As our swing season has now come to an end we want to give a big thanks to everyone for joining us and welcome you back next year.
For that last-minute Christmas gift, why not give them a Lindy Hop course? Read more here
All your admin wants for Christmas is for you to sign-up as soon as possible to help us plan a fantastic spring semester.
Social dance
Wednesday Night Hop is back January 8th, Monday Night Swing is back January 13th with a special event with dinner at Smålands Nation and back at our usual home Kårhuset the 20th.
All three dates include drop-in classes for beginners in both Lindy Hop and Blues dance.
Please sign up for the 13th as soon as possible to give the kitchen a heads-up about the food
All Lindy Hop courses are now open for registration and some like Aerials and C-level on Wednesdays are almost sold out. Others, like the D-level on Mondays, currently have more leaders than followers.
On the Blues dance page you will finally find both drop in classes and a 5 week courses in both Blues dancing and Rhythm & Blues Dance
https://www.heptown.com/blues
Solo Jazz / Jazz Roots
Jenny is back with an extended version of her special Solo Jazz track for both beginners and a bit more experienced Solo Jazz dancers “This course is not about learning a routine or the ‘perfect/correct’ way of solo jazz dancing, this workshops is about learning to have fun with solo jazz and getting yourself more comfortable with experimenting and solo social dancing to swing music!”
After that course there is a vacancy if someone wants to teach something…
Note that some events are moved due to other aktivitets at Moriskan. Always check the calendar before you go
On Sundays,
we have classes on many levels and a free members-only practica that we’ll tell you more about in the next issue of our members news letter. Sunday courses.
Registration for the spring 2024 courses just opened, but no stress as everyone who registers until noon December 21st has the same chance of getting a spot as we will raffle the queue order. Read updated info about raffle and queue.
We start the year with an unofficial Blues dance party January 6th. Monday Night Swing kicks off January 15th and Cats’ Corners start their Wednesday Night Hop January 10th. All three include a beginners drop-in class to send your friends to.
Beginner Lindy Hop weekends are already open for registration and while the summer activities are in full swing, we open registration for the autumn semester courses at noon on July 18th. However, there is no stress as everyone who registers until noon July 25th has the same chance to get a spot.
There will be lots of Lindy Hop courses on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays!
New for this year is that we will offer lots of interesting shorter blocks of classes, including courses that run on an even/uneven week
On Sundays and Mondays, there will also be family-friendly “Lindy Hop & Solo Jazz Study Circles” where you choose if you want to, social dance, train yourself, share something and/or participate when others share.
Beginner weekends are already open for registration and while the summer activities are in full swing, we open registration for the autumn semester courses at noon on July 18th. However, there is no stress as everyone who registers until noon July 25th has the same chance to get a spot.
Beginner weekends are already open for registration and while the summer activities are in full swing, we open registration for the autumn semester courses at noon on July 18th. However, there is no stress as everyone who registers until noon July 25th has the same chance to get a spot.
There will be lots of Lindy Hop courses on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays!
New for this year is that we will offer lots of interesting shorter blocks of classes, including courses that run on an even/uneven week
On Sundays and Mondays, there will also be family-friendly “Lindy Hop & Solo Jazz Study Circles” where you choose if you want, dance socially, train yourself, share something and/or participate when others share.
English translation will be available below soon(ish)
TRANSLATION IN PROGRESS….
Spring semester in coming to an end with the last Monday Night Swing May 23rd and the Last Wednesday Night Hop June 8th. The last course, a theme class, The Congeroos show routine starts on Wednesday
The semester is ends with lots of social dances that include a beginners Lindy Hop drop-in class that you can send all your not yet Lindy hoppin trends to
Summer swing, Swing Kids, social dance and beginners’ taster classes
Wednesdays in Lunds stadspark, Swing In The Park, premieres June 15th and will this year be expanded to include swing Kids/Teens dance classes. Sunday swing at Ribban beach in Malmö kicks off July 3dr.
