✸ Here’s all important and good-to-know information and links about your swingomania weekend. ✸
INFO Check-in
➽ THURSDAY check-in times
19.30 – 22 h
Villa Leon, Nürnberg
➽ FRIDAY check-in times
15.15 – 15.30 h
17 – 17.30 h
19.30 – 22 h
Villa Leon, Nürnberg
➽ SATURDAY check-in
10.15–11 h
and during breaks
1st. floor, Preißlerschule Nürnberg
20–21.30 h
Villa Leon, Nürnberg
➽ Extras
You will receive your workshop and party tickets as well as ordered lunch/salad vouchers and shirts at the check-in.
INFO Workshops
➽ ADDRESS Classes
Gym halls at Preißlerschule
Preißlerstraße 6
90429 Nürnberg
Entrance via Paumgartnerstraße (link streetview)
➽ FOOD/DRINKS
We sell snacks, coffee, cake, tea, mineral water…
Please bring your own reusable cup or bottle to avoid unnecessary waste (also see next up drinks flatrate).
Payment at our kiosk with CASH ONLY.
Eating room for ordered lunch: Pfarrsaal St. Anton just across the street. Info & address under “Lunch Location” also here in the info menu of the info page.
If you didn’t order catering: There are a couple of take-away places and restaurants if you need to buy lunch. Sunday many of them are closed, but not all.
Eating and drinking (except water) is not permitted inside the gym halls.
➽ Drinks FLATRATE
We offer refilling certain drinks for free: During the workshops you can refill coffee, tea und mineral water for free if you bring your own reusable cup/bottle. You just have to buy our flatrate sticker at the kiosk for 5 € and stick it on your cup/bottle.
➽ SHOES
Please bring shoes for dancing with a bright-coloured sole! No black soles as they leave black marks on the floor.
Lunch location
➽ Our place for eating together
On Saturday and Sunday we get catering in the St. Anton hall just across the street.
One request: If you leave your seat towards the end of the break, please help to tidy up and wipe down your seat/table.
Sunday: Towards the end of the break we have to put the tables and chairs back as they were – please help us to put a table and chair back.
Entrance: Adam-Klein-Straße 45a – through the courtyard into the building by the church, through the hall/foyer to the Pfarrsaal.
Levels And tracks
➽ Is there FREE CHOICE of classes?
Within your level, yes. Your schedule can be flexible, especially if you dance both Blues and Lindy Hop. As long as you don’t go higher than your respective level, you can choose which classes you attend.
➽ What we mean by FUSION
swingomania wants to unite Blues and Lindy Hop and inspire you for both. In our so-called fusion classes, we melt Blues and Lindy Hop tracks together so that you can get closer to the feeling and music of the other dance even without basic knowledge.
SCHEDULE
➽ THURSDAY
20–1 h: Party
live: THE INFINITE CHOCOLATE JAR (Swing & Blues)
➽ FRIDAY
| FR | Villa Leon, Ballroom |
|---|---|
| 14 | Check-in |
| 14.30 – 16.00 |
MUSICALITY Swing & Blues, all swingomania levels Joris & The Infinite Chocolate Jar |
| 16.00 | Check-in / break |
| 16.30 – 18.00 |
SOLO Swing & Blues, all swingomania levels Elle |
| 18.00 | Check-in / break |
| 18.15 – 19.30 |
CULTURAL AWARENESS SESSION Navigating through the changes in an Afro-American rooted culture as white Sep & Alexia |
| 19.30 | Check-in / break |
| 20.30–1 | PARTY with the Gramophoniacs |
GYM HALLS
Main gym 1: 1. floor, entrance via check-in
Medium gym 2: 1. floor, entrance via check-in and stairs to top level
Vintage gym 3: on the other side of the courtyard
*depending on the size of the group the group might have to switch to another gym spontaneously.
