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Aug '15
Addicted to Lindy Hop?
Donders Wonders: can you really get addicted to Lindy Hop? Our very own Lieneke of the Donders Institute here in Nijmegen has some thoughts…
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Aug '15
Swinging out with Rob and Diane!
Class 1 – it’s all about the flow On Sunday 2nd August Rob and Diane van Haaren were in town to show us a thing or two! Rob grew up in Nijmegen, although he moved to California 30 years ago to pursue his dreams, where he discovered the Lindy Hop and, through it, his wife Diane. It…
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Jul '15
Some dates for your diary…
Pieter Aart and Kate We’ve got an exciting programme of workshops coming up for you this autumn! On the weekend of 19th-20th September we’re delighted to welcome back our beloved Pieter Aart Schouten and Katelyn Price for round two. We all learned so very much from them last time, we just had to invite them back. It’s…
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May '15
Lindy What? Nijmegen First Anniversary – what a weekend!
What a weekend! Our “Lindy One” anniversary weekend exceeded all of our wildest expectations! Thank you to everyone who took part, be it in the workshops, the parties or the organisation: it was a blast! The main focus was of course the two-day workshop with Katelyn Price and Pieter Aart Schouten. It seems that all of…
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Jan '15
Lindy What? Nijmegen First Anniversary Weekend
In February our dance club will become one year old. It’s amazing to think back to that crazy first night in Café Trianon and to see how far we have all come since then! Not just in terms of our numbers but also how much progress everyone has made in their dancing. So now it’s time to celebrate! Here’s…
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Oct '14
Nijmegen Swings Out Hard!
Nine months ago, six Nijmeegse Lindy Hoppers had a dream: that the dance floors of Nijmegen would one day be scorched by the heat of swing outs danced to the tunes of live big band music. On the weekend of Friday 10th and Saturday 11th October, those dreams came true!On Friday we welcomed The Kalishnikovs to Nijmegen….
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Sep '14
Workshop with Robert and Chantal from Eindhoven!
Get ready to take your Lindy Hop to the next level! On Saturday 11th October we will welcome Robert Cullen and Chantal Woltring to give a workshop here in Nijmegen. The orchestrators of the Eindhoven swing scene, these two extremely passionate Lindy Hoppers have been dancing this stuff since 1999 and teaching it since 2002,…
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Sep '14
The Kalishnikovs live @ Brebl!
The Kalishnikovs are coming to Nijmegen! Eindhoven’s `house band’ are coming to swing the joint, you really don’t want to miss this one! Back in the 1930s Big Band Era they didn’t have DJs: it’s time for us to enjoy that buzz that comes from dancing the Lindy Hop to live music.
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Aug '14
Some dates for your diary…
Here’s some preliminary information for you all to mark in your diaries. The weekend of 10/11 October 2014 will be a big weekend of Lindy Hop in Nijmegen! On Friday 10th we will dance to live music from The Kalishnikovs. On Saturday 11th we will have a Lindy Hop workshop with Robert and Chantal from Eindhoven. More…
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Aug '14
Intensive Beginners Workshop
The summer is over, we hope you are all well rested because it’s time to start dancing again! On Saturday 30th August there will be an intensive Lindy Hop workshop for beginners with Inge and Simon. Our next block of classes is almost full, so if you want to get going with your Lindy Hop…