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STIR IT! 11 Lindy and More – Registration is open

16.07.2011 by Chris

Stir It! 2011 Lindy and More Workshop - Registration is openWelcome to STIR IT! 11

International Swing Workshop & Party Weekend
4.- 6. November 2011 in Zürich, Switzerland

Style your lindy, groove your connection, jazz your spirit!

3 days of workshops and parties with live music.
Pre party on Thursday, 3. November 2011

Lindy Hop, Blues and Jazz classes, special track,
taster classes, crash courses, live music in classes, …

5 Lindy Hop levels including “Advanced-Plus”
(Master class) and new in 2011: Authentic Jazz track

Top teachers line-up:

Steven Mitchell (USA)
Mike Faltesek (USA) & Carla Heiney (USA)
Mike Roberts (USA) & Laura Glaess (USA)
Olivier Wan Chort (FR) & Trisha Sewell (GB)
Andrew Twiss (USA) und Evin Galang (USA)
Gerald Bianchi (FR) und Maria Andersson (SWE)

MC Tobias Karsten (DE)

Informations & Registration

More informations and registration on the website (german & english)

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Filed Under: Education, Event Tagged With: Authentic Jazz, Blues, Lindy Hop, Live Music, Stir It, Swing Party, Workshop, Zürich

Competing at ABW and ESDC

03.07.2011 by Chris

Until two years ago I didn't compete at all, in fact I considered it silly and unnecessary. But this is a story I will tell you another time.

Within one week I was competing four times in Balboa, two times at All Balboa Weekend (ABW) in Cleveland OH, USA and two times at the European Swing Dance Championships (ESDC) in Barcelona, Spain. The latter were held for the first time this year.

All Balboa WeekendAll Balboa Weekend

It was my second time at ABW after 2009 and it's a killer. Only Balboa, all day and all night – this is Balboa heaven for sure!

The camp will be releasing an official DVD, therefore there is not much footage online so far.

Final All Skate of the Amateur Jack & Jill

This is the only clip available about the Amateur Jack & Jill competition.

I knew, this will be my last time in an Amateur Jack & Jill and my goal was to make it to the finals, secretly I hoped to reach a top 3 position. Well, after the finals, I was not very happy with my performance and I had no expectations at all anymore. Anyway Mimi Liu and I we've won this competition :-). As Olivier Harouard mentioned after the competition: “Holiday is over now, welcome to the adults world!”

Amateur Strictly with Nina Galicheva

Unfortunately, there are no clips online from this competition.
Nina and I are not regular dance partners, we've met at The Balboa Experiment where we decided to compete together at ABW. Our goal was to make it to the finals and to win a top position. We really had good dances throughout the competition and also the spotlight dance in the finals went very well. Result: 4th place.

European Swing Dance ChampionshipsEuropean Swing Dance Championships

Last year, when I heard the first time about this event it was clear to me that I want to compete with my regular dance partner Marcia Bodenmann and luckily she agreed. In Barcelona, there were “only” two Balboa competitions: Jack & Jill and strictly.

Jack & Jill Prelims

Because there were not as many leaders as followers, I had to dance in both heats, but I was judged only in the first one. It was a little bit the same like in Cleveland, I didn't feel very confident and just hoped, it will be good enough.

Jack & Jill Finals

Marcia and I made it to the finals! I was very excited about it and of course quite nervous, dancing with so many awesome dancers together in the ESDC finals.

The finals happened one day after the prelims. I have to admit, these were my toughest three dances in a competition so far. With Lana Mykhaylyuk, I've got a highly talented dance partner, everybody was looking at us and I knew it will be on YouTube just a few hours later. I just wanted to do a good job. It didn't work as good as I wanted but on the clip it doesn't look as bad as I felt. Result: 5th place.

Strictly Prelims with Marcia Bodenmann

This was our third competition together and our goal was to have great dances and FUN. We didn't make it to the finals but we are very happy about our performance! And we know there is still much more potential.

Bottom Line

Competing is so much inspiring! It helps you to have a goal and be more disciplined and focused with practising, especially if you have a regular dance partner.

