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5-8 MARCH 2020
WARSAW, POLAND
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The next edition of Retro Weekend Festival is coming! In the first weekend of March 2020 Warsaw will turn into the Capital of Swing and we would love to see all you dancers here with us.We have prepared classes with some of the best teachers and parties with fantastic bands wich will take place in stylish and magical venues.
PARTIES
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Thursday
taster class
party with live music -
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
You won’t be able to buy ticket at the door.
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY
| Thursday (5th March) | ||||||
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| Akwarium – Skwer Hoovera (Krakowskie Przedmieście 60A) | ||||||
| 21:00 – 22:00 | Taster class with Genia & Alexey “Circling around! |
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| 22:00 – 4:00 | Party with live music by Appen Dixie & Miss Mikey May | |||||
FRIDAY
| Friday (6th March) | ||||||
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| Riviera (Waryńskiego 12) | De Gaulle’s Statue (Nowy Świat/Marszałkowska) | |||||
| 10:00-14:00 | Teachers’ track with Ali | |||||
| City tour (starts at 11:30) | ||||||
| Open classes | ||||||
| 15:00-16:00 | Jan & Kler Set your footwork free (couples) | Yavor & Sonia It’s all about the frame (couples) | Alberto & Barbara Turns and spins (couples) | Genia Blues (solo) | ||
| 16:15-17:15 | Jan & Kler 20’s Charleston (couples) | Yavor & Sonia Keep your flow in Slow! (couples) | Alberto & Barbara Connect with your partner (couples) | Genia Movement transition and flow(solo) | ||
| NOT Dom Technika (Czackiego 3/5) | ||||||
| 20:00-21:00 | Taster class with Pavel & Vassiliki “Rhythms” | |||||
| 21:00-5:00 | Party with music byAppen Dixie with Miss Mikey May, Shirt Tail Stompers and RWF2020 DJs | Jack’n’Jill Open Prelims at 21:15 | ||||
| Jack’n’Jill Open Finals at 0:00 | ||||||
| Solo Contest at 1:30 | ||||||
SATURDAY
| Saturday (7th March) | |||||||||
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| Rooms TBA – all the classes will be held in Stawki / Niska / Andersa streets surrounding | |||||||||
| Level | Intermediate | Int-Adv | Int-Adv + | Adv | Adv + | Invitational | Solo Int | Solo Adv | |
| 10:00-10:45 | ———————————– | Level Check | ———————— | ||||||
| 11:00-12:00 | Elze & Martynas | Ali & Claudia | Gas & Alba | Hector & Sonia | |||||
| 12:15-13:15 | Elze & Martynas | Ali & Claudia | Gas & Alba | Peter & Elle | Hector & Sonia | ||||
| 13:30-14:30 | Elze & Martynas | Gas & Alba | Peter & Elle | Hector & Sonia | |||||
| 14:45-15:45 | Peter & Elle | Elze & Martynas | Gas & Alba | Hector & Sonia | Claudia | Sep | |||
| 16:00-17:00 | Peter & Elle | Claudia | Sep | ||||||
| NOT Dom Technika (Czackiego 3/5) | |||||||||
| 18:30-20:30 | Hair-doo workshop with Pin’Key (room B) | ||||||||
| 20:00-21:00 | Taster class with Pavel & Vassiliki “Dig into old movies” |
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| 21:00-5:00 | Party with music by Shirt Tail Stompers, Reverent Juke and RWF2020 DJs | Jack’n’Jill Advanced Prelims at 21:15 | |||||||
| Jack’n’Jill Advanced Finals at 0:45 | |||||||||
SUNDAY
| Sunday (8th March) | ||||||||
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| Rooms TBA – all the classes will be held in Stawki / Niska / Andersa streets surrounding | ||||||||
| Level | Intermediate | Int-Adv | Int-Adv + | Adv | Adv + | Invitational | Solo Int | Solo Adv |
| 11:00-12:00 | Gas & Alba | Elze & Martynas | Hector & Sonia | Claudia | ||||
| 12:15-13:15 | Gas & Alba | Peter & Elle | Hector & Sonia | Elze & Martynas | Claudia | |||
| 13:30-14:30 | Hector & Sonia | Peter & Elle | Ali & Claudia | Elze & Martynas | Gas & Alba | |||
| 14:45-15:45 | Hector & Sonia | Peter & Elle | Ali & Claudia | Gas & Alba | Sep | |||
| 16:00-17:00 | Peter & Elle | Elze & Martynas | Sep | |||||
| Akwarium – Skwer Hoovera (Krakowskie Przedmieście 60A) | ||||||||
| 20:00-21:00 | Taster class with Alexey “Al & Leon Shim Sham” (Solo jazz) | |||||||
| 21:00-5:00 | Party with music by Reverent Juke and RWF2020 DJs |
Strictly Lindy Prelims at 23:00 | ||||||
| Strictly Lindy Finals at 0:45 | ||||||||
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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 6 levels (from intermediate to invitational). Please read carefully levels description befeore registration. There will be levels check for advanced& higher 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.
PRICE
LEVELS
Lindy Hop Track
Intermediate
You’ve been taking regular Lindy Hop classes for at least 12 months. You know 6-count and 8-count basics, swing-out and Charleston basics. You are familiar with groove walks, steps and triple steps and still working on mixing all of these elements. You attend not only classes but socials as well (minimum once a month).
This group may be a great opportunity for you getting into international workshops.
Intermediate – Advanced
You’ve been taking regular Lindy Hop classes for at least 18 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 24 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 ;).
Invitational
You teach Lindy Hop locally and / or internationally. The organizers invited you to attend this level or somehow they forgot to 😉 If you are willing to join this level, please leave appropriate comment in your registration form. During level check there will be an option to try getting into Invitational level.
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.