• WORKSHOP
    • COLLEGIATE SHAG
    • ST. LOUIS SHAG
    • TEACHERS
    • MUSIC
    • PARTIES
    • CONTESTS
    • VENUES
  • SCHEDULES
  • PRICE
  • REGISTRATIONS
  • RULES
  • BCN
Barcelona Shag Festival
  • WORKSHOP
    • COLLEGIATE SHAG
    • ST. LOUIS SHAG
    • TEACHERS
    • MUSIC
    • PARTIES
    • CONTESTS
    • VENUES
  • SCHEDULES
  • PRICE
  • REGISTRATIONS
  • RULES
  • BCN

Welcome everybody ! BENVINGUTS !

  • STARTERS
  • MAIN COURSE
  • DESSERT

STARTERS

3 days of Collegiate Shag and St Louis Shag dance and all kinds of testers with amazing teachers. More teachers will be announced during next weeks.

MAIN COURSE

4 nights of parties, 3 of them with live music and there is more to come which will be announced in the comming weeks. However, we do not want to disclose all surprises,… so you will have to be there to see!

DESSERT

Competitions will be held during Friday to Sunday. Some new competitions will be announced! Of course “non regular” competitions will happen thanks to our Mcs. Let’s see what they will prepare for us…

  • STARTERS
  • MAIN COURSE
  • DESSERT

STARTERS

3 days of Collegiate Shag and St Louis Shag dance and all kinds of testers with amazing teachers. More teachers will be announced during next weeks.

MAIN COURSE

4 nights of parties, 3 of them with live music and there is more to come which will be announced in the comming weeks. However, we do not want to disclose all surprises,… so you will have to be there to see!

DESSERT

Competitions will be held during Friday to Sunday. Some new competitions will be announced! Of course “non regular” competitions will happen thanks to our Mcs. Let’s see what they will prepare for us…

The team of the Bcn Shag Festival is very happy to welcome you all to the 6th edition of this festival from :
1st-3rd NOVEMBER IN BARCELONA
So come and share 3 days with the Shag Familia. We have prepared some new competitions and great prizes, preparty, a new band for this edition, new testers, great performances, and some surprises that you will see during the festival !
Thank you all for being here! Without you, it wouldn’t be possible!
Big hugs from Sara, Pol & SpanktheBaby
  • STARTERS
  • MAIN COURSE
  • DESSERT

STARTERS

3 days of Collegiate Shag and St Louis Shag dance and all kinds of testers with amazing teachers. More teachers will be announced during next weeks.

MAIN COURSE

4 nights of parties, 3 of them with live music and there is more to come which will be announced in the comming weeks. However, we do not want to disclose all surprises,… so you will have to be there to see!

DESSERT

Competitions will be held during Friday to Sunday. Some new competitions will be announced! Of course “non regular” competitions will happen thanks to our Mcs. Let’s see what they will prepare for us…

​THE ONLY OBLIGATION WILL BE TO HAVE FUN AND BE HAPPY DURING THE FESTIVAL!

BCN Shag Festival Paella 2019

Paella will be on Sunday afternoon after classes. You can get your tickets at Registrations. Join us!!

 

 

Gastro Shag – Paella Day

We are gonna be drinking, eating and having a good time on Sunday after classes very close to the main venue, outdoors. Paella time!
What’s included?
Salad, Paella, Bread, Drink, Water / Wine / Soda ( to be shared in one table)
You can add:
Coffee or similar , Dessert – Ice cream / Lemon Cake / Chocolate Cake

COLLEGIATE SHAG

Mini Wolf

You have taken some collegiate shag classes, you know the basics and some movements.
You want to get more inspiration to start feeling comfortable dancing shag.
So far. Less than 1 year approximately.

Invitational

You compete, you teach Collegiate Shag, you know the basics of St Louis Shag, you can play with different rhythms (single, double, triple rhythm), you improve your own steps, you take part in teams and need a real push and inspiration from the teachers to get into a higher level. If you feel that you are in this level, send us an email to shagbcn@gmail.com. If we agree, then please go ahead and register through the website.

Wolf Teeth

Intermediate level.
You have been receiving collegiate shag classes for at least 1 year regularly and have attended some workshops. You are starting to dance shag socially and can follow or lead steps confortably. You learn quickly in class.

