- and others

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We look forward to this amazing event!
the organizers.

SLO Lindy Exchange 2015
4/24/2015
City: San Luis Obispo, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Save the Date!

Our Tenth Anniversary exchange is this coming year! Join us on April 24th to 26th for all of the dancing and games that you know and love! If you have never joined us in San Luis Obispo, you are in for a treat! We are going to have all of the wonderful bands and DJs, Lindy games, dancing on the beach, blues and swing until the wee hours to celebrate the many years that have gone into making sloX the "people's exchange."

We can't wait to dance with you! So mark your calendars, and keep an eye out for updates!

Fair City Blues 2015
3/27/2015
City: Dublin, Ireland
Dances: Blues

Dublin's fairest blues weekender! Fair City Blues is run by a group of local dancers who are passionate about sharing the love of blues dancing with locals and visitors. We aim to provide a chilled-out, friendly and affordable weekend of workshops and parties.
Visit our Facebook community page to see photos and get an idea of what last year was like: https://www.facebook.com/faircityblues

Blues in the Bush Dance Retreat
2/13/2015
City: Perth, Australia
Dances: Blues

2 days and 2 nights of bluesy goodness, live music, dance workshops, music workshop, fun laughs and relaxation, chilling out with friends and jamming.

Winter Workshop w/Mike "The Girl"
2/28/2015
City: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa

Weekend workshops with Mike "The Girl" Legenthal.

BluesQuake
5/22/2015
City: San Francisco, CA, USA
Dances: Blues

Top instructors, live music, and dancing 'till the wee hours.

Swingsomnia 2015
1/16/2015
City: Hollywood, FL, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

After much anticipation, it is with great pleasure to announce that Swingsomnia 2015 is coming to South Florida THIS January! What is Swingsomnia, you ask?! Swingsomnia is South Florida Lindy Collective’s latest and greatest endeavor! It's a Lindy Exchange AND a Workshop Weekend all rolled into one big weekend with 8-hours of instruction from two WORLD-CLASS dancers and instructors:

DAX HOCK & SARAH BRECK!!!

We are EXTREMELY EXCITED to announce every little detail, but the best things come to those who wait! We're working feverishly behind the scenes to bring a FANTASTIC dance weekend to South Florida, so start planning those travel itineraries and creating those packing lists. It's going to be A-MAZ-ING!!!

♦ 8 hours of instruction from two of the best in the world and will improve dancers in all skill levels

♦ 20+ hours of social dancing

♦ Show off mad skills and get dolled/dappered up for Vintage Swing Celebration in Fort Lauderdale

♦ Take swimsuit selfies in sunny South Florida while others across world struggle to keep their arms down in snowsuits!

Mile High Blues 2015
6/26/2015
City: Denver, CO, USA
Dances: Blues

Mile High Blues is a preferred-choice Blues dance event celebrating Blues dance's rich history and culture with live music, excellent instruction, and members of the national dance community. Save the date and come celebrate with the Colorado Blues dancers from June 19-21, 2015. Registration opens January 1st. Be ready for Blues with Altitude!

Major League Blues
7/17/2015
City: Boston & New York City, USA
Dances: Blues

Major League Blues, or MLB, is a week long event of dancing, parties, classes, choreography, and more between Nocturne Blues in NYC & Sweet Molasses in Boston.

Last year we had over 70 dancers from all over the world attending both Nocturne & Sweet Molasses, and we can’t wait for you all to join us again this summer!

As you requested from last year, this year will include:

--> A repeat of The Choreo Project!
--> More workshops between the two events.
--> Meet-Up points for dancers to do meals or activities together.
--> An established evening dance schedule for every night!
--> A percentage discount off your registration for the second event, for both full passes & dance only passes.

See you in July!

Atlantic Blues Portugal
2/6/2015
City: Porto, Portugal
Dances: Blues

Blues must be felt and experienced, and it requires the soul to transmit that feeling. Here on the edge of Europe, with one ear on the minor key of the Atlantic waves crashing against a rugged coast, Portugal has that soul. Pining for a loved one, yearning for what might have been, feeling nostalgic for the past, dreaming of a better future - Portugal gets this and even has its own form of the Blues, known as Fado. Come find the nostalgia, the romance, and the dreaminess of Blues in the cozy quaint city of Porto.

Feel the music and the dance - against the haunting background of this romantic city on the sea.

Feelin' Blues
1/23/2015
City: Tel Aviv, Israel
Dances: Blues

For the 4th time, Feelin’ Blues is stepping it up and setting a high bar for blues events all around!

