TRACKs (dances)

You can choose between Lindy, Balboa and Original Jazz (for followers).
Besides lindy hop, this year for the first time barSWINGona offers you the possibility of taking balboa and original jazz classes. You can also take more than one track but you have to ready to take 6 hours a day.
 

Lindy hop
  • Contents: Social lindy hop.
  • Levels: There will be 5 different levels. See the description in the LEVELS section. Audition will be required for levels Advanced and Advanced Plus.
    1. Begginners (B)
    2. Improvers (I)
    3. interMediate (M)
    4. Advanced (A)
    5. Advanced Plus (A+)
  • Teachers
    • Sylvia Sykes (USA) & Skye (USA) by special demand of both of them.
    • Skye will also teach some classes with Nina (USA).
    • Hanna (Sweden) & Mattias (Sweden).
    • Nick Williams (USA) will teach with Nina (USA) and with Laia (Cat).
  • Hours:
    • Each level will get 3 hours a day of these top couple teachers, therefore you'll get 9 hours of classes in total.


 

Balboa
  • Contents: Social balboa and balswing.
  • Levels: There will be 3 different levels. See the description in the LEVELS section. Audition will be required for the  Advanced level.
    1. Begginers + Improvers (BI).
    2. interMediate (M)
    3. Advanced + Advanced Plus (A)
  • Teachers
    • Sylvia Sykes (USA) & Nick Williams (USA).
    • Anne-Helene & Bernard (Fr).
    • Sylvia Sykes (USA) will also teach some classes with Lluís (Cat).
  • Hours:
    • Each level will get 3 hours a day of these top couple teachers, therefore you'll get 9 hours of classes in total.


 

Original Jazz for Followers
  • Contents: Original Jazz steps, Jazz routines and styling special for followers.
  • Levels:  Only 1 level specially intended for swing dance followers.
  • Teachers
    • Nina (USA).
    • Hanna (Sweden).
  • Hours:
    • Each level will get 3 hours a day of these top teachers, therefore you'll get 9 hours of classes in total.

Please, read the level descriptions carefully before registering.

 

levelS

Classes are organized in many levels to optimize class homogeneity.
The courses are organized in many  levels to avoid mixing dance levels in the same classe.

Please, take a second to read the level descriptions. When you register we'll ask you the level you would like to be placed at. Also, we might ask you to dance in front of our teachers to let them give us their opinion. Considering all that, we'll do our best to place you in the most appropriate level for you  ;-)

LINDY HOP workshops
Beginners (B) You are about to start or just started learning the basic steps amd movs.
Improvers (I) You have no problem at all with the basics and you know some other steps such that you go out to the social floor.
You've been dancing for at least 4 months.
interMediate (M) You have been actively dancing for at least one and a half years and you're already able to lead/follow quite a lot of different steps and variations at not extreme tempos.
Advanced (A) You have been actively dancing for at least to three years or more, you attended several international. workshops and you are able to learn almost any step.

When you dance, you're not scared about leading/following any kind of tempo and you know already what dancing to the music means and you do that out there on the floor.
Advanced Plus (A+) Especial lindy hop course for very skilled and experienced lindy hop dancers. In particular:
  • You must able to dance any tempo,
  • be able to lead/follow any advanced lindy hopper,
  • be able to use the dance to interpret the music,
  • and in class, you must be able to learn anything quickly and dance it properly with your  partner.
Dancers in this level will have to go thru a strict  audition.

This is a social lindy course therefore there will be partner rotation.

 

BALBOA workshops
The description of the levels are the same as in Lindy hop, however there will be only 3 workshop tracks: BegginnersImprover, interMediate and Advanced. Audition will be required for the Advanced level.

 

ORIGINAL JAZZ for Followers workshops
This workshop is specially intended for lindy hop and balboa followers with experience in the social floor.

LAST NEWS (4/3/08): Given the success of this workshop there will be two different leveles: InterMediate and  Avanced where the classes, teachers and contentst will be the same.

 

 

contents

 

 

Naomi's ORIGINAL JAZZ for Followers workshops
Rethink Your Basic Jazz class Lindy hoppers learn steps within choreography, take those basics and make them your own by adding timing and styling.
Body Isolations class Wake up muscles you didn't know you had.  We'll take the time to break down individual motions to help your overall movement.
Solo blues routine A choreography full of movement that works great when the music gets sexy and slow.
Improvisation skills class You can know a lot of steps but what good are they if you can't use them on the dance floor at night.  We'll dance through exercises and tips to sharpen your improv skills.

Hot Club Chorus Girls

 A fun and energetic routine inspired by chorus girls from the hot jazz clubs of the early 20th century.  Feminine and sharp at the same time, this routine will be performed at the end of camp.

 

Carolene's ORIGINAL JAZZ for Followers workshops
Are you a fantastic follower ?
Do you follow with flair or fade into the background ?
Take the lead and strut your stuff. “From Shorty George to Suzi Q, an opportunity to show what you can do.”

Come and explore the rousing rhythms with steps from the Authentic Jazz Dance tradition and discover how to incorporate them into your lindy hop sequences including Charleston variations.


 

 

Schedule

You can choose between lindy, balboa and original jazz.

 

Hours
  • Registration to the workshops (equally for lindy hop, balboa and jazz) guarantees you 9 hours of classes in total with top masters plus few open classes, 3 hours of classes per day.
  • Specificly, each level will get each top teacher couple once a day during 3 days. That is intended to allow the teachers work progressively with the class throughout the weekend and build their dance concepts and goals.

 

Optimal Schedule design
  • If you take one division you'll have free time either morning or afternoon.
  • You can take two divisions (if you'r body can make it ;-).
  • If you cannot take the 3 days there are one-day passes available.

 

 

NORMS

We need your help to provide you an enjoyable stage

 

Access Control
  • You can attend only the track classes of the level you registered for.Every group will use the partner rotation system.

  • You can go to any open class or taster class.


 

Language
  • The official language of the festival is English.
  • Occasionally, some pieces of teachers instructions will be translated to Catalan and/or Spanish. This should not be the cause of any extra delay of the class though.

 

Video-recording
  • Video-recording teachers without their permission is not allowed.
  • At the end of each class, if the teacher agrees, there will be a short class review time specially suited for video-recording.
  • Thanks for your cooperation.

 

Physical Injuries
  • Any person registering to the Barcelona Swing Festival accepts that the organization is not liable in any sense for the phisical injuries that the dancer may suffer during the festival.