Teaching

Teachers | Courses | Schedule | Periods | Program | Junior Jump

Preliminary information on teachers - changes are likely.

Boogie woogie

• William and Maeva
• Melanie (with assistant Aki Luoma)
• Doreen and Tommy
• Ari and Kati
• Masi and Matleena (beginners classes)
• Hanna and Kari Seppänen (beginners classes)

Lindy hop

• Peter and Ramona
• Nejc and Katja
• Ari and Kati
• Aleksis Nokso-Koivisto and Minna Marttila

Boogie woogie show and competition
Note! See the schedule for changes in Boogie woogie show and competition group timetable.

• William and Maeva
• Melanie (with assistant Aki Luoma)
• Masi Sauren

West coast swing
For west coast swing it's expected that participants have participated to some west coast swing lessons (e.g. a full day workshop) beforehand, i.e. basics are known.

• Melanie (with assistant Aki Luoma)

Balboa
Balboa is held in one group. Balboa is not a beginners course, knowledge of the dance beforehand required.

• Ari and Kati
• Nejc and Katja
• Timo and Katja

Tango nuevo
Tango nuevo will be divided into two groups. The division is made by the teachers at the beginning of the first lesson. In tango groups, we are starting from the principles, and proceeding fast to more challenging material. You may join the group without earlier experience from tango - and also especially, if you do have earlier experience. The teachers have promised to give the participants some social fun, and according to experience and demand, also challenge!

• Pasi and Maria
• Matti Ilmavirta and Jenni Valli

• Ari and Kati
• Mia Helin and Ari Vaskelainen

Lindy hop show and competition

• Peter and Ramona
• William and Maeva
• Harri Laitinen and Outi Paavola (aerials lesson)

Solo – vernacular jazz

• Nejc and Katja
• Ramona
• Ulla

Bugg
Bugg is held in one group. Bugg is not a beginners course, knowledge of the dance beforehand required.

• Jussi Tirkkonen and Niina Raitanen
• Hanna Keskinen and Aapo Kauppinen

William Mauvais & Maéva Truntzer

www.williametmaeva.com

William and Maeva teach in Late Night Jump for the whole camp.

William & Maeva are energetic young French couple who just won the 2008 World and European Championships in Boogie Woogie. They have been dancing together for 5 years, competing with good success (in addition to the World and European Champions they have been 4 times French Champions). They have also gained teaching experience around the world in big events for example in Eurodance Festival in Germany. In their teaching William and Maeva emphasize the use of technique and partner connection.

This couple suprises you by their humour, energy and their knowledge. William and Maeva continue their dancing in a famous dance school and are also dancing in a musical in Paris.

Peter Strom & Ramona Staffeld

Peter and Ramona teach in Late Night Jump on 2.-6.1.2009.

Peter Strom originally learned to dance almost exclusively on the dance floor, but has since studied under the biggest names in Lindy Hop. He teaches regular classes with the Lindy Movement in Minneapolis, of which he is a founding member. At the American Lindy Hop Championships, he was the Classic Champion in 2000 and third in Showcase in 2001, and has consistently placed high in national competitions. He has taught workshops throughout the U.S. as well as in Sweden, France and Singapore. Peter is driven by his love of social dancing and works to create an easy flow with the music and between partners.

Ramona Staffeld is known internationally for her wildly graceful style and spontaneity on the dance floor. Since the age of 14, she has been teaching and performing all over the world. In 1998 and 1999, she placed first at the American Lindy Hop Championships in the junior division. As a founding member of Minnie's Moochers, she taught and performed in Singapore in 2000. That same year she also performed in Tokyo representing Swing Dance America. In 2002, Ramona became a World Lindy Hop Champion in Stockholm, Sweden.

Currently, Ramona is a member of the Vanavar Caravan, a contemporary dance company specializing in modern, clogging and ethnic dance. Additionally, she dances with the Silver Shadows, a lindy hop and jazz dance group. She lives in New York City, but you will most frequently find her teaching or performing at Lindy Hop festivals around the world.