Vomit Commet

Advanced level. You start playing with rhythms, start competing, use to social dance with shag very often, you have attended many workshops already. You know the technique and how to improve and want to get new steps and new ideas to feel more comfortable.
You have been receiving classes for about 2 years now or you feel you have this level. You can clearly guide and follow by focusing on musicality.

50% ST. LOUIS / 50% COLLEGIATE SHAG

Over the tops

This track is 50% Collegiate Shag and 50% St Louis Shag, 3 hours each.
Collegiate Shag – You can choose your level detailed above.
St Louis Shag – You should have an intermediate level. You use st louis shag when you social dance. You want to receive steps and technique in order to start integrating the dance in your social life more and more and start challenge yourself also for competitions. 

TEACHERS

EGLE & ARNAS

SARA & POL

CHERRY & FILIP

GOSIA & ROKAS

BARBL & MARCUS

MAJA & RYAN

FANCY & STEVE

MORE TEACHERS TO BE ANNOUNCED!

MUSIC

Shakin'All

Shakin ‘All will transport you to the universe of vintage music, a territory on the border between Jazz, Blues, Rock n’ Roll and the Gospel.
Themes of the 20s, 30s, 40s, versions of Louis Jordan, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Louis Prima … played by six excellent musicians, authentic specialists in classical jazz.
Check them out: http://shakinswing.com

Hot Swing Sextet

HOT SWING SEXTET invites you to go back in time for a trip in the frenetic atmosphere of jazz clubs of the 30s.
Between Paris and Harlem, between Django Reinhardt and Duke Ellington, through Louis Armstrong, The Hot Swing Sextet organized for you, a trip “made to measure” direction: “Swing”.
Embark with these six young musicians bursting with energy. “Swing”, “swaying” and good humor are on the program of this great crossing of “middle-jazz”
http://www.hotswingsextet.com/

Meschiya Lake

New Orleans is a place where the timeless sounds of jazz fill the air on any given night. One particularly notable voice in this great city is the smooth and sultry ragtime sound of Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns. Lake, who has called the Crescent City home for over ten years, has quite the interesting past. Her career began in a South Dakota steakhouse at age nine, where she won a $500 singing contest, and years down the road she ended up in a traveling circus. Check her website: www.meschiyalake.com/

DJ Arnas & his team

A traveling swing dance instructor and jazz enthusiast, driven by the pure joy and power of swing, widely known as DJ Rhythm Lord or just One O’Clock Jump DJ, Arnas is selecting tunes as if he were dancing non-stop on the dance floor. Many big name events like Herräng Dance Camp, Rock That Swing Festival, Balkan Lindy Hop Championships cover his reputation as a great competition, social dance, party party DJ and DJ-coordinator with professional work ethics and great taste in dance music. We are very happy to have him this edition again!

MCs

The MCs that will bring a show and excite everybody!

PARTIES

Thursday, October 31st.

PREPARTY ( A Jay Wade & The Tennessee Nr9) & WELCOME EVERYBODY!

Tapas Tour
Party at Sala Vivaldi
8€ for Full passes and party passes
15€ general entry

Friday, November 1st

(Hot Swing Sextet)

Competitions & Classes

Party at Casino Aliança Poblenou
Included in Full pass and Party pass

Saturday, November 2nd

(Meschiya Lake & Shakin’All)

REMEMBER OUR HALLOWEEN PARTY AS ALWAYS.

Bring your best costume and go crazy!

Competitions & Classes

Party at Casino Aliança Poblenou
Included in Full pass and Party pass

Sunday, November 3rd 

(Meschiya Lake & Shakin’All)

Classes in the morning only.

Paella
Goodbye party!
Included in Full pass and Party pass

CONTESTS

Endurance

Couples will be dancing a song that will start slow and will end very quick. Judges will tap out.
You do not have to sign up. We expect everybody to join this competition!
It will be held on Friday or Saturday.

Shag All-In

Dancers to rotate to partners randomly drawn in two heats to four 1 minute songs. Finals will consist of 3-5 rotations of one heat of music of varying tempos and lengths including a phrase battle style dance where each couple gets one 8 eight section, you will be judged as individuals, not as couples.
Prices: 1st-5th place medals – cash prizes 300€ in total, broken down 1st-3rd place. Price: 15€ per person

Salty Jitterbug Contest

BCN Shag Team and London’s Salty Jitterbugs have joined forces to bring this ultimate competition, the Salty Jitterbugs Contest! No dance style restrictions. Participate solo, as a couple or as a team. The winner will be decided through a series of dance battles, each taking 16 eights. The contest will be judged by the audience via a state of the art real-time voting system! Prices: 1st-3rd place medals, one medal per team – Price: FOR FREE. Only 1st wins Mind the Shag Festival 2020 PARTY PASS.

