Wanna work-out, socialize and have fun? Try Lindy Hop! In 3,5 hours (with breaks) we will teach you the basics of Lindy Hop and some fun moves which will get you dancing in no time.

The perfect Christmas gift, dancing together.  
As its our Christmas edition, come with your Christmas sweater!!

Time: 11.00 – 14.30h  
Where: KZ (KNSM-Laan 311)

What is Lindy Hop and in general Swing Dance? Check these video’s:
- https://youtu.be/6fDIPCuGpjE
- https://youtu.be/SxMxOa22PlM

Prices:  
– come alone = EUR 50 (we make sure you have someone to dance with)  
– come with a friend = EUR 90

Everyone dances with Everyone during this Crash Course and you will learn both roles!

For questions e-mail to: swingphilosophy@gmail.com

🪩 Party

Kompaszaal

CRASH COURSE LINDY HOP COMPLETE BEGINNERS (Christmas edition)

Special Edition of Nochecita Latin party on the 21st of December with amazing shows, an international Dj from Paris and a Christmas dinner.

🍿 Chill

Nochecita Especial Christmas Edition

New Year in Amsterdam, you got that right!
Four nights of parties
Four 1.5h workshops if you still want the challenge
1 game night
A New Years Community Dinner

🏀 Active

🎨 Cultural

New Year’s Groovers 2024

Gumbo

The Monk

Join us to explore all the variety that Blues music has to offer.  
We love to party like crazy!  
21.30 First set Live Music  
22.30 Second set Live Music

Blues Burner Jan 3

Because we love balboa, Natalia & Vasu will come by a little early and give a special workshop a month before our festival BAL’DAMn.

What: Balboa Special
Where: Kompaszaal
When: January 11th
COSTS:
-Workshop 25€
-Party 15€
-Dinner 18€
PROGRAM:
-15:30-17:00 class 1: Balboa (All levels) EVERYBODY LEADS AND EVERYBODY FOLLOWS
-17:00-17:30 practice class material & coffee break
-17:30-19:00 class 2: Bal-Swing (Intermediate and Advanced)
-19:00-19:30 practice class material
-19:30-20:00 dinner provided by De Kompaszaal
-20:00-23:00 LIVE MUSIC party with Pablo Castillo Swingtet

BAL’DAMn SPECIAL

We are ready for a fun and exciting day of workshops with Vasu and Teo 🙂

When: 12 January, 11.00 – 15.00  
Where: Kompaszaal (KNSM-Laan 311, 1019LE, Amsterdam)  
Costs: EUR 22,50 per workshop or EUR EUR 40 for both workshops  
Lunch: EUR 15 (Falafel Wraps + Fries)  

We prefer that you do the workshops as a SWITCH,  
but for those of you that are not able to we can accommodate you.  

We will cover four different topics spread out over 3 hours:  

Workshop 1: 11.00 – 12.30  
1. EMPOWER THE LEADERS BY EMPOWERING THE FOLLOWS  
Often follows do not realise how much they can add to the dance and how much freedom they have.  
By taking power over that freedom they are allowing the leaders to take a different position in the conversation where leaders can soak in the inspiration given by the follow. Let’s explore this win win approach to the dance.  
2. STEP/RHYTHM REPLACEMENT THEORY  
Exploring something familiar, but from a different perspective and making it feel totally new and mind blowing, that is what we are gonna do to your moves.  

Lunch 12:30 – 13:30  

Workshop 2: 13.30 – 15.00  
3. SWING OUTS FUNMATICS  
Rethinking how we think about a swing out and each small element in it that can open a big door  
4. TURNOLOGY  
Exploring leader or follow initiated turns  

LEVEL REQUIREMENTS  
For the first one we need you be familiar with 6 & 8 count basics, and to have done at least a few swing outs even if those are still work in progress.  
For the second one we need you to have good understanding of the swing out and to be able to improvise with it.  

For questions contact us at +31653577930 or info.vintagejazzevents@gmail.com

Lindy Hop Special with Vasu and Teo

The Big Five

Jazz Lobby Jan 17

What: Lindy Hop special with Grace and Blake
When: 20 February
Where: Kompaszaal (KNSM-Laan 311)
Cost: 1 workshop EUR 22,50, both workshops EUR 40

Program:
18.50 – 20.20 Workshop 1
20.20 – 20.30 break with soup for the hungry ones!
20.30 – 22.00 Workshop 2

Level descriptions:
Workshop 1
You have been dancing for around 2 years and have been taking weekly classes and you are a regular social dancer OR you have taken our unlimited package of classes with Swing Philosophy for the last 6 months, which means at least 3h of class a week and weekly social dances. You feel comfortable with swing outs, sugar pushes and (tandem) charleston.

Workshop 2
You have been dancing for at least 2 years and you are regular at festivals for the higher levels.
You are considering competing and you don’t shy away from very fast or very slow tempo’s.

More info on the topics of the workshops will follow soon!

The venue will be offering dinner and the bar will be open for drinks, so please make use of it and support the venue so we can keep dancing there!

For questions e-mail to: info.vintagejazzevents@gmail.com

Lindy Hop Special with Grace & Blake

Have you always wanted to try out Charleston? Do you want to keep working on the basics and get better at it? Here is your opportunity!
We bring you a two part Charleston Crash Course in December with Hajo and Teo!

Part 1: December 6th 19.00 – 21.00
You may have had some Charleston basics in class, but those are not yet steady and you still tend to avoid fast tunes on the dance floor. You really want to get the right technic and feel comfortable and chill when dancing Charleston. In this workshop we will make sure we tackle some of the core basics of Charleston, the Hand to Hand, Open doors, Tandem and Kick Ups. We will discuss why is Charleston super chill for fast tunes and how you can make it easy for yourself when dancing this dance.
Party afterwards: https://vintagejazzevents.com/friday-rhythm-hive/

Part 2: December 20th 19.00 – 21.00
You have your basics steady and moves like Hand to Hand, Open doors, Tandem and Kick Ups are EASY for you. You want the moves challenge and you want the speed challenge. WE got you, join us for a very fun repertoire 😀
Party afterwards: https://vintagejazzevents.com/friday-rhythm-hive/

Costs:
EUR 25 per Workshop, EUR 45 if you take both classes (props for experienced dancers that know that they can still learn a lot from the basics workshop)

The venue will be offering dinner and the bar will be open for drinks, so please make use of it and support the venue so we can keep dancing there!

Everyone dances with Everyone during this Crash Course and you will learn both roles!

For questions e-mail to: swingphilosophy@gmail.com

Crash Course Charleston Part 1

Daniel Garlitsky

Duved Dunayevsky and Daniel Garlitsky Quartet will be performing at Jazz Lobby on November 29. Tickets are available for €15.00.

Duved Dunayevsky and Daniel Garlitsky Quartet

Adam

Maggie

Christie

Eric

Anna

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