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      • THE DEAL about Leading & Following // BERLIN
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      • THE DEAL about Leading & Following // BERLIN
      • MABLE LEE SOLO JAZZ SPECIAL // BERLIN
      • About Falling In Love With The Little Things // BERLIN
      • MABLE LEE SOLO JAZZ SPECIAL // BERLIN
      • About Falling In Love With The Little Things // BERLIN
      • PRETTY PRACTICAL ARMS // BERLIN
      • NEW YEAR OLD JAZZ // BERLIN
      • SWIVEL SESSION II // BERLIN
      • SWIVEL SESSION II // BERLIN
      • SWIVEL SESSION // BERLIN
      • DANCING SOLO JAZZ // BERLIN
      • SOLO JAZZ – RHYTHM, ARMS & HANDS // BERLIN
      • LET DANCE
      • SWING OUT for followers // BERLIN
      • SWIVEL SPECIAL // BERLIN
      • DANCING SOLO JAZZ // BERLIN
      • SWIVEL SPECIAL // BERLIN
      • DANCING SOLO JAZZ // BERLIN
      • About Falling In Love With The Little Things // BERLIN
      • BEAUTY & DUTY of the Lindy Hop FOLLOWER // BERLIN
      • About Falling In Love With The Little Things // BERLIN
      • The BIG APPLE Jam Sessions // BERLIN
      • To Play With Rhythm // BERLIN
      • THE DEAL about Leading & Following // BERLIN
      • BEAUTY & DUTY of the LINDY HOP FOLLOWER // BERLIN
      • The BIG APPLE Jam Sessions
      • BEAUTY & DUTY of the LINDY HOP FOLLOWER // BERLIN
      • RHYTHM, oh, RHYTHM // BERLIN
      • DANCING SOLO JAZZ // BERLIN
      • THE DEAL about Leading & Following // BERLIN
      • THE DEAL about Leading & Following // BERLIN
      • DANCING SOLO JAZZ // BERLIN
      • JUST SWINGIN' IT // BERLIN
      • ON IMPROVISING
      • ON INTERACTING
      • A JAZZASS ROUTINE
      • RHYTHM & EASE // AUTHENTIC JAZZ CLASS in BERLIN
      • ON IMPROVISING July ’15
      • TRUST YOUR FEET // BERLIN
      • TRUST YOUR FEET // BERLIN
      • BEAUTY & DUTY of the SWING DANCE FOLLOW // BRUSSELS
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THE VINTAGE DANCE ADVENTURE

THE  SHIM  SHAM

'T AIN'T WHAT YOU DO,
IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT!
A Shim Sham Workshop // Berlin


Sunday, 1 September 2013  // 2-7 pm
La Caminada, Böckhstraße 21, 10967 Berlin-Kreuzberg
Costs: 30 € / 25 €


The Shim Sham is an Authentic Jazz Routine from the late 20s. As a former tap dance routine it has a relaxed, easy-going vibe to it. Dancing the Shim Sham together was and is a ritual in the Swing dance scene. It is known by many Swing Dancers and usually being danced in a huge group on most Swing dance events.

Within the routine you find 7 Solo Jazz moves. The heart of dancing Solo Jazz (as well as of Lindy Hop and other Swing dances) is to put music and rhythm in every single move you make. If you are still working on that kind of quality in your dancing, the Shim Sham is a very good way to explore and improve.

This workshop is about DANCING the Shim Sham. So we will approach it right in the sense of the song it is usually danced to:

– 'Tain't what you do, it's the way that you do it!

You can try hard, don't mean a thing;
Take it easy, breezy, then your jive will swing! –
'T AIN'T WHAT YOU DO,
IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT!
A Shim Sham Workshop // Berlin


Sonntag, 01.09.2013, von 14 bis 17 Uhr
im La Caminada  // Böckhstraße 21, 10967 Berlin
Kosten: 30 € / 25 €


Der Shim Sham ist eine Authentic Jazz Routine aus den späten 1920er Jahren. Ursprünglich eine Steptanz-Routine, wurde sie für Swingtänzer adaptiert, behielt aber den steptanztypischen, jazzigen, lockeren Charakter bei.

Gemeinsam den Shim Sham zu tanzen war und ist fast schon ein "Ritual" unter Swingtänzern. Viele kennen die Routine und bei den meisten Events wird einmal zusammen als große bis riesengroße Gruppe der Shim Sham getanzt.

Die Routine besteht aus 7 Solo Jazz Figuren. Solo Jazz (und auch Lindy Hop und andere Swingtänze) zu tanzen heisst: Jede Bewegung mit Musik und Rhythmus zu füllen, so dass du den Swing verkörperst. Wenn du in deinem Tanzen noch nach dieser Qualität suchst, ist der Shim Sham eine sehr gute Möglichkeit, dich darin auszuprobieren und zu verbessern.

In diesem Workshop geht es darum, den Shim Sham zu TANZEN. Wir werden uns der Routine ganz in dem Sinne des Songs, zu dem er meist getanzt wird, nähern:

– 'Tain't what you do, it's the way that you do it!

You can try hard, don't mean a thing;
Take it easy, breezy, then your jive will swing! –

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