SWING JAM! for Frankie

Here we go again! Long Swing dance night is coming on the last Friday of May. Jazz Cannibals and Friction Swing bands, as well as great DJs will bring the music to the house and keep us dancing for the night. We promise you an amazing night! We start at 7pm with a taster class of Collegiate Shag, a dance that makes your feet grooving and your heart smiling!. All levels are very welcome! Teachers: Caroline Moinel and Alessandro Ituarte. The evening is dedicated to our Lindy Hop father, Frankie Manning who’s birthday is on May the 26th. There isn't a better example than Frankie Manning (original Lindy Hopper and the Kind of Swing!) to remind us of the joy and fun we have dancing! His birthday is celebrated all over the World, and of course our city couldn’t be missing of this great celebration! THE JAZZ CANNIBALS specialize in New Orleans jazz and Jimbino Vegan's original songs. Due to their shared passion for old jazz they are very popular with the swing dance community and well known for their unique repertoire, exciting arrangements, skillful playing and distinctive performance style. Over the last 4 years JIMBINO VEGAN AND THE JAZZ CANNIBALS have been invited to play at many international swing dance, jazz, street, arts and theatre festivals throughout Europe. http://www.jazzcannibals.com/ FRICTION SWING is a fresh swing dance band from Helsinki already showed that they can keep the dance floor full by playing classic swing tunes with a touch of modern jazz essence. https://www.facebook.com/Friction-Swing-1759036434158346/ DJS DJ Teemuki, DJ Göksä, DJ Antsu COLLEGIATE SHAG together with the Lindy Hop and Balboa belongs to the swing family of American vernacular dances that arose in the 1920s and 30s. From the other swing dances, Collegiate Shag notably differs in the high hands, close position, hops, kicks and footwork. It is usually danced to faster and very fast-paced music. Shag was the hottest dance among the college kids in the 30s, that’s why some styles were called “Collegiate Shag”. The origins of the dance are not clear enough, almost no surviving archival material. It seems that Collegiate Shag was one of those suddenly appeared and as quickly disappeared things. In the mid 30s American dancer Arthur Murray tried to trace the footprints and standardize the dance. This is he best-known preserved Collegiate Shag version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTDe7_WoA7A This is how is it more or less looks like now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQaQzPku50Q TICKETS Price: 12,5 eur + 2,5 eur for cloakroom PROGRAM ~19:00 - Taster class ~20:00 - Warm up dance with DJ music ~20:30 - 1st band performance starts ... MUSIC and DANCE ... 0:00 Happy birthday Frankie Manning! ... MUSIC and DANCE ... ~2:00 - Happy end! :) WELCOME See you soon in the Ravintola Kaisaniemi!