Collegiate Shag Strictly

This division is for Collegiate Shag. For prelims, dancers to dance in groups depending on how many couples we will have. Finals to start with a short warm up song, then 2 couples out at a time for 16 8 counts.
There will be several rounds.
Prices: 1st-5th place medals – cash prizes 300€ in total, broken down 1st-3rd place. Price: 15€ per person

Shag Advanced

The same as All-In but only for advanced dancers

SHOWCASE

SHOWCASE FOR FREE. Show us what you can do! Couples or Double couples. Songs to be sent the latest on October 1st –
shagbcn@gmail.com

St Louis Shag Strictly

This division is for St Louis Shag. For prelims, dancers to dance in groups depending on how many couples we will have. Finals to start with a short warm up song, then 2 couples out at a time for 16 8 counts for 2 rounds. Tempo second round will be faster.
Prizes: 1st-5th place medals. Price: 15€ per person

Team

This is not a competition. We want as many performances possible! Minimum of 2 couples to perform a routine to their own music, song length to be between 3 and 4 1/2 minutes. For ease of performance, please send your informations and name of the team to Shagbcn@gmail.com. Song should be sent up until October 1st. Thanks for your cooperation!
FOR FREE

VENUES

All parties on Friday and Saturday and Sunday will be held at Casino Aliança Poblenou. POBLENOU Area.

Thursday Preparty will be held at Sala Vivaldi.

There will be night buses from Poblenou area to Sala Vivaldi.

CLASSES

Remember that classes will be held already on Friday November 1st.
There will be held at Casino, CEM CAN Felipa and Hotel Ilunion

Casino de l’Aliança de Poblenou

Hotel Ilunion

Casino de l’Aliança de Poblenou

Hotel Ilunion

Take note all classes will be held in POBLENOU area.

Some classes will be held at Casino Aliança Poblenou as well.

SCHEDULE

Remember that classes will be held already on Friday November 1st.
* Schedule will be posted some weeks before the festival.

PRICE

* Group discount: Special price of 175€ (subject to changes, it will increase according to the amount of people registered, so the sooner you sign is as a group the better to keep the first price)

  • Only couples, not single dancers. Minimum 5 couples.
  • 50% payment in advance / 50% cash upon arrival
  • In case of cancellation of the group total or partially, we do not refund 50% of the payment.
  • 1 person makes the registration for the group. Send and email to shagbcn@gmail.com with names, surnames, email and level of the full pass of each member of the group.
  • You can not reduce the total amount of members of the group once registered.
  • Participants of the festival which have been already registered with a full pass can not be members of a group.

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BCN Shag Festival Party Pass

Competitions will be held from Friday to Sunday.

M&M and Strictly – 15€ per person
Salty Jitterbug – FOR FREE
Endurance – FOR FREE
Team and Showcase – FOR FREE
* Cash prizes – M&M & Strictly

RULES

Refunds

  • We do not refund once payment has been made. You can sell your pass to another student from the same level and role. We could change level and role in case of available spots.
  • We can always help you in case we have some students on waiting list.
  • The Organiser is not liable for any costs incurred by the Participant if the Event completely or partially has to be cancelled.
  • In case an artist cancels, we will do our best to replace him/her in the most appropriate way possible.

Registration

  • You should register individually and your partner too. The only exception is for Groups, you should send an email with all members. You will have all instructions in the registration process.
  • For the rest of competitions, you should register individually and add your partner on it in case of Strictly.
  • Participants of the festival which have been already registered with a full pass can not be members of group.
  • If you want to compete but do not want to take classes, you should buy a PARTY Pass ticket.
  • If you register for Waiting List you should pay a deposit of 50€. In case you cancel, we will not refund the deposit. If the organization cancels, we will refund accordingly.

