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Shag-a-bal weekend 2017

DJanko La Forge — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:19:52 +0000

What I described as “a bit of an unusual dancing workshop” last year, was “a not so unusual smaller festival” this year. The teacher line-up with tried and tested Shag and Balboa names suggested that it won’t be just a workshop anymore. It’s always nice to see Nejc in Zagreb, and we can consider our...

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Streetcar named Lindy 2016

DJanko La Forge — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:09:37 +0000

Finally an event about which I wrote before, so I can skip the usual: it’s this and that, it’s held for the Xth time now, and it’s about that and this. I still need an introduction so you are forced to read this. And this. And this. Now I’m just playing with you. Let’s get to the Tram. Streetcar, pa...

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Shag-a-bal weekend 2016

DJanko La Forge — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 20:02:46 +0000

Back To Swing Zagreb prepared a bit of an unusual dancing workshop: a weekend of Shag and Balboa classes. Those are two dances that are not danced often in swing communities. At least not when compared to the all-present Lindy Hop. A quick description of these dances would be that they are danced to...

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Streetcar named Lindy 2015

DJanko La Forge — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 21:43:05 +0000

Streetcar Named Lindy is a brilliantly named swing festival in Zagreb that few people say it correctly. At least in English (in Croatian – “Tramvaj zvan Lindy” – it works very well). First of all, no one really says “streetcar” anymore. People say “tram”. Then this adjective “named”. Eve...

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Swinging Bled 2015

DJanko La Forge — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 06:45:09 +0000

I remember July 20th 2015 like it was two months ago. It was Monday. The temperatures were high in Zagreb those days. It was terribly hot. Unbearably hot. Zrinka was melting together with the concrete that she was sitting on (which had already got fluid). Ana, on the other side of the terrace, was p...

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