Some beginners weekends are already scheduled and open for registration and more will open for registration later…
Lindy Hop Fall semester
Höstterminen kommer att bjuda på massor av kurser på flera nivåer i Malmö och Lund. Traditionellt är de flesta kurser i Lund på Måndagar med några kurser på Söndagar. I Malmö är det tisdagar och onsdagar som gäller. Jämfört med våren 2022 hoppas vi kunna erbjuda fler kurser på onsdagar och (nästan) lika många på tisdagar
New course layout! What would you like to improve in your Lindy Hop?
Själv skulle jag t.ex. vilja bli bättre på att (orka) dansa snabbt utan att fuska. Fuska är jag redan bra på 🙂
Baktanken med frågan är att vi i instruktörsgruppen diskuterar vad som krävs för att bli en bra dansare. Vi har idag basblock A-C som går igenom grunderna och sen D och E där innehållet är helt fritt och varierar mellan terminer. Den som går D (medel) många gånger och för olika instruktörer har då ofta utsatts för mycket av det som krävs för att söka till E men det saknas lätt några pusselbitar. Pusselbitar vi försöker identifiera och paketera i kortare temakurser. Tanken är att ersätta i första hand D men massa små kurser i allt från “snabba fötter” till “slow and groovy” och “improvisation & musikanpassning” så att du kan välja både det du tycker är kul och det du behöver mest samt instruktörer kan välja det de är mest inspirerade av och bäst på att lära ut.
Feedback som skrivs i denna tråd eller i andra hand på mail tar vi med oss till en helhelg i början på juni då instruktörsgruppen kommer att gräva ner sig ordentligt i ämne.
Experienced extra leads are offered to participate for free on the beginner weekend 14-15 / 5
Gäller även erfarna följare som vill lära sig att föra.
Vill du även vara med på de tre festkvällarna tillkommer 450kr för Party Pass som normalt kostar 700kr. Skriv en kommentar om extraförare samt party pass i din anmälan så justerar vi priset, som i första automatiska mailet visar fullt pris. Anmäl dig här
Kostnaden för Party Pass går oavkortat till Cats’ Corner för att täcka kostnader för Malmö Spring Jump
The pandemic is not over but it is now entering a new phase where restrictions are no longer needed.
We’ll keep most of our precautionary measures for a while longer but can now soon start social dances and increase the number of course participants who in several venues have now been limited to 14 people.
Most courses have already been postponed to the middle/end of February, thus it is not too late to sign-up.
Vaccination remains important to reduce the risk of infection and greatly reduce the risk of serious illness. The interval for the 3rd dose has now been reduced to 3 months.
You do not to be a Swedish citizen to get vaccinated in Sweden!
We are also pleased to announce that our friends from Cats’ Corner will be arranging their fantastic Lindy Hop dance camp Malmö Spring Jump the 13-15th May 2022. During the weekend, a beginners’ weekend will also be offered in collaboration with HepTown
Decisive factors for the removal of the restrictions in Sweden
Knowledge of omicron with several international studies showing milder disease
The number of covid patients at intensive care is stably low despite massive spread of infection
High vaccination coverage with a high vaccination rate in recent weeks
BIG thank to teachers, volunteers and participants who participated in the autumn semester!
Registration for the spring semester courses opened yesterday, but no stress as everyone who registers until 12.00 on 28 December has the same chance of getting a spot as we will raffle the queue order.
New for this year is that Wednesdays will offer various shorter theme courses. Some of these are already published and open for registration. More will be published and open for registration on the 12th and 19th of January. Feel free to come up with suggestions and wishes! Do you want to teach a theme course yourself?
What do they mean for our courses and social dances? According to estimates, the peak of the spread of infection will be in January, thus restrictions can possibly be released before the course semester start in mid-February, but at present no dates have been set. If they are not released and for courses and social dances before that, it could look like the following
Social dances
At public events, to which our social dances in their current form are assumed to belong, only seated guests are allowed if there are more than 20 people. A return to antisocial dance training with a permanent partner and pre-registration may be relevant here as a substitute for the social dances
Classes
For culture and leisure activities, requirements are set at 10 square meters per person. This, our courses should follow even if the course activities are closed arrangements that are not legally covered by these requirements. A smaller number of participants in each course and a return to smaller rotation groups may be relevant here, or a delayed course start.
A maximum of 50 people when renting out places for private gatherings applies to those who rent out venues for classes to us, but we are already staying way below that.