And there is another reason, it's much more fun to dance yourself instead of sitting there and watching and waiting until the event's social dancing is continuing!

Our next competition will be in December at the Frenchie Balboa Festival in Toulouse! See you there?

Filed Under: Event Tagged With: Balboa, Competition, Event review, Jack & Jill, Strictly, Video

Balboa in Bern mit Marcia & Chris – 2. Juli 2011

23.06.2011 by Chris

The Swingmachine Proudly Presents:

Balboa in Bern mit Marcia und ChrisBalboa in Bern mit Marcia Bodenmann & Christian Bossert

Ort: Progr, Kleiner Saal (3. OG), Speichergasse 4, Bern

Balboa-Workshop Intermediate/Advanced

Zeit: 14.00-16.45h
Vorkenntnisse: ab ca. 1 Jahr Balboa-Erfahrung
Kosten: CHF 50/40 (2 x 75 Min.)

Workshop Basics fuer Balboa-Neulinge

Zeit: 17.00-18.00h
Vorkenntnisse: keine oder wenig Balboa-Erfahrung
Kosten: CHF 25/20

Balboa-Party mit DJ Chrisbe

Zeit: 21.00-1.00h
Eintritt ohne Workshop: CHF 5; Workshop-Teilnehmer: gratis

Info & Anmeldung:

Susie Trenka

Foto: Jürg Waldmeier, Zürich

Filed Under: Education, Event Tagged With: Balboa, Bern, DJ Chrisbe, Swing Party, Workshop

Zürich Balboa Night goes Winterthur – 1. Juli 2011

21.06.2011 by Chris

Zürich Balboa Night goes WinterthurENGLISH version: find this event on Facebook

Im Juli ist die Zürich Balboa Night zu Gast in Winterthur! Zudem gibt es wieder einmal die Möglichkeit, Balboa in einem Crash-Kurs kennenzulernen. Hier die Details:

Balboa Night Winterthur

Host
Swing Scouts Winterthur & Shuffle Projects

Crashkurs
20.00h Balboa Crashkurs mit Tim & Ulla (gratis)

Party
21.00 – 1.00h

DJs
DJ Chrisbe und DJane Balbulla spielen die heissesten Balboa-Tunes für euch!

Ort
Spenglerei, Äusserer Rettenbachweg 4, 8400 Winterthur

Kosten
CHF 15/10 für die Party, Crashkurs gratis



Nächste Balboa Night: 2. September 2011 als Warm-Up Party des Swiss Balboa Weekends!
Die Zürich Balboa Night findet in der Regel jeden 1. Freitag im Monat statt; ausser im August (Sommerpause)

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Filed Under: Event Tagged With: Balboa, Swing Party, Zürich Balboa Night

Zürich Balboa Night am 3. Juni 2011

30.05.2011 by Chris

ENGLISH version: find this event on Facebook

Die Juni-Ausgabe der Zürich Balboa Night – der einzige monatliche Balboa Event in der Schweiz!

Bitte beachten: Seit Mai 2011 finden vorerst keine regelmässigen Balboa Mini-Workshops mehr vor der Zürich Balboa Night statt. Stattdessen läuft der Balboa-Intermediatekurs normal weiter und wird nicht mehr unterbrochen.

Zürich Balboa Night

Host
Christian Bossert

Zeit
21.00 – 1.00h

DJs
DJ Chrisbe und Special Guest DJ Romanoff spielen die heissesten Balboa-Tunes für euch!

Ort
Downtownswing, Friedaustrasse 17, 8003 Zürich

Kosten
CHF 15/10 für die Party

NEU: Stir It!-Mitglieder erhalten CHF 5 Rabatt!

Nächste Balboa Night: 1. Juli 2011 > Zürich Balboa Night goes Winterthur!
Die Zürich Balboa Night findet in der Regel jeden 1. Freitag im Monat statt; ausser im August (Sommerpause)

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Filed Under: Event Tagged With: Balboa, Swing Party, Zürich Balboa Night

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