B.alli vintage: the funniest way to get back in shape. Swing, Rock’n’Roll, Lindy Hop, Boogie Woogie we saw them in old films, they fascinated us and immediately conquered us. Who has not wished, at least for a moment, to hit the track wearing retro clothes and feeling Sandy from Greese or Baby from Dirty Dancing?
Vintage dances online
Good news for all lovers of vintage dances. Summer Jamboreethe International Festival of Music and Culture of America in the 40s and 50s known throughout Europe, launch the Summer Jamboree Dance Academy. It is the first online dance school completely dedicated to retro dances, or those born and evolved from the 30s to the 50s. A kind of Netflix entirely dedicated to retro dances, aimed at all lovers of Swing and Rock’n’Roll. A real dance academy that currently has over 20 courses, of basic, intermediate and advanced levelto learn or to perfect your movements wherever you want.
To get on the track in the living room
Lovers of vintage dances or those who want to experience them for the first time, will be able let loose in the living room of your home, alone or in company. Everyone can access the courses whenever he wants, from any device: pc, smartphone and tablet. “One of the biggest advantages of learning from home is that you are master of set the program, time, position, frequency. Anyone who has a busy work week and can’t find time for a lesson will be able to adapt the courses to your needsreviewing passages that he finds more difficult as often as he wants until he decides to continue, ”he explains Lucy SandersHead of the Summer Jamboree Dance Camp and teacher at the Summer Jamboree Dance Academy.
Password: graduality
Learning to dance Lindy Hop, Boogie Woogie and any other vintage dance has never been easier and more fun. The program foresees, before starting, a moment of warm up with Warm Up videos. Once a lesson has started, it will be possible pause the video and resume it later from where you left it, as many times as you want, so as not to miss any passage. Furthermore, thanks to the Recaps, you will be able to put into practice what you have learned before moving on to the next level. In the section “Community” then, each member will be able to share impressions, ideas, images with other students, but also your progress with a group of people with the same passion.
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Alone or as a couple
Who is it in pairs will be able to learn the movements of the Boogie Woogie, a cheerful and fun dance for two, not choreographed, usually danced to a fast rock’n’roll base or rhythm’n’blues rhythms. Or they will be able to choose one Swing on various types of music. Who is alone may prefer the Charleston, the hottest social dance of the 1920s, also to be danced in pairs, on a fast and syncopated 4/4 jazz rhythm. And still courses of Two-stepsource of inspiration for the fox-trot, still highly regarded, by Tip tap, known worldwide as Tap Dance, which consists of percussive jazz steps danced to different rhythms. And finally, the Jazz only, a free or improvised dance to jazz music, to be done with or without a partner. Then there is no time to waste, you just have to get on the track!
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