You don’t want to miss it!
* 5 levels
* Full solo track
* A one-of-a-kind invitational track
* A special teachers training day for community leaders
* Solo, JnJ and Showcase competitions
* The best teachers from around the world: Mike Legenthal, Shawn Hershey, Brenda Russell, Justin Riley, Ksenia Parkhatskaya, Adamo Ciarallo, Vicci Moore, Ron Dobrovinsky and Sharon Guzman.
* The best DJ’s that will make you dance the night away
* An amazing Saturday night dance with live music
* Fusion after party in a local brewery
* Get ready, get excited – Go!

Price charming and group discounts are available! Registration opens August 1st.

FusionFest2015 - BluesZouk
2/27/2015
City: Southport, United Kingdom
Dances: Blues, Fusion, Other

All NEW Dance Weekender in Feb 2015 fusing Blues & Zouk.
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Welcome to FusionFest, the UKs first fusion dance weekender. FusionFest offers dancers the unique opportunity to learn from the best instructors in different dance genres and practice their new found skills in an atmospheric environment drawing from different dance cultures. Embrace new dance styles, techniques and find inspiration from another community. FusionFest will transform your social dancing.
Held at Pontins Holiday Resort, Southport, UK. Website is under construction. See our facebook events for details and please like our facebook Page.
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Happy Dancing!
The FusionFest Team

Knoxville Lindy Exchange 15
9/25/2015
City: Knoxville, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz

This year the Knoxville Lindy Exchange is bringing you something new. The mastermind of Lindy Focus, Michael Gamble, is working to form a big band specially for our event, the Gamble/Wilson Swing Orchestra. Joining the band will be some of the country's best musicians traveling from all across the southeast.
Join us in September for 6 dances around historic Knoxville with awesome live music, great late night blues and swing music, real wood floors, midnight pancakes and dancing with all your friends.

Tango Meets The Blues 2015
6/5/2015
City: Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Dances: Blues, Tango

A day of tango and blues workshop sandwiched by 2 nights of dancing. Includes the Blue Milonga at Saturday dinner (an alternative milonga)

Vietnam Lindy Exchange 2015
3/13/2015
City: Hoi An, Vietnam
Dances: Blues, Lindy

The VLX is a weekend packed with dancing and fun activities in various towns in Vietnam held annually in March since 2009. 3 nights 2 days 7 dances with a well rounded bunch sharing the love for Swing dancing in Hoi An (means 'peaceful meeting place') ancient town, a Unesco World Heritage Site between a river and the seaside in Central Vietnam. Saigon Swing Cats team is happy to host VLX here due to popular demand and access to international airport (Danang International Airport is 40 mins away). See you there! Registration will open in October 2014.

Crash! Delft Blues Festival Dance Exchange
2/20/2015
City: Delft, Netherlands
Dances: Blues

Every year a bunch of amazing blues musicians come to the beautiful Dutch town of Delft. Our exchange happens simultaneously giving us lots of opportunities to dance to live music and fill the days with discussions and skill shares.

The Spoonful
7/3/2015
City: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Dances: Blues

SAVE THE DATE - July 3-5 2015

Summer 2015 brings you The Spoonful, Edinburgh’s brand new blues dance festival in the heart of Scotland.

Shell, Erin, Leigh and Sigga have lots up their sleeves, including 4 nights of parties and 3 days of workshops with a fantastic international lineup:

Mike & Ruth
Annette Kunhle
Alba & Gaston
Adamo & Vicci

Prepare to satisfy your soul!

More info and registration coming SOON.

Rain City Blues 2015
2/20/2015
City: Seattle, WA
Dances: Blues

You'll never feel the same way about Rain again! Now in our third year, we're gaining steam. We'll continue to have the awesome instructors, dj's and bands that you've come to expect from us, plus more awesome sauce! Check out the website for details.

Deep Down Blues
6/26/2015
City: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Dances: Blues

Workshop weekend coinciding with the Belfast City Blues Festival.

Stockholm Blues Fest 2015
4/17/2015
City: Stockholm, Sweden
Dances: Blues

End of April marks our 6th annual blues dance workshop in Stockholm, Sweden!
This year we will be joined by international teachers Ruth + Mike and Andrew Smith from the USA.

2 days of classes, 3 evenings/nights of dancing!
Come dance with us! :)

Blossom Blues 2015
5/15/2015
City: Zurich, Switzerland
Dances: Blues

Belfast Lindy & Blues Exchange
7/31/2015
City: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Lindy Reunion Exchange
2/12/2015
City: Tulsa, OK, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Lindy Reunion Exchange is a reunion of the old school Lindy Hoppers that were there building the scenes and exchanges we grew to know and love. It is also a chance to experience the Lindy Hop that was birthed from those dancers as they studied under the greats like Frankie Manning, Norma Miller, Dawn Hampton, and other founding Lindy Hoppers. Lindy Hop came into its own and you can see that smooth sultry style that was the Lindy we loved.

