Balboa Delight

June 28 - 30, 2024

Basel/CH

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Balboa Delight is all about Balboa. Your chance to immerse yourself in the world of dynamic swing dancing for a whole weekend - from beginner to advanced. Courses with international teachers, parties with one of the best bands in Europe, swimming in the Rhine, a boat tour and much more. A summer weekend in Basel full of swing!

THIS WORKSHOP is for you if you:

  • Want to learn Balboa from the ground up.

  • Want to immensely improve your Balboa skills.

  • Feel like having a great summer weekend in beautiful Basel - including a swim in the Rhine and a boat trip.

The number of places is limited.

TEACHERS

Our instructors have years of international experience and love to share their knowledge. They will meet you where you are and help you to improve your Balboa.

love Balboa, because it can be so different - slow and fast, snuggly and dynamic, fun and playful, technical and musical. Balboa connection feels like a cozy warm hug for me, and the dance is beautifully spiced with cool rhythm play, subtle lead-n-follow and shared flow.
- Olga Marina

parties

On Friday and Saturday the Hot Swing Sextet who are guaranteed to make the Balboa heart beat faster. Twice in the beautiful hall in the kHaus. On Sunday we end the weekend in style with the legendary boat tour.

All parties are included in the workshop. Single tickets will be sold from one month before the festival, if available.

 
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LEVELS

Our goal is to offer you the best possible workshop experience. That's why we ask questions about your dance experience in Balboa and your interests during the registration process. This way we can form groups that fit together well and take your wishes into account. There will probably be 5 groups, depending on the number of registrations it is possible that a larger group will be split up.

The level description here should give you an impression of what the respective groups can look like. You can find out more about the levels in the FAQ, but you can also go directly to the registration page.

  • This level is aimed at anyone with little or no Balboa experience. The focus is on building and consolidating the basic vocabulary. Perhaps you have already attended a Crash Course, In a Day Workshop or a lesson at Jitterbugs Delight and would now like to learn more Balboa.

  • At this level you should have a basic understanding of Balboa rhythms and the mix between closed (Pure Bal) and open positions (Bal Swing). This level focuses on developing various footwork and basic vocabulary.

  • At this level you should be confident in the Balboa rhythms and the mixture of closed (Pure Bal) and open positions (Bal Swing). This level focuses on different types of footwork and figures that are sometimes easier and sometimes more challenging than the basic figures. You want to expand your vocabulary and improve your technique and improvisation skills.

  • At this level, the basics and good Balboa rhythms should be well established. The tempo of the music and the lessons will be more demanding. Different rhythmic variations, both in closed (Pure Bal) and open positions (Bal Swing) and in different tempos, should not be a problem. You would like to work on the quality of your movements, improve your improvisation skills and experiment with different levels of musicality.

  • Balboa is your life! You are a teacher in your scene and travel to take or give lessons, often take part in international workshops and are at the Invitational level. You have read all the other levels and think that they are not enough for you.

PASSES

We believe that you want to work with our great teachers as much as possible and get the most out of your weekend. That's why we only offer full weekend passes.

 
 

Reduced price for students, dancers living outside Switzerland, pensioners and Kultur-Legi. Get in touch if you would like to take part but can't afford it, there is a sustainability fund for this. You can find out more here.

Hosting subject to availability, see registration form.

Party tickets from approx. one month before the event, if available.

 

next level Balboa

6 hour courses for your Balboa progress.

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SCHEDULE

Here you can find the rough schedule for the weekend. All details will be published in the festival booklet. Please note that there may be minor changes.


Friday

kHaus Saal

17:00-19:00 Slow Balboa Workshop* (optional)

20:00 Slow Balboa Taster Class

21:00 Party with Hot Swing Sextet

Saturday

kHaus Saal

10:00-17:30 Courses

17:30 Swimming in the Rhine (optional)

20:00 Taster class

21:00 Party with Hot Swing Sextet

Sunday

kHaus Saal

10:00-17:30 Courses

18:00 Party boat tour on the Rhine

 
 

*Sure slow balboa skills required; you want to deepen your knowledge and expand your repertoire.

For the boat tour, we hire the MS Christoph Merian, the colorful party boat of the Basler Personenschifffahrt. This means that all participants can be on one boat, with a large outside deck for dancing and various seating areas. The perfect end to a beautiful summer weekend!

happy jitterbugs

From the last editions.

 

 Enjoy the summer

With balboa, live music, Rhine swimming and a boat tour on the Rhine

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Ready to push your balboa?

Then sign up and enjoy a great summer weekend in Basel. If you want to work intensively on Balboa and change your dancing, this workshop is just right for you.