Levels
We do not offer classes for absolute beginners to Lindy Hop. If you are a beginner and would like to take part, please contact us on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it so we can see whether we can find a solution for you (for example through private lessons) so that you can still be a part of it.
Authentic Jazz This year we offer the new Authentic Jazz track. This is for anyone who feels like working on their dance technique, body control and their understanding of music and movement. In the Authentic Jazz track we work on individual movements and the focus is on the individual dancer not the couple. Authentic Jazz has been a integral part of the Lindy Hop culture since its beginning. You can integrate many of the individual movements into your Lindy Hop! We are convinced that the 3 days of Authentic Jazz will open up a new world of movement!

What is Authentic Jazz?

With the development of the first forms of Jazz music in the first part of the 20th century not only music styles but also dance styles of various american cultural and ethnical groups were mixed. From there various fashion dances like Cakewalk, Turkey Trot or Charleston developed, including for example the modern step dance. All of those dance styles found their way into Jazz dance as street, society or entertainment dance (Vernacular Jazz Dance, which today is mostly referred to as Authentic Jazz). Some of the Jazz dances include patterns of movement that can be traced back to the African and other early slave dances. Also european, arabic, indian and asian patterns of movement found their way into Jazz dance.
Lindy Hop BI - Beginners-Intermediate You’ve taken at least one or two Lindy Hop classes and moves such as Swing Out, Lindy Circle, Charleston and 6 count basics are part of your repertoire that you are able to lead or follow on the social dance floor. Your goal is it to acquire more moves for your repertoire, to improve your lead-follow skills and to learn more about musicality.
(For this level the classes on Friday will only take place if a minimum of 15 couples register for it.)
I - Intermediate You’ve been dancing for several months and besides the basic Lindy Hop repertoire you are starting to integrate fundamentals such as frame, lead-follow skills and musicality consciously into your dancing. You are able to social dance the moves you have learned comfortably at both slow and medium tempo and you can put the different elements together with flow. Your goal is it to expand your repertoire, bring musicality into your dancing, improve your technique and dance at faster tempos.
IA - Intermediate-Advanced You’ve been dancing for several years and you have a solid base of Lindy Hop fundamentals. You social dance frequently and you have started to dance at faster tempos and to more challenging music. Frame, connection, lead-follow skills and musicality are not just theory to you but an inherent part of your dancing. Your goal is it to expand your repertoire of figures, to work on your styling, your musicality and your quality of movement. You’re interested in new inputs to expand your dancing and to give it a new direction.
A - Advanced You’ve been dancing for more than five years, you have a solid base of Lindy hop fundamentals and you’ve got a large repertoire of moves and variations. Connection, frame and lead-follow skills are natural and reliable factors of your dancing. Dancing at a fast tempo is fun for you and demanding rhythms and music are a welcome challenge. You enjoy putting together your own variations of known moves and you’ve got your own styling. You’re interested in getting new inputs to develop your dancing personality further and to refine your technique yet more.
A+ - Advanced-Plus You fulfill all the requirements which are listed under "Advanced". In addition you're most probably already teaching Lindy Hop yourself and would like to deepen rather than widen your skills. Rather than learning many new moves you are looking for feedback to refine your technique yet more, to break up known structures and patterns and to widen your horizons. You're interested to find out how you can apply and combine what you already know in new ways. You're open to receiving direct and honest feedback. Last, but not least, you're looking forward to new material, which will enable you to extend your personal boundaries in regards to technique, rhythmn and tempo.