Swing Dance and Retro Culture
At noon today, the 24th of September we finally open the registration for the fall semester.
At noon today, the 24th of September we finally open the registration for the fall semester. Read more about that here.
Tonight at 18.00 we kick off The Authentic Jazz Solo Swing Dance Project in Malmö. This is already an ongoing thing in Lund every Monday. Both with theme classes of 1-3 occations On the Monday Night Swing, we also have a Swing Practice where you can dance to DJ music in the Grand Hotel ballroom.
I måndags hade nya Måndagsswingen premiär på Grand Hotell och imorgon 14/9 fortsätter vi med dubbla nybörjar prova-på i Lindy Hop kl 18 & 19 samt både nybörjar och mer avancerad Solo Charleston kl 20 & 21. Följande måndagar blir det Swing Practice kl 20 samt olika solodanskurser kl 21. Drop in är möjlig genom att visa sitt medlemskort. Men säkrast att anmäla sig då solokurserna blev fulla senaste måndagen.
Vi har ännu fler solodanskurser i Malmö på torsdagar. .
Med början Måndagen den 21 drar vad som skulle kunna kallas socialdans igång där max 36 föranmälda dansare får swinga loss i den fantastiska balsalen på grand hotell. Anmäl dig till vår Swing Practice tilsammans med en danspartner som sen är den du dansar med eller själv som förare, följare, solo eller switch. Vi antar så att det blir helt jämnt.
Först tar vi igen den pausade vårterminen enligt följande. Sen fortsätter vi med en kortare hösttermin där tanken är att alla ska stanna kvar i samma grupp och kursen fortsätter i stort sett där den andra slutade. Gick du D på onsdagar ska du helst anmäla dig till D+ samma dag och tid. Om du inte gick kurser i våras och t.ex. gick D förra hösten är kanske C+ nu en lämplig nivå. Några av dessa kursen är redan öppna, några öppnar på tisdag och resten den 24 september. Vi kommer att lotta köplatser. Anmälningarna är som vanligt bindande och du kan denna termin inte få någon återbetalning. Du kan dock få hela avgiften tillgodo och enkelt avboka med en ny knapp i antagningsmailen.
All swing classes and socials are on hold!
Due to the current development in the corona pandemic we will need to extend the pause. Probably well into January or longer. However, we will hold of setting a new schedule until the circumstances are a bit clearer. We’ll get back to you then!
Dancing comes with many positive health benefits, but when it comes to the possible spread of flu, our dance interest is not only a good thing.
We follow the local risk assessments as well as official recommendations and act accordingly.
** The general tip about using the elbow may not be the best thing in combination with social dancing, but still much better than coughing/sneezing straight out. A handkerchief is of course best, but using your hands that are immediately washed works as an emergency solution.
* The courses that started this spring already have fewer participants per course as more levels have double groups. For Swing in the Park, Sommar Lund will assist with enclosure and extra staff to keep track of the number participants
You have probably already heard that we will reduce / eliminate partner rotation in the autumn courses, but how will we do this? There is currently no ready-made plan that everyone must follow, but at least thoughts to discuss and then make a decision so that everyone knows what applies before the courses begin…
https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/smittskydd-beredskap/smittsamma-sjukdomar/coronavirus/
https://www.krisinformation.se/corona
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/summary.html
Updated March 13th 2020 20:14
Tonight our friends at Cats’ Corner kick off their Wednesday Night Hop and Monday Night Swing is pack on Monday. Both include a beginners’ Lindy to send all your friends to or join yourself to get started.
Tonight our friends at Cats’ Corner kick off their Wednesday Night Hop and the Monday Night Swing is back on Monday. Both include a beginners’ Lindy Hop taster class to send all your friends to or join yourself to get started.
On sunday it’s finally time for a small Swing Kids/Teens course & a parents sosial dance and Lindy Acrobatics.
There is still room in many of the Lindy Hop courses this spring as we are doubling up om beginners Lindy Hop weekends, beginners continued and even some of the higher levels as C & D now available on Tuesday too.
See all of HepTowns Lindy Hop courses in the schedule
Se most of the Öresund swing and blues dance events in the HepTown Calendar
The quickest and mos reliable way to find out if there is still room for you ist to sign-up.
Hope to see you on the dance floors!
Registration for beginners weekends, Swing Kids and Sunday courses are already open. The rest opens at noon on the 12th of December.
