We are delighted to present you

BLUES DELUX

With Konrad & Agnieszka

When:  22 to 24 November, 2019

What: Join us for our first BLUES DELUX weekend in Luxembourg!

This will be a workshop dedicated to Blues and Slow Lindy, with Konrad & Agnieszka from Poland.

Schedule:

Friday, 22 November
Altrimenti 19:00 – 20:30 Evening Class: Blues variety – Solo
20:30 – 23:00 Opening Party with the Duke Box
 
Saturday, 23 November
Altrimenti 10:00 – 11:00 Blue Track – Solo Blues with Agnieszka 
11:15 – 12:45 Blue Track – Couple Blues 
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00 Purple Track  – Solo Blues with Konrad
15:15 – 16:45 Purple Track  – Couple Blues
17:00 – 18:30

Orange Track – Couple Slow Lindy
Altrimenti 20:30 – 21:00 Blues Beginner Taster
21:00 – 01:30 Slow drag and Blues Party with the Gramophoniacs
 
Sunday, 24 November
 Altrimenti 10:30 – 11:30 Purple Track – Solo Blues with Agnieszka 
11:45 – 13:15 Purple Track – Couple Blues 
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch break
14:15 – 15:15 Blue Track – Solo Blues with Konrad 
15:30 – 17:00 Blue Track – Couple Blues
17:15 – 18:45 Orange Track – Couple Slow Lindy
20:30 – 23:00 Closing Party and Teacher talk

 

Classes

Which Track should you choose? Please read the track descriptions carefully:

Blue Track – Solo and Couple Blues 

This track combines couple and solo Blues. Open for absolute beginners and people with limited blues experience. This class is both for people who are new to dancing and to lindy-hoppers, who would like to enrich their dance with dialogue (both follower and follower leading), more musicality and techniques of movement to slow tempo.

Purple Track – Solo and Couple Blues 

This track combines couple and solo Blues. Open for dancers that already know blues basic steps and feel comfortable dancing blues in parties and social dancing. You have already participated to a few blues workshops or courses and you have at least 1 year experience in blues dancing.

Orange Track – Couple Slow Lindy

This is an introduction to Slow lindy, learn how to slow your Lindy Hop down in a different way. It is required to have over 1 year of experience in Lindy Hop. You are able to dance basic rhythms and figures such as swingout, tuck-turn and lindy circle.

Friday evening class – Blues variety 

Our special Friday evening class will cover basic steps and rhythms of different blues types (chicago, jazzy/new orleans, piedmont, latin blues, chicago triple, etc.) and idiom dances (figures that used to be dances and are steps now) to add to your blues repertoire! Open for beginners and people with limited blues experience. This solo blues class is not part of the above mentioned workshop tracks. **LIMITED SPOTS!**

 

Pricing

  • Blue Track – Solo and Couple Blues : 90€ (3 hours of Couple Blues, 2 hours Solo Blues & 3 parties)
  • Purple Track – Solo and Couple Blues:  90€ (3 hours of Couple Blues, 2 hours Solo Blues & 3 parties)
  • Orange Track – Couple Slow Lindy: 50€ (3 hours of Couple Slow Lindy Hop & 3 parties)
  • Friday evening class – Blues variety : 20€ (1.5 hours) **This class is not included in any track and needs to be purchased separately.
  • Party pass: 30€ – Friday, Saturday and Sunday parties. **If you wish to go to a single party of your choice, you can pay in cash at the entrance.

 

Parties

We offer you 3 parties during this workshop! 

Friday: Party with our local band ‘the Duke Box’. Individual party entrance 15€

Saturday: Party with the Gramophoniacs! Individual party entrance 25€. Don’t miss the blues taster from 20h30 to 21h00!

Sunday: Closing Party and cozy teacher talk. Individual party entrance 10€.

All parties are included when you do a slow lindy or blues track, or party pass. For individual party entrances, you can pay cash at the door.

 

Guidelines for registration

-Click on the ‘+’ button to select a Track, special class on Friday or Party pass for the workshop. The total price will be automatically calculated.

-Fill in your personal details  (NAME, SURNAME and EMAIL)

-When signing up with a partner, please mention their name and email in your registration. Both partners need to make a separate registration, in order to be confirmed to the workshop.

 

 

* all tracks are sold out. You can still get party passes or pay directly at the entrance.

 

 

Registrations are now closed. For any questions, please send us an email at info@swingdance.lu.

 

Teachers

Your talented teachers are going to be Konrad & Agnieszka, Blues and Slow Dance teachers and dancers, co-creators of the Warsaw Blues scene and organizers of swing dance events. Following queries to teach Blues and Slow Dance to local communities abroad and in Poland, they have set up this website to provide a channel of communication with their students.

Live band – The Duke Box

Our house band is back with an amazing blues set!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Live band – Gramophoniacs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These young jazz musicians all come from the Saarbrücken area, some of them where born there, others moved in for their studies. All of them practice jazz and swing music of all kinds on a professional level. The band has existed in its current formation since 2015 and has since managed to successfully complete over 80 concerts in numerous different formations, some of which where swing shows, dance events, swing events or background music for corporate or private events.