Lindy Hop Greece has as goal the spread of swing dance, culture and art in Greece is the leading scene of the country celebrating in 2016 its 10th anniversary!
Το Lindy Hop Greece introduced in the Athenian audience Lindy Hop February of 2008 almost 9 months after the first ever lindy hop party in Greece located at café-bar Santé in Thessaloniki.
Through seminars, weekly classes, performances, magazines and newspaper articles and several cooperations with artists, bands, international teachers and performers of lindy hop scene as well as jazz music we succeeded and contributed to the establishment of lindy hop as the hobby and passion, of hundreds of people in Greece.
Through its 10 years of presence the team has danced at the International Film Festival of Thessaloniki 2009, worked with the museum of modern art, has been featured in CNN and several Greek media.
Beside all these, Lindy Hop Greece has organized several seminars in Greece and 3 festivals. Swing and Swing the International Camp in Greece running successfully for over 6 years. Swingalonica Festival a 4days event in the city of Thessaloniki in which over 1000 people attended and bringing in Greece December 2010 3 live bands on stage and one year later the show of Harlem HotShots “Swingin’ in Black’n’White’’.This summer Lindy Hop Greece organizes and bring together dancers from 17 countries in the festival that takes place in Crete Island “Swing in Crete” . In 2009 after 3 years of presence in Thessaloniki we opened the first Lindy Hop School in the country under the name of Werkstatt. For almost 6 years Werkstatt, was the place full of joy and music and the center of swing dancing in the city made and worked with love and care The teachers of Lindy Hop Greece have taught in several international festivals among these Herrang Dance Camp in Sweden. These days Lindy Hop Greece has as a main focus the education of new lindy hop teachers from all over the country as well as the organization of parties, and seminars. Alex and Christina, has been organizing and teaching teacher’s trainings which helped in the evolvements of 7 communities in cities all over Greece and they are continuing exploring the dance staying faithful to its Afro American legacy.
Lindy Hop Greece has as goal the spread of swing dance, culture and art in Greece is the leading scene of the country celebrating in 2016 its 10th anniversary!
Το Lindy Hop Greece introduced in the Athenian audience Lindy Hop February of 2008 almost 9 months after the first ever lindy hop party in Greece located at café-bar Santé in Thessaloniki.
Through seminars, weekly classes, performances, magazines and newspaper articles and several cooperations with artists, bands, international teachers and performers of lindy hop scene as well as jazz music we succeeded and contributed to the establishment of lindy hop as the hobby and passion, of hundreds of people in Greece.
Through its 10 years of presence the team has danced at the International Film Festival of Thessaloniki 2009, worked with the museum of modern art, has been featured in CNN and several Greek media.
Beside all these, Lindy Hop Greece has organized several seminars in Greece and 3 festivals. Swing and Swing the International Camp in Greece running successfully for over 6 years. Swingalonica Festival a 4days event in the city of Thessaloniki in which over 1000 people attended and bringing in Greece December 2010 3 live bands on stage and one year later the show of Harlem HotShots “Swingin’ in Black’n’White’’.This summer Lindy Hop Greece organizes and bring together dancers from 17 countries in the festival that takes place in Crete Island “Swing in Crete” . In 2009 after 3 years of presence in Thessaloniki we opened the first Lindy Hop School in the country under the name of Werkstatt. For almost 6 years Werkstatt, was the place full of joy and music and the center of swing dancing in the city made and worked with love and care The teachers of Lindy Hop Greece have taught in several international festivals among these Herrang Dance Camp in Sweden. These days Lindy Hop Greece has as a main focus the education of new lindy hop teachers from all over the country as well as the organization of parties, and seminars. Alex and Christina, has been organizing and teaching teacher’s trainings which helped in the evolvements of 7 communities in cities all over Greece and they are continuing exploring the dance staying faithful to its Afro American legacy.