In October, the new autumn term in Lindy Hop finally starts in Malmö and Lund. It’s not too late to sign up. Already tonight, 27 Sep, is the last Monday we dance in the ballroom at the Grand Hotel and on Monday the 4th of October we are back in the Gasquesalen in Kårhuset. On September 29, several restrictions will be lifted for those who are vaccinated. We can then have more normal courses and social dances where everyone is allowed to dance with everyone. A hugely important step for our normally very inclusive swing scene.
Vaccination requirements?
Due to FHM’s easing of the restrictions for vaccinated and new restrictions for unvaccinated, starting september 29th, we require that you are vaccinated or have natural immunity. FHM is very clear, those who are not vaccinated should not dance. You can download your certificate here, but we do not promise to check everyone as it would take too much time and resources from courses and social dances. In order not to discriminate, you are also admitted with a recent negative test for covid-19. This would then apply as long as FHM has special restrictions for the unvaccinated.
There are places left on all courses and registration is still open.
We offer
Nybörjarhelg nu i helgen och fler längre fram
Terminskurser på flera olika nivåer i både Lund och Malmö. Nytt för denna höst är en DE-kurs som svårighetsmässigt siktar på E-nivå men utan krav på audition.
Akrobatik, en nybörjarkurs och en mer avancerad showgrupps-akrobatik
Solojazzdans och andra temakurser. Kommer fler än vad som nu syns.
När vi går tillbaka till en öppnare socialdans är det trots vaccination extra viktigt att stanna hemma om du är minsta krasslig och respektera ett ”nej tack” om du bjuder upp någon, som vi alltid gör, men var lite extra observant då alla ännu inte är bekväma med att dansa med många..
HepTown återgår till måndagar på Kårhuset. Cats’ Corner har socialdans på onsdagar som just nu och fram t.o.m. 6 oktober håller till på Brändan, men flyttar sen till Ungdomens hus för att sen åter vara tillbaka på Moriskan i November
Avrostningskurser blir det även i Malmö som temakurser med start redan 18/8 då det förmodligen även någon typ av socialdans med Cats Corner i salen nedanför kl 18-21…
Flera nybörjarhelger i Lindy Hop är redan öppna för anmälan med den första utomhus nu i helgen den 7-8 augusti!
I oktober börjar vi sen en helt ny hösttermin. Alla detaljer är inte spikade. Mer information kommer löpande här och anmälan öppnar kl 12 den 12 augusti.
Vi gör vårt bästa för att följa och överträffa gällande restriktioner. När du dansar hos oss förbinder du dig att gör det samma. Se vad som gäller här inkluderar information om rotation och hur det funkar utan partner. Vi kommer att vara försiktiga under hösten trots att många då kommer att vara vaccinerade.
Håll ut, ta han om och vaccinera dig så kan vi snart dansa som vanligt igen…
With vaccines rolling out faster than expected we hope we can all dance together again quite soon. Meanwhile, hang in there, stay safe and well!
In case you missed we want to recommend the following from our friends:
4 Swedes fantastic swing camp The Snowball just opened the registration for a virtual edition https://www.thesnowball.se/
LinaMaria & Jerry from Teater Trassel, known to most of you as teachers, MCs, singers and dancers in our local scene made a Christmas Calendar from their cabin in Ynglingarum…https://www.facebook.com/trasselsagor.
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. .
Socialdans?
Med börjanMåndagen 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.
Höstterminen
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.
Dancing comes with many positive health benefits, but when it comes to the possible spread of flu and corona, our dance interest is not only a good thing.
We follow the local risk assessments as well as official recommendations and adapt our rekommendations accordingly.
We adapt and update regularly, so feel free to come back here closer to the course start.
When taking part in any of our activities you are obligated to:
Reduce the risk of infection and infecting!
We think that all these rules can still apply even after 29 September.
Always stay home if you are sick! Especially for the slightest flu, cold like symptoms or anything else that may be a sign of covid-19
You should still be vaccinated against COVID-19 *
Wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water >30s.
As backup to washing hands use hand saintlier between dances.
Avoid touching your face. Especially the eyes.