Northeast Firestone Recess
9/24/2015
City: Camp Firestone in the Pocono Mountains of Pensilvania, USA
Dances: Blues, Fusion

After such an inspiring start on the East Coast last year with Shakori Hills Recess, Recess has decided to bring its 2015 fall event to the Northeast. The setting is 4200+ acres of hardwood forest, waterfalls, and mountainsides a 90 minute drive west of New York City and 90 minutes north of Philadelphia. There will be dancing and skill-share workshops during the day and dances raging into the dawn.

We will have countless hours of some of the most inspiring live and DJed Blues, Alt-Blues, and Fusion music you'll hear anywhere. You will be fed all local, organic food as we all work together to co-produce an experience beyond the every day.

Bring on the Blues III
3/27/2015
City: Charlottesville, USA
Dances: Blues

Bring on the Blues III

March 27-29, 2015 - Charlottesville, VA

www.bring-on-the-blues.com

Registration opens Jan 15

Bands: Michael Gamble's Rhythm Serenaders, Eli Cook, Elizabeth Wise

DJs: Brad Nathanson (Charlotte, NC), Megan Taylor Morrison (DC), Kyle Martin (Charlottesville, VA)

Camp Blues - East Coast USA
5/22/2015
City: East Coast (City TBA), USA
Dances: Blues

Welcome to Camp Blues, a movement and dance camp. Camp Blues is an educational, recreational, and social weekend for all levels of dance experience.

Have you ever tried learning a new language? It can be a difficult and intimidating process when you find yourself struggling through new words and concepts on your own. It's a lot easier when you learn through immersion--surrounding yourself with the language, picking it up in a fun, social, and supportive context.

We focus on dances rooted in African movement, as seen in the juke joints of the early 1900's, and deeply-grounded in the pulse of blues music. These dances (such as the grind, shuffle, stroll, strut, boogie, and many others) formed the foundation for modern jazz and blues dances.
Keep Updated with Camp Blues!

We will hold this winter Camp Blues Oakland at a large house in the hills of Oakland. We will begin Thursday evening, those who have work may still join Friday evening. There will be availability to sleep in the shared house. We will provide breakfast, lunch, and snack. We will host a community party Saturday evening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptPrYEYpV-k

Albuquerque Fusion eXploration 2015
1/30/2015
City: Albuquerque NM, USA
Dances: Blues, Fusion

Come join us in enchanted Albuquerque, New Mexico, for a 2-track blues/fusion event!

Brown Ale Blues
3/6/2015
City: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Dances: Blues, Fusion

We are so pleased to have Lucas Weismann and Jeannie Lin joining us all the way from the USA. We have planned eight hours of workshops to give you a ground-up approach to blues dancing that will give you the tools to build a style that is uniquely your own. From funky beats to smooth tango. From spins to lifts.

Party to battling DJs who are there to keep you on the floor at our Friday and Saturday socials.

Third Coast Fusion 2015 (tentative)
9/4/2015
City: Traverse City, MI, USA
Dances: Blues, Fusion, Tango

A relaxed weekend of dancing and kickin' it on Lake Michigan and collecting together our Michigan fusion communities - blues, fusion, and alt-tango. Barbecuing, dunes walking, and a microbrewery crawl. Details TBD.

Tiny Blues Weekend
7/10/2015
City: Dresden, Germany
Dances: Blues

we present to you our second Blues Weekend in Dresden. Adamo & Vicci from London will help you to get a feel for the slowe and fast blusy tunes and to develop your skills as dancers.

Virginia Beach Lindy Exchange 2015
6/18/2015
City: Virginia Beach, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Fusion

A Swinging Vacation in lovely Virginia Beach! 4 Days of dancing and beachin' good times!
HOME OF THE SWIM SHAM!

Grace and Nick Blues Workshop
2/6/2015
City: San Luis Obispo, USA
Dances: Blues

All the way from Austin, Texas, Grace Jones-Taylor and Nick DeWitt will be blues-ing their way into SLO on February 6th for a weekend of dancing and learning!