Registration for beginners weekends, Swing Kids and Sunday courses are already open. The rest opens at noon on the 12th of December.
Please note that everyone that signs-up the first four days has the same chance to get a spot as we will raffle the queue.
IMPORTANT! If you sign up for several courses but only want to take one of them you have to make a note of that in the comment field of your registrations. You are not allowed to hold on to one spot while waiting in line to get another.
The last Monday Night Swing 2019 is December 16 and the first Monday Night Swing 2020 is January 13. Both start with a Lindy Hop taster class for beginners.
We just opened the registration for A beginners weekends and B beginners’ continued. At noon on THURSDAY THE 13TH OF JUNE we open the registration for the rest of them
We just opened the registration for A beginners weekends and B beginners’ continued. At noon on THURSDAY THE 13TH OF JUNE we open the registration for the rest of them. Everyone that signs-up the first 48h will have the same chance to get a spot as we will raffle the queue at noon on Saturday.
Most courses can already be found in the schedule but lots of details will be updated during next week.
We have managed to squeeze in C an D on Mondays near Kårhuset and will also extend the social dance as the last class ends 21.15. There will be an Extra B level where every one learns to both lead and follow (ELEF).. A full semester 10x E and 5x F starting after E has finished so that you can take both. Fast Lindy + Arial + California Routine. In addition we are planning to add at least one beginners continued weekend workshop and some kick ass jazz theme classes in August…
Open registration = Everyone that signs-up for C-F the first 48 hours will have the same chance to get a spot on a course as we will raffle the queue (lotta ordningen på köplatserna). After that it’s the usual direct registration with fist come first served with usually followers in queue being accepted as soon as the usually later leaders sign-up.
Spring season is coming to and end with our last Monday Night Swing in Lund on the 10th of June and Cats’ Corners’ last Wednesday Night Hop on the 12th of June.
After that there is no big break as the first of three Swing n’ Blues Summer Sessions outside Moriska Paviljongen kicks-off on the 14th of June. In Lund Swing in the Park premieres the 19th of June and “dans på stranden” has a joint inauguration for all dances the 23rd of June, continuing swingin on the beach in Malmö every Sunday all summer…
There is also lots of other summer swing dance events all around Öresund. Most of them are imported daily from 10 different organizers and conveniently gathered in our calendar.
Swing in the park ends on the 7th of August and Monday Night Swing is back on the 12th of August. We are guessing that Cats’ Corners Wednesday Night Jump will jump start around the 14th of August.
Registration to the first beginners’ weekends are already open. Registration for the semester courses will open at noon on Tuesday the 18th of December.
At noon on the 14th of June we open the registration for >20 different Lindy Hop classes and courses Fall 2018 in Malmö and Lund. Beginners to advanced, weekends, full/half semesters and lots of shorter theme classes.
And 5 levels of Collegiate Shag !
Most spring courses have already started but there are still som theme classes, a beginners weekend and a summer course to sign-up for this spring. In the middle of this we open the registration for fall courses…
Lindy Hop registration for the fall will open as follows
Registrants for the highest 2 (E and F) that want to take a higher level than they have done before will need to do a small audition (no big scary pear audition) on Wednesday the 5th of September at Moriskan in Malmö, 18.15-19.45. If you sign-up for the same level you will not need to do the audition.
The Helsingborg crew is planning some a beginners weekend and some other classes that will be announced by the end of May
Half of the semester on E-F in Malmö and D i Lund will be replaced by theme classes of various length. Most theme classes are now on-line. A few more and descriptions of them all to be announced soon…
With uncertainties surrounding venues Gunhild Carling made the choice to not arrange her big Stockamöllan Swing & Jazz Festival this summer, 2017. Hopefully it will be back next summer, 15-17th of June 2018.
Wishing ya all a Happy Easter, and reminding that there are no swing classes during the Easter holidays (See www.heptown.com/s)
However, it is social dancing as usual on Monday
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The 22nd of December at 8 pm we open the registration for the beginners’ Lindy Hop weekends. January 4th at 8 pm we open all higher Lindy Hop levels. Get a head start and register faster by creating a user account on www.dans.se today. This is where all HepTowns course registrations will be handled
If you log in at dansa.se with Facebook or Google+ a user account will be created with the ability to log on through these
you can also create a user account by making a test registration. This also helps us test the system.
