Lindy Hop Around The World!
Afro Swing Weekend - 13/15 May 2016 - Xanthi - Greece
“A joyful and exciting event in our little town Xanthi, while celebrating 10 years of Lindy Hop (in) Greece! 3 days, 9 hours of classes, 3 parties, 3 international teachers, amazing djs, beautiful venues and lots of love! Let's go back to the roots of swing dancing...we will take traditional Mozambican dances, solo jazz, solo blues, lindy hop and partner blues dancing”
http://lindyhopxanthi.wix.com/afroswingweekend
Maytime Mess Around - 13/15 May 2016 - Titchfield, Fareham - UK
“Maytime Mess Around is a popular weekender on the South Coast, set in the scenic village of Titchfield. The main focus is Lindy Hop but we offer taster class in jazz, shag, balboa and back by popular demand, Chicago Footwork from King Charles, the master himself! Maytime Mess Around is known for it's great atmosphere, friendliness and high quality classes and everyone looks forward to the Saturday night showcase from our teachers! Places limited so book now! £100 early bird price until March 15th 2016. £115 after that date.”
http://www.thelindyclub.co.uk/thelindyclub.co.uk/MMA.html
Istanbul Lindy Exchange - 13/15 May 2016 - Istanbul - Turkey
“Come and join us for a weekend of great fun, great music with live international bands and DJs in the city of two empires, where east meets west, where Europe meets Asia at the very first exchange of Istanbul! We would like to meet and embrace Lindy hoppers from all around the world and allow them to explore herself, dance in its many charming streets while swing music mingles with old and new tunes and many exotic scents of this historic city. Istanbul, a fast growing and vibrant Lindy hop scene now awaits all the dancers at her first Lindy exchange in 2016. Live music, social dancing, city explorations and many many other details will be announced soon. Brought to you by the organizer of the two successful events, Orient Lindy Express in Istanbul and Arctic Lindy Exchange in Iceland, Istanbul Lindy Exchange is surely to have lots of fun and energy!
http://www.istanbullindyexchange.net/
School of Hard Knox - 13/15 May 2016 - Knoxville, TN - USA
“Balboa, Jazz, Lindy Hop, Shag Knoxville is throwing down a great event where the Midwest meets the Southeast and we want you to be a part of it this year! With 3 leveled tracks and awesome electives, Hard Knox focuses on blending unparalleled fun and fantastic learning in the same environment. Join us this year for classes with top instructors and dances with Michael Gamble & The Rhythm Serenaders”
http://schoolofhardknox.rocks/
BB-DanceCamp - 13/16 May 2016 - Landsberg am Lech - Germany
“The BB-DanceCamp is one of the oldest dance camps for Lindy Hop and Boogie Woogie in Europe - in 2016 it will be held for the 29th time! We offer classes with international teachers in Lindy Hop and Boogie Woogie. The camp takes place in the beautiful, mediaval city of Landsberg am Lech, which can be reached via public transport from Munich or Augsburg very easily. The camp area has everything you need as a dancer: Workshop and party locations, the cosy camp cafe called "Swingdiele", a restaurant as well as a vintage market with shoes, clothes and music.”
http://www.boogie-baeren.com/bb-dancecamp-en.html
La Jam - Musicality - 13/16 May 2016 - Orléans - France
“It's a unique French festival where the worlds of dance and music meet to understand and enjoy each other even more. You'll find - Dancing lessons of lindy-hop, Charleston, jazz roots, Blues, tap-dancing, body drums with live music in classes 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. - Gospel lessons : not only a taster this year it is a full mini workshop for singers ! - 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 live music all 4 nights!”
Säntishop - 13/16 May 2016 - Teufen - Switzerland
“SaentisHop is a Lindy Hop workshop in a village in the region of Appenzell, taking place every pentecost. Let us inspire you with a cosy atmosphere, top teachers and a fantastic band!”
http://www.saentishop.ch/#!homee/wdv8f
Swing Break - 13/15 May 2016 - Umag - Croatia
“Can you picture yourself at the beach of Mediterranean sea, in Croatia, the smell of pine trees and salt is in the air, sun is shining, it's warm..., In the distance you hear Jazz music, DJ is playing your favourite songs.. You have just come from classes with international teachers and you are pleased, because you have well improved your technique and you will use it at the evening parties, but for now it's not so important, because you are enjoying some free time with a drink in your hand and some new friends that you have met. Life is "swell" on Swing Break. Make it happen. It's just the matter of your decision... And it's not just the sun that is warm on Swing Break, also the people.”
Lodz You Swing - 13/15 May 2016 - Lodz - Poland
“It's not only another swing event. It's totaly about Lodz and swingin' spirit of an industrial but charming city! What's more we invited a hero of the most famous swing camp in the world. so it'll be an interesting meeting of swedish experienced Lindy Hop master and growing polish swing society. We're also giving you the oppurtunity to try or improve your Balboa with amazing teachers from Berlin. What's the craziest thing : after 2 days of workshops we're lazing on Sunday, having breakfest in the sun, catching sounds of jazz played by our local dixieland, ready to go marchin in and get all dancers on the street to swing on Piotrkowska street - the longest promenade in Europe At the end, we're gonna finnish on the Tea Party with music from vinyls and with a great lecture of Lennart Westerlund!”
Plenty Hot - 13/15 May 2016 - Dresden - Germany
“Welcome to Plenty Hot 2016 and the amazing Ballroom in Börse Coswig close to Dresden. We celebrate 3 nights filled with lindy hop and swing music. We have 3 live bands a relaxing atmosphere and fun from all around Europe. The Ballroom and space is perfect for the event, I think is not exaggerated to say that you will love it.”
Spirit Lab - 14/15 May 2016 - Rome - Italy
“Ladies & Gentlemen We are thrilled to announce that in May 2015 in Rome we will have the honour of hosting four of the most talented swing dancers/teachers in the world! The workshop will offer Lindy Hop, Authentic Jazz classes, Show & competition classes plus three nights of parties and excellent live music! About Spirit Lab: SpiritLAB is a project created by the school “Spirit of Saint Louis Roma”, with the aim of launching a series of workshops – thought of as experimentation laboratories – dedicated to studying Lindy Hop and Authentic Jazz.”
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