Statesboro Swings Out
4/24/2015
City: Statesboro, GA, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

The Glasgow Getdown
6/12/2015
City: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Shag

The Glasgow Getdown is a full weekend dedicated in equal measures to Lindy Hop and Blues.
Showcasing some of Glasgow’s beautiful historic buildings, we invite you lucky souls to come and share in 3 jam packed nights of dancing, laughing, drinking and partying in one of the most musical cities in the world.

Over the weekend of the 12th, 13th, 14th June 2015 you can Getdown to live music from authentic Jazz and Ragtime bands blasting out our favourite classics as well as contemporary Scottish talent bringing you Blues and Swing with a twist. And with special vintage events and activities all weekend, including bite size tasters of Balboa and Shag to whet your appetite, you’ll wonder why you never came sooner.

Some are born to Blues. Some just love to Lindy. For you talented folk who cross the divide, you’re gonna have some tough decisions ahead - what to miss out on!

So save the date, book your holidays, kiss your mum goodbye, unleash your inner unicorn and come to where the wild things dance.

The Blues Experiment
4/26/2015
City: The Outer Banks, NC, USA
Dances: Blues

The world’s most personal and personally challenging Blues workshop. Now with two separate Blues weeks ranging from intermediate-advanced through masters. Applications are open, and the final application deadline is October 10th, 2014.

DJam Swing Dance Festival
1/16/2015
City: Durham, United Kingdom
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Solo Jazz

DJam is about dancing, learning and partying non-stop from Friday 16 - Monday 19 January 2015.

You will experience three blissful days and four nights of dancing. If you want to improve your dance skills in a short amount of time, then DJam could be exactly what you are looking for.

We bring you some of the finest dance teachers and the friendliest dancers from around the world, offering you the unique opportunity to learn more in one weekend than you would perhaps in several months.

The relaxed atmosphere provides both new and experienced dancers the ideal environment to inspire you to dance. With a packed programme of workshops and lots of social dancing, you can choose to do as much or as little as you like.

Dancing at DJam is a great way to make new friends, learn new moves and techniques, and enjoy lots and lots of social dancing with a great atmosphere.

So what are you waiting for? Book now to secure your place at this fantastic event.

DJam is brought to you by Lindy Jazz, a friendly swing dance community with weekly clubs in Durham and Newcastle. Lindy Jazz is registered as a Community Interest Company and is directed by one of its founders, Joo-Lee Stock. Our aims include encouraging community engagement through the joy of swing dancing and friendship.

DJam Teachers include:

Adamo Ciarallo and Vicci Moore, Vivien Nevesse and Philippa Svensson, Alex Parker and Natalia Eristav, Ali Taghavi and Katja Uckermann, Cat Foley, Dan and Gemma Guest, Keith McGee and Gillian Scott, Rob & Tina Shield, Mel and Jo Calanglang, James Kibblewhite and Judith Rosenberg, Paul Claydon, Bruce and Jane Hitchcock, Rachel Gosling, Andy Lewis and Simon Bressanelli and Robyn Larsen

PUX (Portland Underground Exchange)
5/1/2015
City: Portland, OR, USA
Dances: Blues, Fusion

Barefoot Blues present PUX. Three nights of dancing around Portland, OR. Alt-Blues and Fusion music/dance.

Emeralds and Roses: Dance into 2015
12/31/2014
City: Seattle, WA, USA
Dances: Blues, Fusion

Seattle's Burn Blue and Blues Underground are teaming up to host New Year's and you're invited! We're bringing you four nights of Fusion & Blues you won't soon forget, including some of your favorite live acts and dancers from Seattle, Portland, and all over the Pacific Northwest USA!

Bluescamp
5/10/2015
City: Zurich, Switzerland
Dances: Blues

Intensive Camp with Brenda Russell and Catherine Palmier.
Really get to know your body, improve your movement, discover your dancing. Details to follow

Aspen Recess
9/11/2015
City: Paonia, CO, USA
Dances: Blues, Fusion

Three days and three nights of Alt-Blues, Blues, and Fusion dancing, camping, hiking, and dancing in some of the most beautiful and rugged mountains in the country. Aspen Recess was the first of a unique series of national alt-blues/fusion exchanges that focus on building dancer community and solidarity, love for the outdoors, and unrestrained self-expression through dance and music. Aspen Recess is unique because the event itself is your host, with every dancer living, exploring, and dancing together in the same place all weekend.

Shamrock Swing 2015
2/27/2015
City: Notre Dame, IN, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

HOP POTATO
3/13/2015
City: Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Dances: Blues, Lindy

The Aberdeen University Swing Dance Society is delighted to present you the amazing Lindy & Blues workshop Hop Potato '15, which caters to beginners/improvers and intermediates who want to step their dancing up a notch. Join us on St Patrick's Day Weekend for fantastic dancing and awesome teachers! 3 evening socials at brilliant venues! 2 live bands! 2 days of teaching! And also introducing a Blues track, with the option of choosing to attend Blues, Lindy or both. Get excited!

