December 20, 2024 @ 19:45
Enjoy an enchanting evening with music from the swing golden years to modern chillout tunes.
Blend influences from your favourite dance styles: west coast swing, lindy hop or modern blues
Tanzwolke, Hallwylstrasse 26
Door opening at 7.45pm
Join a friendly and welcoming group and make new friends – we dance with everyone and enjoy a chat between dances
Fun class at 8pm
Discover new dance styles and get fresh inspirations for the party
Party from 8.30pm
Enjoy a fun dance party with a mix of tastes – we alternate between lindy hop, west coast swing and blues fusion music
Hear our Music Selection
West coast swing
Lindy hop
Modern blues
Find our Location
We dance at Tanzwolke, a well-known lindy hop and swing-era school.
From the street, you will see a courtyard entrance, and a building with a red door (visible from the street). Enter the building and go downstairs to enter the dance floor.
Meet the Organizers
Tanzwolke
Since 2011 we are proud ambassadors of swing, lindy hop, charleston and blues in Zurich, and part of a growing local community of teachers, dancers and performers addicted to the highs and challenges of social dancing.
We have a wonderful range of dance styles available at our central location, including lindy hop, balboa and solo jazz & charleston.
Leroc Zürich
We are a community of friends with a passion for partner dancing and a taste for musicality, improvisation and dance conversations.
We get our inspirations from swing, latin, tango and many other styles, and dance west coast swing / smooth swing, modern jive / ceroc™, modern blues or breakaway ballroom on a mix of modern charts and traditional songs.
Discover our Influences
In our Swing’n Smooth parties, you will find west coast swing and lindy hop, but also influences from blues, zouk, argentine tango or different versions of swing.
West Coast Swing
Rooted in Lindy Hop, west coast swing (and its simpler version smooth swing) is characterized by an elastic look. It is danced primarily in a slotted area and allows for both partners to vary the steps while dancing together, putting it in a short list of dances that emphasize improvisation.
(description adapted from Wikipedia)
Lindy Hop
Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in the African-American communities of Harlem in the late 1920s. It is a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development, mostly jazz, tap, breakaway, and Charleston. It is a highly diverse and playful dance.
(description adapted from Wikipedia)
Blues
Blues has its roots in sub-Saharan African music traditions and the historical dances brought to the United States by European immigrants. As a dance family, it includes historical movements danced to blues music and contemporary evolutions that are danced in that aesthetic.
(description adapted from Wikipedia)
Modern Jive / Ceroc™
The original modern jive, then known as LeRoc, is an evolution of a French version of jive (LeBop). It is characterized by off-phrase dancing and a lack of defined footwork.
Under the influence of West Coast Swing, a slotted version of modern jive sometimes called Smooth Swing has been widely adopted.
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