➽ workshop SAMSTAG
| big gym (1) | medium gym (2) | vintage gym (3) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.15 | |||
| 11 | Welcome & indroduction | ||
| 11.15 | LINDY HOP adv Elle & Joris Show me what you hear Learn a fun and dynamic routine – we'll adapt to music and vary styles and moods to connect creatively to the music. | BLUES all levels Alexia & Sep Steppin the beat Expand our stepping qualities going from intimate to dymanic blues dancing, exploring a range of simple to challenging techniques and concepts. | LINDY HOP int Genia & Arnas Hop, Skip and Jump Learn more ways to land on the ground and replace kicks or triples. Revisit classic steps that include these variations. Do you know which ones feature "a leap"? |
| 12.30 | |||
| 13.45 | LINDY HOP adv Genia & Arnas Hop, Skip and Jump Learn more ways to land on the ground and replace kicks or triples. Revisit classic steps that include these variations. Do you know which ones feature "a leap"? | BLUES int Elle & Joris Solo blues in partner dance We'll explore breaking away from our partner, dance confidently by ourselves while dancing with our partner, and play around with the space around us. | LINDY HOP int Alexia & Sep The topic is YOU We'll be working with your "reality" and create this class based on what we observe, and work on what is most benificial for you. |
| 15 | |||
| 15.30 | FUSION all levels Elle & Joris Slow Lindy Dancing to slow swing tunes and exploring our possibilities of movement, groove, and rhythm. | BLUES int Alexia & Sep Recognising music, colouring your blues Exploring blues music, learn about hints and tricks to get started, elaborate your choices. Let's dance to Missipy delta, Clarksdale, latin sounds of NOLA, Detroit's finest 50's electric blues, Westcoast's jumpin' and swingin' blues... | BLUES adv Genia & Arnas Mambo! What to do when Blues goes Latin? We mambo! Let's add Latin rhythms and steps to your repertoire. |
➽ Workshop SONNTAG
| big gym (1) | medium gym (2) | vintage gym (3) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | |||
| 11.15 | LINDY HOP int Elle & Joris Show me what you hear Learn a fun and dynamic routine – we'll adapt to music and vary styles and moods to connect creatively to the music. | BLUES int Genia & Arnas Body awareness Do less and mean it more! Instead of filling each beat with extra moves we’ll explore new ways to connect with the music and let its message come through with clarity and intention. | BLUES adv Alexia & Sep Own your dance Working on owning your dance qualities to become a better version of yourself as lead/follow. |
| 12.30 | |||
| 13.45 | LINDY HOP adv Elle & Joris We got rhythm Rhythm is everything for African American dances and music styles like e.g. Jazz, Lindy Hop and Hip Hop. We will explore and practice rhythm and intensify rhythm presence in our dance. | FUSION all levels Alexia & Sep Shuffle rhythms: from swing to blues and back Exploring the rhythmically overlap of shuffle rhythms in jazz and blues music and, possibly, in the dance. Expect lots of groovin', triples, variations, and stationary vs dynamic partner movement. | BLUES adv Genia & Arnas Rethinking Connection Connection can make the dance or break it. Some ideas work only when it is there. And when it's good – even the littlest ideas are worth it. We'll rebuild couple connection and present challenges to expand your horizons. |
| 15 | |||
| 15.30 | LINDY HOP adv Alexia & Sep Pre swing jazz vs. Swing out madness - | BLUES all levels Genia & Arnas For Ballad lovers Ballads call for a gliding quality of movement. We'll embody the longer musical phrases played in ballads by switching from grounded poses to sweeping around the dance floor. | LINDY HOP int Elle & Joris Breaks and phrasing Exploring breaks and phrasing, learning to hit accents, pauses, and adapt to the musical structure. Make your dancing more dynamic and playful. |
Parties
☞ DANCE BINGO ☜
Get to know each other on the dance floor by playing dance bingo! In your check-in bag you will find a dance bingo card. If you properly fill it in and put it in our lottery box at the check-in you get the chance to win workshop tickets. You have until Saturday night to play, hand in your card latest sunday before the workshops end.
(Volunteers get an extra lottery ticket! Don’t forget to put it in the box for your fullfilled volunteer job)
➽ Thursday
20–1 h Party
Live: The Infinite Chocolate Jar (Swing & Blues)
1 dance floor, Swing & Blues Mix
Bar/food: yes– Restaurant/Kneipe Cayhaus
Villa Leon
Villa Leon, Schlachthofstraße/Philipp-Koerber-Weg 1, Nürnberg
➽ Friday
20.30–1 h Party
2 dance floors: one for Swing, one for Blues
Live: Gramophoniacs (Swing & Blues)
Special:
● Teacher’s introduction
Villa Leon, Schlachthofstraße/Philipp-Koerber-Weg 1, Nürnberg
Bar/food: yes– Restaurant/Kneipe Cayhaus
⚑ Help the restaurant planning all your dinners! If you are doing Friday’s Workshop(s) and want to have dinner between workshop and party you better select and pre-order your food in a break so it will be ready after the workshop.
➽ Saturday
20–2 h
2 dance floors: one for Swing, one for Blues
Live: Gramophoniacs (Swing)
Special:
● Teacher’s demos
Villa Leon, Schlachthofstraße/Philipp-Koerber-Weg 1, Nürnberg
Bar/food: yes– Restaurant/Kneipe Cayhaus
➽ Sunday
19–0 h
1 dance floor: Swing & Blues Mix
Live: Michael van Merwyk (Blues)
Akademie LAB, Kulturwerkstatt Auf AEG (maps link), Fürther Straße 244d, Nürnberg
Bar/food: yes
⚑ Reservation at Restaurant Tellerrand very welcome!
☞ Admission only with Farewell Party wristband. ☜
Code of conduct
➽ Well-being and being good to each other
We have collected and worked out some points to help you having a good time at our event and in our dance scene. If you haven’t yet you should read it, there might even be something there you haven’t been aware of.
www.thatswing.de/en/code-of-conduct