New Years Eve Blues Exchange
12/30/2014
City: Paris, France
Dances: Blues, Fusion

The parisian crew will prepare you an amazing program for New Year's Eve! Full of friends from everywhere you have the time to meet, great dances on very different styles of music, tasting French food and wine we want you remember and visiting Paris in an interesting way...

Like every Blues Delirium event, we will do it not expensive, with hosting, and at human scale (40/60 persons max) ♥

Slow Dance Soiree
2/6/2015
City: Rochester, NY, USA
Dances: Blues

Classes taught by:
Peter Strom & Naomi Uyama
Mikey Pedroza & Pamela Gaizutyte
Laura Glaess & Mike Roberts

Radical Organizer and Instructor Training
1/1/2015
City: Outside Denver, CO, USA
Dances: Blues, Fusion

The goal of the Radical Instructor and Organizer Training is to give dance instructors, organizers, and anyone wanting to be active in their community, the tools and awareness necessary to teach, organize, and lead in a more inclusive and empowering way. Instructors will lead you through focused workshops and facilitated discussions. Together, instructors and organizers will work to realize safer and more supportive communities.

Topics to Be Covered At The Training:
How to Create Safer Spaces in Your Classes and Community; Refine the way in which We See and Interact in Our Community; Being Allies and Being Leaders, and How They are Both Important; Networking Action Plans with other Organizers and Instructors; Protecting Our Own Communities; Check Your Privilege; Consent, and How it Looks Different for Organizers and Instructors; Social Hierarchies and Power Dynamics; Becoming Aware; What the Hell is a PGP?

Richmond Lindy Exchange - RLX2015
5/22/2015
City: Richmond, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Vibrant city, happy people, kickass dancing

The Richmond Lindy Exchange exists to share our enthusiasm and love for Lindy Hop, to strengthen community bonds within and between local and out-of-town dancers, and to showcase Richmond as an important cultural center of the American East Coast.

Moose Blues 2015
5/29/2015
City: Oslo, Norway
Dances: Blues

Blues in the Bush Dance Retreat
3/13/2015
City: Perth, Australia
Dances: Blues

This is a weekend located 1.5 hours drive south east of Perth and is for hanging out, jamming, dancing to live music and with a few classes thrown in. Located in a beautiful bush setting.

Hundred Towers Blues - Teachers Training
2/27/2015
City: Prague, Czech Republic
Dances: Blues

Join us in the city of one hundred towers for the blues teacher’s workshop with Annette Kühnle!

Limited number of participants, 9 hours of classes, guided discussions, evening parties.

Austin Blues Party 8
3/27/2015
City: Austin, TX
Dances: Blues

Come on home to Texas and enjoy Austin in the springtime. We'll have 3 official nights of dancing (plus pre-parties and after-parties), workshops that will blow your mind, friendly competitions to inspire, and live music (Austin is, after all, the live music capital of the world). Experience the biggest damn party around!

Old World Alt-Blues Recess
5/28/2015
City: Outside Tours, France, France
Dances: Blues, Fusion

Recess has been producing progressive, boundary pushing, culture creating events in the American partner dancing scene over the past 9 years.

This is the second official Recess outside of the United States and will serve as a small, intimate, and playful testing ground for the what we want our dance community to be. Kind of like a fun-filled, fantasy-driven weekend... or a lived-in premonition of what we want the future to be!

We will spend three days and four nights dancing, eating, camping, and making merry in the mountains of the French countryside 2 hours south of Lyon, France. Our setting is the Ferme Les Costes. Its stone walls and network of outbuildings will be our dance halls; its sprawling grounds and industrial kitchen our house and dining room.

City In Motion Dance Weekend
1/16/2015
City: San Diego, USA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Fusion, Tango, West Coast, Other

Come keep warm in sunny San Diego through the winter and be ready for some hot nights.

Enjoy sleeping, love eating? Good news! Classes start after lunch each day.

Learn Blues, Tango, and West Coast Swing during the day with amazing instructors.

Dance all night to some of the west coast's best bands and great DJs.

Registration and more on the way.

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Sweet Molasses Blues 2015
7/24/2015
City: Boston, USA
Dances: Blues

Come check out Boston's blues dance weekend! We always have a stellar line up of bands and instructors, plus our unique choreography track for all you aspiring performers!