Welcome to Cats’ Corners swingin\u2019 Wednesday Night Hop at Moriska Paviljongen. Tonight we have the pleasure to introduce Bird’s Nest live on stage!
\nA small taste: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UMuQ0W1WeRc<\/p>\n
The evening includes a beginners’ Balboa taster held by Sweden Balboa Society at 8 pm. At the same time, the swingin social dance in Morsikans grand ballroom starts at 7.45 pm!
\nLive on stage around 8:30 pm.<\/p>\n
These classes are included in the door fee. No preregistration needed to take part.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
###Bird’s Nest
\nTonights line-up:
\nAmanda Sedgwick – alto sax, clarinet
\nDwayne Clemons (New York) – trumpet
\nAlexander Brott – guitar
\nBj\u00f6rn Lund\u00e9n, base
\nMattias Puttonen, drums<\/p>\n
This new sextet joined forces through their mutual love for modern jazz. The term \u201dbebop\u201d has often been ill-fated, but this group puts exuberance back into this classic American style. Tunes by Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, Arnett Cobb and Dizzy Gillespie are played in the three part harmony of the frontline, often in the original beautiful arrangements. Consisting of Amanda Sedgwick on alto sax and clarinet, Alexander Brott on guitar, Dwayne Clemons on trumpet, Carl Orrje on piano, Bj\u00f6rn Lund\u00e9n on bass and Mattias Puttonen on drums, this group has played at jazz clubs in Sweden, and also the occasional dance gig, disproving the fact that this music was constructed for the exclusive enjoyment of a concert audience.<\/p>\n
The term Balboa originally referred to a dance characterized by its close embrace and full body connection. It emphasizes rhythmic weight shifts and lead-follow partnership. Different dancers in the same region at the same time also danced ”swing,” a dance characterized by twists, turns, and open-position movement. Over time, these two dances merged and became collectively known as Balboa. The original Balboa dance is now referred to as Pure Balboa, and the original ”Swing” dance is now referred to as Bal-Swing or L.A. Swing to differentiate it from other types of swing. Because of its emphasis on subtlety and partnering rather than flashy tricks, Balboa (Pure Balboa in particular) is considered more of a ”dancer’s dance” than a ”spectator’s dance.”
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balboa_(dance)<\/p>\n
The main dance on Wednesdays\u2019 is Lindy Hop, a swing dance originating in the 30-40s in Harlem, NY. But you are always welcome to dance whatever you like or just hang out
\nwww.youtube.com\/results?search_query=lindy+hop
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lindy_Hop<\/p>\n
Cats’ Corner is a non-profit dance organisation from Malm\u00f6. Our main focus is Lindy Hop, but we gladly also dance Charleston, Balboa, Shag, Blues, Authentic Jazz and other Swing dances.
\nwww.catscorner.se\/
\n(https:\/\/www.heptown.com\/calendar\/category\/organizer\/cats-corner\/)<\/p>\n
As the dance closes for the night we ”wind down” in the Bistro where there is a live jazz club every Wednesday.<\/p>\n