Stay home if you have been in contact with people who might carry COVID-19.
* The Swedish Public Health Agency recommends that adults who have not been vaccinated take special precautions. This means that these people should avoid crowds and large crowds indoors. We still like to see that you who take the course are vaccinated, but from 9 February it is no longer a requirement we can make.
HepTown will:
Inform, repeat and nag about the above points to reduce the spread of infection
Keep down the number of participants/course
Make sure there is access to soap and hand sanitizer
Limit and make partners rotation voluntary on all courses**
As far as possible, have substitutes ready for instructors who obviously stay at home if they have symptoms.
Be prepared to pause all or part of the course activities again
** How do we eliminate/reduce the partner rotation on the courses?
And what happens to someone who does not have a partner?
Changing partners is voluntary during the pandemic, but we then want to go back to courses where everyone dances with everyone as the courses work much better that way.
If needed we might go back to using rotation groups during the fall 2022, but right now the plan is to have regular rotation where everyone dances with everyone
Anyone who has or acquires a permanent dance partner simply dances with this one.
Those who do not have a regular dance partner are paired together on arrival per course occasion and dance with the same person all evening.
Those who wish to participate in a minimized form of rotation, form rotation groups of 2-3 pairs. Within these groups, you then rotate as frequently as on a regular course.
What do they mean for our courses and social dances? According to estimates, the peak of the spread of infection will be in January, thus restrictions can possibly be released before the course semester start in mid-February, but at present no dates have been set. If they are not released and for courses and social dances before that, it could look like the following
At public events, to which our social dances in their current form are assumed to belong, only seated guests are allowed if there are more than 20 people. A return to antisocial dance training with a permanent partner and pre-registration may be relevant here as a substitute for the social dances.
Avrådan från cuper och läger inomhus som inte innebär yrkesmässig utövning. Däremot kan ordinarie aktiviteter med träningar, övningar, matcher, föreställning och tävlingar fortgå. Tolkar vi som att våra ordinarie kurser kan fortsätta men att vi ska undvika dansläger (som vi ändå inte har några planterade just nu)
For culture and leisure activities, requirements are set at 10 square meters per person. This, our courses should follow even if the course activities are closed arrangements that are not legally covered by these requirements. A smaller number of participants in each course and a return to smaller rotation groups may be relevant here, or a delayed course start.
A maximum of 50 people when renting out places for private gatherings applies to those who rent out venues for classes to us, but we are already staying way below that.
* Not valid after February 9th. Due to FHM’s easing of the restrictions for vaccinated and new restrictions for unvaccinated, starting september 29th, we require that you are vaccinated or have natural immunity (recovered from covid-19 in the last 6 months). FHM is very clear, those who are not vaccinated should not dance. You can download your certificate here, but we do not promise to check everyone as it would take too much time and resources from courses and social dances. In order not to discriminate, you are also admitted with a recent negative test for covid-19 (PCR within 48h)
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.
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.
Ditt företag är berättigat att ge dig en skattefri personalvårdsförmån som ofta kallas friskvårdsbidrag. Ett bidrag för kostnaden att delta i fysiska aktiviteter som t.ex. dans och däribland såklart swingdanser som Lindy Hop, Balboa och Jazzdans. En möjlighet som de allra flesta företag tar till vara.
Kvitto på swingdanskurs
Se nu bara till att skriva ut ett kvitto och lämna inn på jobbet. Kvittot får du automatiskt på mail när vi registrerat din betalning och kan även hämtas här.
Klart att Lindy Hop räknas som friskvård!
Har tidigare hänt att företag påstår att dans inte räknas men numera står motionsdans t.o.m. specifikt med i skatteverkets definition.
Hur mycket får man maximalt i friskvårdsbidrag?
Det finns från skattemyndigheten ingen övre gräns så länge samma villkor gäller för alla anställda. Det är med andra ord din arbetsplats som bestämmer hur mycket pengar du kan få tillbaka.
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…
RAFFLE THE QUEUE?
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.
Swing in the park endson 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.
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
Registration for A Beginners Lindy Hop weekends is open!
B will open at noon on the 20th of April
Registration for C-F and theme classes will open at noon on Thursday the 14th of June.
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.
