International Women Day celebration. We say good-bye to the winter and congratulations to the ladies.
Classes
We are going to have two main curses at the camp: lindy hop and boogie woogie. Besides this as usual we are planning to organize several bonus lessons on balboa, Hollywood syle and probably some others.
Terence Linsolas & Celia Belline (France) Lindy Hop
Lindy Hop Dancers and Teachers in France, Terence and Celia have been traveling for many years to study with the most famous Swing personages including Frankie Manning, Steven and Virginie, Kevin and Carla , Rob and Diane, Kim and David, Skye and Sarah… They have started teaching together in August 2003 in Russia (!!!) for the first St Petersburg Swing Festival . Their association was such an incredible and rich mixing between opposite characters that it worked very well. From that event, they decided to keep dancing and teaching together. Their modern and
inventive Lindy Hop is inspired of many styles and nuanced by
Boogie-Woogie, West Coast Swing and Salsa tendencies. They give regular classes in one of the biggest dance school in Montpellier – Studio Latino! and teach frequently in many festivals in Europe. Terence is also the Creator of a famous international Lindy- Hop event : The Montpellier Swing Danse Festival : Learn to hop !
Andy Spitz & Christelle De Cruz (France) Boogie Woogie
Andy & Christelle are well-known French dancers. They have been participants of many European dance events (Herrang Dance Camp, Swing Camp Catalina, Montpellier Swing Dance Festival, Pink City Swing è äð.) Their teachers were such top dancers as Frankie Manning, Harlem Hot Shots, Peter Loggins, Nick Williams & Denise Paulino, Valerie Salstrom & Marty Klempner and many others.
Andy & Christelle dance boogie woogie since 1996. Many times they were winners or finalists of different national and international competitions. Here there are some of their achievments in boogie woogie: 1st place at Belgian Championship in 2002 (Andy), 2nd place at Benelux Championship in 2002 (Andy), 2nd place at French Championship in 2003 (Christelle), 1st place at French Championship in 1997(Christelle).
Andy & Christelle also have many awards in lindy hop. They were French Champions in 2004 and have won national competitions in 2005.
At our camp Andy & Christelle will teach boogie woogie and also some bonus lessons in balboa and Hollywood Style.
Katya Avlasevitch
Lindy Hop
Katya started her dancing career from rock'n'roll in 1991. In 2001 in Tallinn (Estonia) she has first seen Lennart Westerlund and turned her mind to swing dancing. After that she started to travel all over the world visiting different places where swing was taught. That were: Herrang Dance Camp every year since 2001 (Sweden), Barswingona in 2002 and 2004 (Spain), Montpellier in 2003 (France), Boogie and Swing in Toulouse in 2003 and 2004 (France), Catalina in 2003 (California, USA), SeaSunSwing in 2004 (France), Cultural Exchange (Los-Angeles, USA)
Since 2003 Katya is being invited at the camps already as a teacher. Her partners were Max Pitruccella (France), Tomas Blachar (France) and Vincenzo Fesi (Italy). In IV Moscow Dance Camp in June Katya tought together with Vincenzo.
Katya and Vinzenzo took the second place in European Championship in Lindy Hop 2004. None of Russian swing dancers ever had such a good result. At the Open Championship Strictly Lindy 2004 they were also the second. At World Championship in Lindy Hop 2004 (Toulouse, France) their result was the forth.
Katya is an almost universal teacher. She teaches boogie-woogie, lindy hop (Savoy original style, smooth and Hollywood styles), lindy hip hop, balboa, shag, Charleston and west cost swing. Also she teaches in College of Arts and Crafts (the chair of choreography) and in College of Physical Culture (The chair of physiotherapy, the department of choreography) in Saint Petersburg. Also she has joint project together with jazz-modern dance studio "Canon Dance".
Ksenia Semenikhina
Lindy Hop
When being a high school student Ksenia once saw on TV a competition in rock’n’roll. She liked the acrobatics and decided to try this kind of dancing some day. She managed to do this in a year when she came to Moscow dance studio “B17”. She was training there for several years and changed two dance partners. Also at this time she was much interested in hustle. And in 1994 she has won the title of “Miss Hustle” at the contest organized by dance school “Dance College”. That was the first but not the last of her victories.
First she started to dance boogie in dance studio “Tutti-Frutti”. In 1997 she came to “Tantsclass”. Next year Vladimir Ishimov became her dance partner.
Now Ksenia has a great number of students. Many of them are real fans of swing dancing who visit swing dance camps all over the world and take part in competitions. And some of them already teach boogie and lindy themselves.
Fyodor Nedotko
Lindy Hop
That is what Fedor telling about himself: "I am Nedotko Fedor. I love social dancing (almost all styles of it). I think it is the only way of dancing that suits for using dance potential of a human being. I think that couple dancing is an illustaration of realationships between man and woman and that is why it is the most natural and the most interesting way to dance. But certainly it does not exclude the need of individual training. For me jazz is not only abstract music but it is special "dancing mood" that takes me to the condition of slight emotional raise. Couple dancing + jazz = SWING DANCE. I am not an adherent of any special style of swing dancing. For me the only imortant things in dancing are: music, comfort, freedom and partnership. I am shure that swing is the most actual style of social dancing.