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CHANZIE & STEVE

Stephen Sayer and Chandrae Roettig are dancers/instructors who specialize in LA/smooth style lindy and collegiate shag. While they have a love for all things that swing, their primary influences and inspirations come from the Los Angeles Jitterbugs of the 1940’s and 1950’s.
Their partnership began in late 2010 and together Steve and Chanzie have taken First Place titles in several national swing competitions. In 2011 they won 1st place in the Lindy Hop divisions at the National Jitterbug Championships and US Open Swing Dance Championships.
In 2012 they took 1st Place in the Lindy divisions at Camp Jitterbug and again at the US Open. In 2014 they regained their 1st place title at the National Jitterbug Championships and also took their LA Shag team to a 1st place victory in the team division.
In addition to those titles, Steve is also the 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 National Collegiate Shag Champion. In 2012 Steve was inducted into the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame. Steve and Chanzie are based out of Los Angeles where they teach weekly in North Hollywood, but you can find them teaching and performing all over the United States, Europe, Canada and Australia.
They are committed to improving and pushing the limits of their own dancing as well as those who take their classes, while keeping their regional style of swing alive.
More info: http://www.Lajitterbug.com
GOSIA & ROKAS

Gosia Aniołkowska
When not fine tuning plans to take over the world, Gosia can be found on the dance floors all over Europe ( …and abroad ) , realising her new projects and creating dance adventures. Gosia found Swing dancing whilst looking for a way to express her love of music and vintage style.
Starting with Tap and Authentic Jazz, she quickly came to discover Lindy Hop, Balboa, St Louis and Collegiate Shag. From these days she has continuously trained, seeking inspiration by traveling around the world.
When teaching Gosia focuses on connection, a strong foundation from which the character of each partner can find expression in individual style.
Rokas Borusevičius 
Lithuanian Elf renowned for his grace and mastery of magic, and weapons such as fast dancing and immortal energy. His dancer’s spirit brings other people to fall in love with the whole World of Swing.
Rokas began his adventure in 2011 in Vilnius, the land of the Swing Masters. While being inspired, discovering and training for days and nights under the eye of the best he grown his individual style and is still searching for new projects, ideas and new experiences.
Specialising in all styles from the Jazz era like Authentic Jazz, Balboa, Lindy hop, Tap dance, Collegiate Shag and finally his biggest passion – St Loius Shag, Rokas focuses on the authenticity and technique of each dance and each dancer.
Gosia and Rokas
Their roads crossed for the first time many years ago while taking Tap dance classes. From then on, while constantly dancing and adventuring around the World, their paths met again to combine those two superpowers to Fire up a new project –  St Louis Shag Europe!
MAJA & RYAN

Ryan Martin is well known in the world of Shag.
He was one of the original co-founders of the Hot Rhythm Foundation, a non-profit organization that seeks to promote and sustain the jazz music and dance forms that originated in early part of the twentieth century. He was involved with running that organization and its main event, the Hot Rhythm Holiday, for eight years.
Today Ryan travels to teach and compete in Collegiate Shag, both domestically and abroad. He currently holds regular classes in Collegiate Shag at both the Rhythm Room dance studio in Dallas, TX and Four on the Floor dance studio in Austin, TX. Also there is a documentary made by Ryan Martin called “The rebirth of Shag”.
Maja discovered Swing Dance in the local community in Copenhagen in 2015 and enjoys dancing, learning and trying all kinds of dances and styles like Lindyhop, Solo Jazz, Balboa and Collegiate Shag. She loves the social aspect of swing dancing and is fascinated by the amazing community and the great uplifting atmosphere at national and international parties, workshop and events. Her new dance passion is Collegiate Shag, perfectly combining a fast and challenging partner interaction with totally funny and silly moves, which always puts a smile on her face. She is very well known of winning all Endurance Shag competitions together with her swing dance partner, Teis.
CHERRY & FILIP

