My
Dance Page
Birthday
Jam 2006-06-01 at Cinématte, Bern. © by Reto Hosner
&
Carl Zbinden
How
I was infected with the Dance Fever
Without
having practiced any dance step before, I joined a Rock'n'Roll dance
course at the University of Bern.
Since then I'm regularly
visiting courses and practicing Rock'n'Roll (Jive and Kick step and
Acrobatics).
In
Autumn 2002, while I was visiting an Oldies party at the ISC,
a young couple suddenly appeared on the dance floor. The DJ changed
the music style to some old-fashioned Swing and the couple showed us
a little dance performance. It was crazy and fascinating. They told
us there would be a crash course and a party where we would be able
to learn this dance called Lindy Hop. Well, one week later I found
myself in this crash course and fought with things like Swing-out and
Lindy Charleston step.
Many
funny courses, exhausting workshops and brilliant parties later,
dancing has become one of my hobbies.
Besides I've learned some
Latin Dance like Salsa and Ballroom Dance like Tango Argentino.
My
Curriculum Vitae Saltationis
Swing
Dances
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Dance
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Teachers
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Rock'n'Roll
A
modern 6-count Swing dance using acrobatic aerials
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Jive
Step
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Andrea
Crivelli & Sven Deck, University of Bern (2001-2006)
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Kick
Step
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Andrea
Crivelli & Sven Deck, University of Bern (2001-2006)
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Acrobatics,
Show Dance
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Andrea
Crivelli & Sven Deck, University of Bern (2002-2006)
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Lindy
Hop
The
original 8-count Swing dance evolved from the Charleston by breaking
away from the closed position (Break-away). Lindy Hop dancers were
called “Jitterbugs” because of their movements
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Lindy
Hop Basics
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Yvonne
Wiche-Levinsen & Roman Wyler, Lindy Hop Bern (2002-2003)
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More
figures,
Shim Sham
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Becky
Walters & Johnny Lloyd, Lindy Hop Course Bern (2003)
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More
figures
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Margie
Adams & Jim Cruzen (San Diego, USA), Lindy Hop Workshop Biel
(2003, 2005)
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More
figures,
Jitterbug Stroll, Shim Sham
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Maria
Trodella & Nicklas “Nick”
Åkerhult, Lindy Hop Course Bern (2003-)
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Blues,
Jazz steps
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Becky
Walters & Johnny Lloyd, Leapin' Lindy
Workshop Bern (2004)
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More
figures
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Helena
& Kenneth Norbelie (Bromma, Sweden), Leapin' Lindy
Workshop Bern (2004)
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Style,
Leading, Following, Choreography
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Becky
Walters & Johnny Lloyd, Lindy Hop Workshop Bern (2004)
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Musicality
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Yvonne
Wiche-Levinsen & Øystein Levinsen, Farewell Lindy
Hop Course Bern (2004)
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Intermediate
Course
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Frank
Manning (New York, USA) & Hanna Zetterman (Stockholm, Sweden),
Helena & Kenneth Norbelie, Diane & Rob van Haaren
(Ventura CA, USA), Barbara Kaufer & Marcus Koch
(München, Germany), Eva Lagerqvist-Jansson & Eddie
Jansson (Stockholm, Sweden), Ulrika Larsdotter-Ericsson (Stockholm,
Sweden) & Lorenz Ilg (Zürich, Switzerland), W29,
Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden (2004)
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Big
Apple
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Andrew
Sutton (Sacramento CA, USA), W28, Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden
(2004)
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Trankey
Doo
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?,
W29, Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden (2004)
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Social
Aerials, Funny Figures, Musicality
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Andrew
Sutton, Lindy Hop Workshop Bern (2004)
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Boogie
Woogie
A
6-count (Jive) Swing dance
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Basics
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Mélanie
Stocker & Mario Di Jorio, Boogie Woogie Workshop
Zürich (2004)
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Intermediate-Advanced
Course
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Marie
Nahnfeldt & Hasse Mattsson (Stockholm, Sweden), Joanna Eriksson
& Henric Stillman (Västerås, Sweden),
Barbara Kaufer & Marcus Koch (München, Germany), W28,
Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden (2004)
Marie
Nahnfeldt & Hasse Mattsson, Barbara Kaufer & Marcus
Koch, Aina Nygård & Jørgen Brudal Sandnes
(Trondheim, Norway), W1, Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden (2005)
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Intermediate-Advanced
/ Advanced Course
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Marie
Nahnfeldt & Hasse Mattsson, Jessica Lennartsson &
Andreas Berg (Hedemora, Sweden), W29, Herräng Dance Camp,
Sweden (2004)
Barbara
Kaufer & Marcus Koch, Aina Nygård &
Jørgen Brudal Sandnes, W2 (partially), Herräng
Dance Camp, Sweden (2005)
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Competition
& Show Course
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Marie
Nahnfeldt & Hasse Mattson, Aina Nygård &
Jørgen Brudal Sandnes, Barbara Kaufer & Marcus Koch,
W1 Herräng Dance Camp 2006
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“Cobra Style Routine”
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Marie
Nahnfeldt & Hasse Mattsson, Joanna Eriksson & Henric
Stillman, W28/29,
Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden (2004)
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Dean
Collins Style Shim Sham
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Barbara
Kaufer & Marcus Koch, W28, Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden
(2004)
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More
Basics
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Mélanie
Stocker & Mario Di Jorio, Boogie Woogie Crash Course Bern (2004)
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More
Figures
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Tobias
Gross, Rock'n'Roll Club Bern-Buchsi (2006-)