In the words "afro-american dance culture" the prefix "afro" also has a large meaning for me. 14-years experience of standart ballroom dancing as well as the classes of world famous teachers, gave me a good knowledge and understanding of dance mechanics. I teach myself since 1994, particulary lindy classes - since 2000. Now I started to run my own business in my own dance club in Saint Petersburg. I have many students and some of the make me feel proud.
Vladimir Ishimov
Boogie Woogie
Vladimir was the finalist of the first competition in rock'n'roll in the USSR. Since this time rock'n'roll has become his passion. He missed no competition. Several times he was winner or finalist in category "B" of such competitions as Moscow Championship, USSR Championship, different national cups and then - Russian Championship.
First time he has seen swing dancing in 1993 and started to learn how to dance boogie. He was one of the dancers who were first to perform boogie show in Russia. It was in 1994. Those people were: Tarasov - Kosmynina, Gavrikov - Sokolova and Ishimov - Shestopalova.
When his career in rock'n'roll was over he has become a coach and continued to compete in boogie woogie. He was one of the first among Russian dancers who took part in international competitions. Together with his partner Ryzhova Nadezhda he has won the 2nd place in a contest in Helsinki, Finland. Together with Ksenia Semenikhina he was the winner of many national cups and of Russian Championship 2002. All this time he has been activly promoting swing dancing in Russia. Besides the competitions he performed at different contests and TV-shows.
Vladimir Ishimov and Ksenia Semenikhina were first in Russia to teach imprivisation in swing dancing. They have learned the methods of world famous teacher Marcus Koch and adopted it for Russian situation.
Vladimir Ishimov took part in many international dance camps and workshops. Among his teachers were Lennart Westerlund, Franky Manning, Peter Loggins, Janice Wilson, Marcus Koch and Barbl Kaufer, Michael Grimme and Andrea Shiffer, Melanie Bucher and others. Besides boogie woogie Vladimir dances and teaches other swing dances like lindy hop, charlestone, balboa, shag, etc.
Andrey Prokopenko Boogie Woogie
Andrey teachs boogie woogie in Saint Petersburg. Here is what he is telling about himself:
I've always loved dancing. I started to dance "seriously" in 1994. That was rock'n'roll. I was brought to it by my friend Natalya Bushmanova who had later become my dance partner. In a year we have become Saint Petersburg Champions and later – Russian Champions that allowed us to get the status of Sport Masters.
Simultaneously with the begining of my career in rock'n'roll I entered Saint Petersburg teacher-training university. I was graduated in 2000 as a professional coach. Also I've got education in choreoraphy in Saint Peterburg College of Culture.
First time I have seen boogie during one of the competitions in rock'n'roll. It was performed by Dmitriy Tarasov. I was pretty impressed ! For me it looked new, exciting and easy. I started to learn boogie from video. Then I went to Moscow to take seminars and individual lessons of Volodya Ishimov & Ksenia Semenikhina. The same year I went to Herrang Dance Camp. It was my first visit to the camp and to Sweden and it changed my attitude to dancing in general thremendously. Special athmosphere, mood, style, communication, music, improvisation and play – all of this are parts of swing dancing.
Now I am the president of dance club "Bravo" that is a part of Russian Rock'n'Roll Federation (RRRF). I have more then 10-years experience of teaching. Some off my students has become Russian Champions and finalists of different national competitions in rock'n'roll and boogie woogie.
Every dancer has its own style and its own understanding of dancing. I like different dance styles like jazz, hip-hop, RnB, break dance and some others. Certainly in every style I have favourite dancers, in boogie these are Marcus & Barble, in lindy – Cavin & Carla. If you take impressive acrobatics of rock'n'roll, excite and dynamics of boogie, smoothness of lindy hop, and jazz pastics – perhaps there'll be another style! I would be glad to bring to you some pieces of my experience! See you!
Accomodation and food
We provide all the participants with comfortable accomodation in single, double or triple rooms in one of the health resorts in Moscow suburbs. More details will be available later. The costs of the food (three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner) and accomodation are included in the price of the participation.
Trancfer
We organize a bus transfer from Moscow to the place of the camp in the evening March, 5 and in the morning March, 6. And back transfer after the closing of the camp. The price of the transfer IS NOT included into the price of the participation. The place of depature, the time, the price and other information about the transfer will be announced one week before the camp starts.
Prices
The price of the participation in the camp for foreign guests is 100 Euro. This price does not include the costs of transportation and visas
Organizers
VI Swing Dance Camp is organized by Moscow Swing Dance Federation and dance studio “Tantsklass” headed by Vladimir Ishimov. For additional information about the camp please contact us at the e-mail:camp@swingdance.ru
Andy & Christelle are well-known French dancers. They have been participants of many European dance events (