Cherry and Filip met in 2013 on a Lindy Hop course in SWINGOUT.PL dance studio. They started to dance Collegiate Shag in 2014 among a bunch of enthusiasts who brought it to Warsaw, and partnered up while performing with the Warsaw Shag Team. – Cherry, do You want to be the best in the world one day? – Yes, why not… – Me too, so let’s do it! With this frivolous conversation they started to work together and train regularly. After 3 months they won the Strictly Shag competition during Warsaw Collegiate Shag Festival and after 6 months they became instructors in SWINGOUT.PL. Since that moment they teach regulary Lindy Hop and Collegiate Shag around Poland and abroad. Their dance is full of energy. Cherry dances with a wild Latin temperament, elegance and open head, playing with the rhythm and shaking things out. She loved to dance since she remembers. At the age of 6 she started with ballet and contemporary, then switched to ballroom and lyrical jazz for a while. Filip is a musician for many years, playing on the guitar, trombone and mandoline. He’s one of the founders of The Cajun Spices – a Polish gypsy jazz band. His passion reflects the way he dances and makes it a fine form of expression. They are full of enthusiasm, looking for new ideas and challenges. The first class they gave together was held in a Zoo for a group of children.
BARBL & MARCUS

Marcus and Bärbl are from Munich Germany and are now dancing together since 1991. Without a doubt, two of the finest TEACHERS of dance in the world. Not only are they amazing Balboa dancers, but their attention to detail on HOW they teach makes for some of the best classes you can take in the world.
They both started with ballroom dancing in 1984 before they lost their hearts to Boogie Woogie and Swing. Marcus was also deeply involved in building up the Boogie Woogie in the German Rock’n’Roll- and Boogie-Woogie-Federation in his function as a sports manager.
For 13 years Marcus and Bärbl also have been part of the organization committee of the famous Boogie-Bären Witsun camp. Traveling and teaching all over the World they brought Boogie Woogie and Swing in many corners of the globe.
With an excellent synthesis of Boogie Woogie, Lindy Hop and Hollywood Style they formed their own style with their own outstanding character. This unique character made them so popular and let them win so many competitions.
Their performances and classes are full of energy and fun. Join them and you will see. They started the scene of Collegiate Shag too and you will be amazed since their style is unique. We are very proud to have them this year at Barcelona Shag Festival for the first time!
More info: http://www.worldofswing.de/
Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r1pR36hiyA
SARA & POL

Pol Prats is the founding director of Spank the Baby School in Barcelona. He has taught in different festivals in the UK, Sweden, Portugal and Finland including Stir it, Gnsh and London Swing Festival. He has been finalist in Good Night Sweetheart and Barswingona Jack and Jill competitions and Semifinalist at Frankie ‘ 95 in NY, as well as being a member of the Barcelona Jazz Cats performance troupe. African dance, tap dance, Alexander technique and others have been part of Pol’s interests and is recently fond of acrobatic dance. Co-founder of the BCN SHAG FESTIVAL.
Sara Planas started dancing classical ballet when she was 4. Ballet, contemporary, hip hop…dance has always accompanied Sara. It was not until 2009 that she fortunately discovered lindy hop and has been a passionate dancer and teacher since. Even though she has another profession, she has been spreading shag and acrobatics in other cities in Spain and outside the country in the last 4 years.
Co-founder of the BCN SHAG FESTIVAL. We have been the first promoters of Collegiate Shag in Spain and organizers of one of the biggest festivals of Collegiate Shag in the world together with Warsaw Shag Festival and Camp Hollywood and Rock that Swing.
Last awards: 1st place Showcase Savoy Cup 2016 2nd place Showcase AM Camp Hollywood 2016 4th place Shag Strictly Camp Hollywood 2016 1st place Shag Strictly MBSW 2016 – 1st place J&J Shag MBSW 2016 – Sara 1st place Shag Battle at Rock that Swing 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHo6Yn64np4
EGLE & ARNAS

Coming straight from the heart of Lithuanian Swing Dance scene, partnered up from the very first dance Arnas & Eglė are dancing, performing, teaching and inspiring the community at hoppers’ dance studio everyday.
Passion and joy for Lindy Hop & Collegiate Shag gained their name as international instructors in regular small workshops around Europe, specially in Poland, where they inspired Warsaw Collegiate Shag Festival.
Rich experience in teaching every day classes grants quality and fun with clear explanation of their material by expressing swing music and yourself in it. Arnas is also a part of well-known swing DJ duo project Rhythm Lord Brothers.
Together with Eglė they are Co-Organisers of the one and only Balboa & Shag festival in Lithuania – Swing Paradise. Arnas and Egle along with SWINGOUT.PL community are the creators of Collegiate Shag scene in Warsaw and in Poland. Since 2014 they taught several workshops which were the very first opportunity for Polish dancers. They are the owner of the great What A Jazz Dance Studio in Vilnius.
More info: http://shag.lt/arnas-egle/