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10-13 MARCH 2022
WARSAW, POLAND
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After 1 year break due to pandemic Retro Weekend Festival is coming back! In the second weekend of March Warsaw will again turn into the Capital of Swing & we would love to see all you dancers here with us.
We have some epic memories from THE LAST EVENT BEFORE pandemic & we are committed to bring it back to all of us! Join us in Warsaw for RETRO WEEKEND FESTIVAL 2022.
TEACHERS
PARTIES
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Thursday
taster class
party with live music
evening talk -
Friday
taster class
party with live music
2 bands!
retro boutiques
competitions -
Saturday
taster class
party with live music
2 bands!
retro boutiques
competitions -
Sunday
taster class
party with live music
competitions
You won’t be able to buy ticket at the door.
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY
| Thursday (10th March) | |||||||
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| 20.30 – 21.30 | Talk with Sep “Blues – why it’s relevant to us” |
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| 21.30 – 22.30 | Yavor & Sonia (Taster) “Follow the flow” |
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FRIDAY
| Friday (11th March) | |||||||
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| Ceglana room (DanceBook Academy) | |||||||
| 10.00 – 13.00 | Slowdrag and Blues Dance Track Sep & Genia |
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| Open class (Loft r. DBA) | Open class (Grande r. DBA) | Open solo class (Ceglana r. DBA) | |||||
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Alexey & Ola “Frankie’s sweetheart” |
Vilmantas & Migle “Shim Sham: couple edition” |
Krystyna “Into improvisation” |
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| 15.15 – 16.15 | Vassiliki & Alexandros “Lindy Hop steps inspired by old clips” |
Yavor & Sonia “Grande Finale!” |
Krystyna “Authentic Jazz and body awareness – improve the quality of your movement!” |
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| 20.00 – 21.00 | Alexey & Ola (Taster) “5,6,7 freeze!” |
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| 21.00 | Open JnJ Prelims | ||||||
| 0.00 | Open JnJ Finals | ||||||
| 1.30 | Solo Contest | ||||||
SATURDAY
| Saturday (12th March) | |||||||
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| Intermediate – advanced (Big room at Rytm Dance Studio) |
Intermediate – advanced + (Ceglana DBA) |
Advanced (Loft DBA) |
Advanced + (Grande DBA) |
SOLO 1 (Big RDS) |
SOLO 2 (Loft DBA) |
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| 10.00 – 10.45 | X | Level check (Grande DBA) | X | ||||
| 11.00 – 12.00 | Martynas & Elze | Alberto & Alice | Daniel & Frida | Hector & Sonia | |||
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Martynas & Elze | Alberto & Alice | Daniel & Frida | Hector & Sonia | |||
| 13.15 – 14.15 | Daniel & Frida | Hector & Sonia | Martynas & Elze | Alberto & Alice | |||
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Daniel | Alice | |||||
| 16.00 – 17.00 | Daniel | Alice | |||||
| 20.00 – 21.00 | Vassiliki & Alexandros (Taster) “Music is the true leader” |
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| 21.00 | Advanced JnJ Prelims | ||||||
| 0.45 | Advanced JnJ Finals | ||||||
SUNDAY
| Sunday (13th March) | |||||||
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| Intermediate – advanced (Big RDS) |
Intermediate – advanced + (Ceglana DBA) |
Advanced (Loft DBA) |
Advanced + (Grande DBA) |
SOLO 1 (Big RDS) |
SOLO 2 (Loft DBA) |
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| 11.00 – 12.00 | Alice | Daniel | |||||
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Alice | Daniel | |||||
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Hector & Sonia | Daniel & Frida | Alberto & Alice | Martynas & Elze | |||
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Alberto & Alice | Martynas & Elze | Hector & Sonia | Daniel & Frida | |||
| 16:15 – 17:15 | Alberto & Alice | Martynas & Elze | Hector & Sonia | Daniel & Frida | |||
| 21.00 – 22.00 | Vilmantas & Migle (Taster) “Caroline Shag” |
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| 23.00 | Strictly Lindy Prelims | ||||||
| 0.45 | Strictly Lindy Finals | ||||||
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Open class
Friday’s classes ONLY for full pass owners. We’ve prepared for you 6 classes on various topics, so take a look at the schedule and decide which classes suit you the best.
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Taster
A lesson just before the party. We invite all festival’s participants (both full pass and party pass owners) to join taster class! If you are interested in tasters’ topics, you can find them in our schedule.
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Lindy Hop workshops
Classes will be held on 4 levels (from intermediate – advanced to advanced +). Please read carefully levels description befeore registration. There will be levels check for advanced & advanced+ groups.
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Solo workshops
If you signed up for Solo, you don’t have to attend to audition. Please, pick up your wristband at the registration desk during Friday party.
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Slowdrag and Blues track
3-hour workshop with Sep and Genia on Friday morning.
You don’t need to own any of RWF passes to get this one.
All the RWF 2022 terms and conditions are valid for the participants.
VENUES
All the workshop classes will be held at DanceBook Academy (Al. Prymasa Tysiąclecia 76) and Rytm Dance Studio (Al. Prymasa Tysiąclecia 66) next to Metro Młynów station.
The parties and taster classes will take place at Dom Technika NOT (Czackiego 3/5)
PRICE
LEVELS
Lindy Hop Track
Intermediate – Advanced
You’ve been taking regular Lindy Hop classes for at least 12 months and attended a few local workshops already. This even may not be the first international event for you. You feel comfortable with mixing basic rhythms: groove walks, charleston, triple steps and incorporate some swing-out variations to your dancing. You dance to different tempos: 120 – 180 bpm with ease. You wish to learn more fancy patterns but still feel the need of improving your technique.
Intermediate – Advanced +
You’ve been dancing Lindy Hop for minimum 18 months – regular classes, attending socials and some local and international workshops. You dance to various tempos: 110 – 200 bpm incorporating different rhythms, patterns and creating your own variations. You’ve probably also tried some other swing dances, like Balboa, Blues or Shag and still are hungry of knowledge and alternative ideas that may improve your dancing skills.
Advanced
That is the level where you switch the “autopilot” off and become more creative with your dancing. You eventually dance to any tempo – super slow or extra fast – doesn’t matter. You dance many different variations and feel very comfortable with your basics and now are trying to explore the musicality more, changing moves and rhythms with the flow. You feel this is the time to get into your dance technique more – searching for new ways of connection, switching roles, working on the quality more than learning new figures.
Advanced +
You can honestly call yourself a Lindy Hop dancer. You attend international festivals regularly and found all the previous level descriptions as checked. Most probably you teach Lindy Hop locally. You basically can do both: lead or follow and understand different means of getting into nice connection. On one hand you feel very experienced but on the other need to learn swing-out again ;).
Solo Track
Intermediate-Advanced
You’ve been dancing Solo Authentic Jazz / Solo Charleston for at least 12 months (maybe 6, if you had danced Lindy Hop before). You are familiar with Shim Sham Routine and basic Authentic Jazz elements, like Suzzy Q, Opposites, Fall of the Log.
Advanced
You know the most popular solo routines (including Shim Sham, Tranky Doo, Big Apple – at least till the “London Bridge” ? ). You feel comfortable with your body and do not need a dance partner to hit the dancefloor during the party. Solo jam circles seem to drag you in and probably you also have joined some solo competitions already. At the same time you feel the need to work on your movement quality and body awareness more and more.
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HOW TO GET HERE?
If you don’t have a car don’t worry. We prepared a cheat sheet for you with all options for transportations.