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Charleston
A
fast 8-count Swing dance
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Basics
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Maria
Trodella & Nicklas “Nick”
Åkerhult, Lindy Hop Course Bern (2004)
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More
figures
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Susanne
& Peter Meier (Zürich, Switzerland), Charleston
Workshop Biel (2004)
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Collegiate
Shag
A
fast 6-count Swing dance practiced in the 1920s and 1930s in the
southern states of the USA
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Basics
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Maria
Trodella & Nicklas “Nick”
Åkerhult, Lindy Hop Course Bern (2004)
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More
Figures
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Barbara
Kaufer & Marcus Koch, W2, Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden
(2005)
Rena
Swanepoel & Andy Fleming (London, UK), Lindy Hop Workshop
Basel, Switzerland (2005)
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Balboa
A
fast 8-count Swing dance practiced in the 1920s on Balboa Island, USA
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Basics
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Margie
Adams & Jim Cruzen (San Diego, USA), Balboa Workshop Bern (2003)
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More
figures
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Susanne
& Peter Meier (Zürich, Switzerland), Charleston
Workshop Biel (2004)
Margie
Adams & Jim Cruzen (San Diego, USA), Balboa Workshop Biel (2005)
Barbara
Kaufer & Marcus Koch, W2, Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden
(2005)
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Authentic
Jazz
Jazz
as it was performed on most famous stages in New York in the 1920s,
some years before and after
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Jazz
steps
Jazz routines
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Harlem
Hot Shots (Stockholm, Sweden), Skye Humphries (Ithaca, USA) &
Todd Yannacone (San Francisco, USA), Naomi Uyama (Arlington, USA)
& Peter Strom (Minneapolis, USA), W2, Herräng Dance
Camp 2006
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West
Coast Swing
A
6-count Swing dance practiced in the west coast states of the USA
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Basics
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Mélanie
Stocker, West Coast Swing Crashcourse Bern (2005)
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Tap
The
art of balance and rhythm to use the feet as percussion instruments
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Basics,
Intermediate
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Maud
Anaïs Koch, University of Bern (2004-2006)
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Beginners-Intermediate
Course
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Fatima
Teffahi (Stockholm, Sweden) & Joseph C. Wiggan (New York, USA),
W2, Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden (2005)
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Other
Dances
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Dance
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Teachers
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Latin
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Salsa
Basics,
Merengue,
Bachata,
Rueda
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Mirjam
Zbinden & Raffaele Chiacchia, University of Bern (2003)
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Salsa
Figures,
Rueda
Samba
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Annalisa
Spagnoli & Raffaele Chiacchia, Bern (2003-2004)
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Tango
Argentino
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Basics
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Helène
Wenger & Felix Huber, University of Bern (2003-2004)
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Shows
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2004-08-15
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Solo
Show “Cobra Style Routine”, Swing Ono,
Ono, Bern
Choreography: Marie & Hasse, Joanna & Henric, variation
by David
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2004-08-28
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Advanced
Lindy Hoppers Bern “Jive At Five”,
Swing Floor, Viento Sur, Bern
Choreography: Maria & Nick
Dance partner: Christine Haldi
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2005-02-12
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Advanced
Lindy Hoppers Bern “Jeep Jockey Jump”,
Leapin' Lindy 2005, National, Bern
Choreography: Maria & Nick
Dance Partner: Kerstin Hagemann
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2005-07-15
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Tap
Beginners/Intermediate Course “Tap Show Week 2”,
Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden
Choreography: Joseph C. Wiggan
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2006-01-21
&
2006-02-24
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Advanced Lindy Hoppers
Bern “Sugar Foot Rag”,
Leapin' Lindy 2006, Bierhübeli, Bern &
“Memories” Dance Show, Saalbau, Kirchberg
(commercial)
Choreography: Maria & Nick
Dance Partner: Rahel Schmidt / Nicole Bohnenblust
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2006-07-07
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Boogie Woogie Competition
& Show Course “Boogie Woogie Show Week 1”,
Herräng Dance Camp, Sweden
Choreography: Show group
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2007-02-10
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Berner Lindy Hoppers,
Leapin' Lindy 2007, Bierhübeli, Bern
Choreography: Maria & Nick, Berner Lindy Hoppers
Dance Partner: Nora Peretti
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2008-02-16
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The Flying Baskets,
Leapin' Lindy 2008, National, Bern
Choreography: Maria & Nick
Dance Partner: Nora Peretti
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Berner Lindy Hoppers at Leapin' Lindy 2007, Bern. © by Oliver Kaesermann, www.olimedia.ch
Teaching
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Summer
2004
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“Cobra Style
Routine”, Rock'n'Roll, University of Bern
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Autumn
2004
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Boogie
Woogie Crash Courses, Villa Stucki, Bern
with Alexandra Strube; assistant of Mario DiJorio, Melanie Stocker
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Autumn
2006
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“Cobra
Style Routine”,
Private Dance Camp near Bern
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| Autumn
2006 |
Boogie
Woogie Crash Course, Private Event, Bern
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Links
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