Nejc Zupan & Katja Hrastar

Nejc and Katja teach in Late Night Jump during the whole camp.

Nejc Zupan is one of the first new age swing dancers in Slovenia. He is the founder and leader of the performing group Besne gliste and the main person behind the growing popularity of Lindy Hop in Slovenia.

Nejc's experiences in the field of contemporary motion theater, music and classic theater enable him a fresh and amusing approach to teaching and developing the Slovenian swing scene. He pays special attention to Lindy Hop, Charleston, to the jazz movement and musicality, which are a sine qua non in swing.

Katja Hrastar is a skilled dancer with years of experience in the field of jazz ballet, rock'n'roll and of course swing. Famous for her expressive dancing, she is one of Slovenia's most innovative swing dancers at the moment. Katja is member of the performing group Besne gliste and co-founder of the Slovenian swing society SweetSwing, she is continuously in charge of the quality and diversity of their choreographies and performances. Katja is particularly interested in one of the specific styles of swing, namely balboa. Her dancing is characterised by the perfection of movement and elegance.

Doreen Weisser & Tommy Bachmann

Doreen and Tommy teach in Late Night Jump on 3.-6.1.2009.

Doreen came across to find the Boogie Woogie by accident. Due to a flu she was alone in the Rock'n'Roll class and learned her first steps in Boogie Woogie. Right away she was amazed by the freedom of styles and music interpretation in Boogie Woogie.

In her dance Doreen expresses the spirit of Boogie Woogie: to live the Boogie Woogie with all its fun and joy. She shows her joy in dancing no matter if social or in the competition.

Doreen is the most successfull German Boogie Woogie dancer during the past few years. She's active both competing and teacing in Europe. Her dancing is pure and fresh Boogie Woogie. As a dancer she's cheerful and very out going. On the other hand, she's very precise and punctual.

As a teacher Doreen is uplifting and she brings the front line knowledge of Boogie Woogie to Late Night Jump dance camp.

Tommy has been dancing since he was sixteen years old, so he has danced for 6 years. He started with Standard but after a few months he switched to boogie. About one year later, he started dancing at the Boogie Magic's and became two times World Champion and 3 times German Champion with them. Parallel he did a bit break and tap dance.

After he left Boogie Magic's, he did Ballet Jazz Modern and HipHop at Iwanson School of Contemporary Dance in Munich, for about one and a half years. He has been also dancing west coast swing for about two or three years.

Thanks to Doreen, Tommy came back to Boogie Woogie. This couple has been dancing together about 6 months by now and are competing in boogie woogie World Cup.

Melanie Stocker

www.bodyemotion.ch/english/dance

Melanie teaches in Late Night Jump on 1.-3.1.2009

Melanie Stocker has a great number of awards in boogie woogie: five times she won Championship of Switzerland, four times European Championship and three times World Championship (both main class and formation). She is one of the most famous European boogie teachers. She has taught in many dance camps through out the world and given lessons to many European National Teams.

Among Melanie's students there are such famous dancers as Aina Nygaard and Jorgen B. Sandnes (World Champions 2004), Deborah Varisco and Vincenzo Fesi and many others.

Masi Sauren & Matleena Kortesalmi

Masi and Matleena started training together on October 2007. Their first competition was in JouluBugg 2007 and first Grand Prix competition in last year Boogie Night dance camp.

Best achievements:
- WRRC boogie woogien ranking 6th place currently
- WRRC boogie woogie World Cup competition results 4th-5th places
- Boogie woogie European Championships 5th place (2008)
- Boogie woogie World Champsionships 6th place (2008)
- Boogie woogie Nordic Championships 7th place (2008)

They also have teaching experience.

Matti Ilmavirta & Jenni Valli

Matti and Jenni are teaching tango nuevo in Late Night Jump on 3.-4.1.2009

Matti Ilmavirta on harrastanut tanssia monipuolisesti (lava- ja kilpatanssia, salsaa) jo pitkään. Ensimmäiset kosketukset argentiinalaiseen tangoon ajoittuvat kymmenen vuoden taakse, mutta nälkä on kasvanut syödessä ja viimeiset vuodet ovatkin olleet hyvin aktiivisia lajin parissa. Viimeisen vuoden Matti on luotsannut Jyväskylän argentiinalaisen tangon tanssijoiden tekniikkaryhmää reippaalla ja innostavalla otteellaan.

