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Online Dance Diary: LindyLog

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Update: The website not online anymore.

Taking notes about classes, events and even social dances is a powerful way to track your progress in dancing and to improve your technique and style. The more details you write down the more you can take out of it.

Don't forget to set goals in advance. What would you like to achieve in the next 1, 3, 6 and 12 months?

Xavier Shay, a Lindy Hop, Balboa and Blues dancer from Melbourne Australia has created a free online dance diary called LindyLog. You only need to provide an email address and you can get started immediately.

Online Dance Diary LindyLog | Shuffle Projects

Check out the demonstration video on the front page.

I just was thinking: Why not use it as a dance teacher and write down your classes!?

Samstag-Workshop 27.11.2010: Slides

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Anlässlich der Samstags-Specials @ Downtownswing
unterrichte ich am 27. November 2010 einen

Workshop Slides

Wenn du ein paar coole Slides in dein Bewegungsrepertoire (Lindy Hop & Balboa) integrieren möchtest, solltest du diesen Workshop auf keinen Fall verpassen!

Der Workshop wird für zwei Tanz-Levels (nicht Slide-Level) angeboten:

Level: Beginners/Intermediate
Zeit: 14.00 – 15.15h

Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Zeit: 15.45 – 17.00h

Kosten: CHF 20/Person
Ort: Downtownswing, Friedaustrasse 17, 8003 Zürich
Anmeldung an: info@downtownswing.ch

Fragen? Bitte benütze dazu das Kontakt-Formular



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Zürich Balboa Night am 5. November 2010

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Zürich Balboa Night

Die zweitletzte Ausgabe in diesem Jahr: Zürich Balboa Night – der einzige monatliche Balboa Event in der Schweiz!

Diesen Monat organisieren wir wie gewohnt einen Balboa Mini-Workshop. Die Registration ist ab sofort offen. Bitte meldet euch an, wenn ihr teilnehmen möchtet! Am liebsten gleich mit Partner/in, dies ist aber keine Pflicht, wir werden darum besorgt sein, die Klasse ausgeglichen zu gestalten.

Wir werden immer wieder gefragt, ob es denn noch Platz im Mini-Workshop hat. Die Antwort ist simpel: Solange die Registration offen ist, hat es Platz!

Host
Christian Bossert

MINI-WORKSHOP – Thema: Bal-Swing

von und mit Marcia Bodenmann & Christian Bossert

Zeit: 19.45 – 20.45h
Level: Balboa Basics sind Voraussetzung
Registration: Bitte wenn möglich mit Partner/in (ist aber keine Pflicht) anmelden, damit wir die Klasse ausgeglichen planen können.

DANCE NIGHT

Zeit: 21.00 – 1.00h

DJ Chrisbe & special guests spielen die heissesten Balboa-Tunes für euch!

Ort
Downtownswing, Friedaustrasse 17, 8003 Zürich

Kosten
CHF 25/20 für den Workshop inkl. Dance Night
CHF 15/10 für die Party

Nächste Balboa Night: 10. Dezember 2010, 22-2h
Die Zürich Balboa Night findet in der Regel jeden 1. Freitag im Monat statt; ausser im August (Sommerpause).

How Does The Perfect Balboa Weekend Look Like? – An Event Review

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Two weeks ago (17-19 September 2010), the Sweden Balboa Weekend was happening in Uppsala.

We all had a really great time there. I especially liked the atmosphere of the weekend, so the idea occured to me to write a review about the event.

Some key figures (I consider this a small workshop weekend):

  • approximately 150 participants
  • 4 levels = 4 groups
  • 4 teacher couples

Time table of the weekend:

Friday
19.30-21.30 Registration
20.00-00.00 Welcome dance with live band

Saturday and Sunday workshop
09.00-10.00 Registration (only on Saturday)

10.30-11.40 Lesson 1
11.50-13.00 Lesson 2
13.00-14.20 Lunch
14.20-15.30 Lesson 3
15.40-16.50 Lesson 4

20.00-01.00 Evening dance with live band on Saturday
17.15-20.30 DJ dance & sandwich buffet on Sunday

What I liked:

  • The class rooms and the evening party location were close together in walking distance
  • The first lesson started at 10.30h – very good!
  • The student groups stayed in the same room: just comfortable
  • Every teacher couple were teaching two lessons in a row. I like this concept, it gives the teachers more possibilities to structure their lessons. Even the breaks could be done differently than on the time table.
  • «Fika» = (sweet) snack and fruit juice between lesson 1&2 and 3&4 – that was really awesome.
  • Live bands – what is better than dancing to live music!
  • Sandwich bar on Sunday. Another great idea. Usually there is not that much time during these weekends to socialise. This simple idea brought everybody together for a chat and some dances at the end of the weekend.

What I would do differently:

  • I would plan a longer lunch break: the classes rarely end on time, then you need time to walk to a restaurant and you need time to order and wait for the food
  • Schedule the Saturday evening party until 2h (and start it half an hour or an hour later), most of us were a little bit disappointed that it already ended at 1h – okay, eventually it was 1.30h 🙂

There was no:

  • … audition for higher levels, which was a courageous decision in a way but it suprisingly worked out pretty good. Well, there is still the possibility for a teacher couple to politely move a dancer in a different group if necessary.
  • … Jack 'n› Jill competition. I don't want to judge that. It's always a difficult decision whether you would like to give the opportunity to compete and therewith inspire the other dancers. On the other hand it divides the flow of an evening. I can live with both situations.

These are just my personal thoughts.

Thanks again to the organizers for this wonderful weekend!