Welcome to Minor Swing!

Balboa Workshop

A weekend full of inspiration, social dancing, live bands and all out fun! In this our inaugural year we have so far gathered some great teachers that will inspire and teach across three different levels. Meet old friends, make new ones and be inspired. But most important: Dance!

When: March 30th – April 1st, 2012. Schedule Minor Swing 2012 (pdf).
Where: Forum, Doktor Fries Torg 7, Gothenburg.

3 levels
6 hours of classes/level
Laminu-taster
2 late night parties
1 thédance and a whole lot of fun!
Live on stage: Gentlemen & Gangsters.
DJ’s: Janne Börjesson, Gasper Hrovat

Teacher update Feb. 18

Unfortunately Carla Heiney has had to cancel due to her upcoming parenthood. She sends greetings and hopes to join us another year instead. We have decided to replace her with Vanessa Granjon from France. Vanessa is a regular fixture on the balboascene where she competes and teaches with some of the best in the world.

Gasper Hrovat will be in attendance and offering privates. Some of you might remember him from last years Scandinavian Shuffle where he was one of the teachers offering privates. If you are interested you can contact him on his email  (gasper•hrovat©gmail•com)  .

Teachers lineup for 2012:
Bernard Cavasa (Fr)
Natasha Devyatkina (Fr)
Vanessa Granjon (Fr) Carla Heiney (US)
Zack Richard (Can)

Cost: 1000 SEK
Registration: Select your level below (In swedish, Anmäl means Register.)

Parties

There will be a laminu-taster, held by Eva Kessler/Kristian Samuelsson, before the Saturday late night party (for workshop participants).

Friday at 20.00: Late night party ‐ Our great DJs will be doing their best to keep our feet moving through the nigh
Saturday at 21.00: Late night party ‐ Gentlemen & Gangsters live on stage at 22.00
DJ’s: Janne Börjesson, Gasper Hrovat.

If you’re not participating in the courses, you still get the chance to join the parties.
Registration is required for the Saturday late night party (cost 150 SEK, if you’re not attending the workshop).
Friday late night party allows drop in (cost 80 SEK, if you’re not attending the workshop).

Level descriptions

WBGD (Will Be a Great Dancer) – max 25 couples
This level is for people who are familiar with all basic balboa concepts, like up-hold / down-hold, come arounds, cross overs, lolly kicks and throw outs (toss outs). You don’t need to have mastered these movements but you should have some prior experience of them.

Over the course of the weekend you will brush up on basics, work on technique, and learn some new variations.

IGD (Is a Great Dancer) – max 25 couples
This level is for dancers who are comfortable with all basic balboa movements including many variations, who practice and social dance regularly and have attended a couple of international balboa workshops.

Here you will improve your technique in pure bal and bal-swing respectively and get a better understanding of the partner connection and flow within these movements.

CRMD (Constantly Reinventing My Dance) – max 10 couples
This level is for dancers who feel very much at home on a balboa dance floor, who feel comfortable dancing pure-bal and bal-swing respectively and to all tempos. New fancy moves is not what’s missing for you – rather how to maximize the joy of the dance with every partner. You practice, social dance and visit international workshops on a regular basis.

There will be an audtion for partaking in CRMD. This audition is mandatory for those that registered for CRMD, but it is also open for those that registered for level IGD, meaning that there is a possibility you might be moved up or down a level.

Questions can be directed to the infomail  (minorswing•wcj©gmail•com)  .