Jenni Vallin kymmenvuotiseen tanssitaustaan kuuluvat lähinnä lava- ja swingtanssit. Argentiinalaisen tangon harrastus yhdessä Matin kanssa vei vauhdilla mukanaan pari vuotta sitten. Argentiinalaisessa tangossa heitä kiehtoo erityisesti sen uudet suuntaukset (tango nuevo), avoimemman tanssiotteen mahdollistama tanssin moniulotteisuus ja monimuotoisuus mm. musiikin suhteen.

Hanna Keskinen

Hanna is teaching bugg in Late Night Jump on 6.1.2009 with Aapo Kauppinen.

Tanssiharrastukseni alkoi hitaasti hiipien muiden harrastusten lomassa vuonna 1995. Reilun kymmenen vuoden aikana olen ehtinyt kokeilla monenmoista lajia, joista eniten kilometrejä on karttunut itämaisesta tanssista, rivitanssista, rock'n'swing-tansseista ja salsasta. Bugg-tanssiin tutustuin ensi kerran leirillä vuonna 2002 ja siitä tuli mieluisin rock'n'swing-tanssi.

Buggissa parasta on mielestäni helppo perusaskel, joka mahdollistaa keskittymisen muun tanssitekniikan opetteluun sekä mahdollisuus tanssia sitä mitä erilaisempaan musiikkiin. Lajin säännöllisen valmentamisen aloitin vuonna 2003. Kilpailukokemusta on muutaman kisan verran rivitanssista, mutta muuten kilpailut ovat saaneet minusta toimihenkilön. Lavatansseihin sain ensikosketuksen vuonna 2002 ja lavoilla käyn säännöllisen satunnaisesti ;-). Valmentamisen lisäksi toimin Tanssiurheiluliitossa RS-kilpailusihteerinä ja rock'n'swing-valiokunnassa.

Courses

The classes in Late Night Jump are grouped into courses, each course focusing on one dance style. One course consists of 6 hours of classes over the span of 2 days (a period). You can pick whichever courses you want as long as the classes don't clash.

Schedule

See preliminary schedule (updated 29.12.2008).

Periods

The 6 days of the camp are divided into 3 periods, each period consisting of 2 days. You can participate in as many periods as you want. You are free to pick 2 or 1 courses per period, which means either a full day (6 hours) or half a day (3 hours) of classes.

Make your own camp!
Both Lindy Hop and Boogie Woogie are available during each period, and in addition you also have a wide array of other dance styles to choose from.

You can pick your own selection from a total of 12 different courses according to your taste and wishes. This means that you can really make Late Night Jump a camp of your own!

Program

Period 1 (1.-2.1.2009)
Track A: Boogie Woogie OR Lindy Hop
Track B: Boogie Woogie Show&Competition OR West Coast Swing

Period 2 (3.-4.1.2009)
Track A: Boogie Woogie OR Lindy Hop
Track B: Boogie Woogie Beginners OR Tango Nuevo OR Fusku OR Balboa

Period 3 (5.-6.1.2009)
Track A: Boogie Woogie OR Lindy Hop OR Lindy Hop Beginners
Track B: Lindy Hop Show&Competition OR Bugg OR Solo Vernacular jazz

Audition

There is an audition in the beginning of each period for track A boogie woogie and lindy hop classes. In the audition, all Late Night Jumpers taking track A courses are given a group. There will be about 4 groups in each period. There are classes for your own group and also opportunities to choose from alternatives within your group.

What is best, you will be able to take only lindy or only boogie classes for the whole track A - specialists welcome! Or if you wish, you may mix and take classes from both.

Junior Jump

During Friday-Saturday-Sunday Junior Jump will take the house down with a boom. More information in Finnish on www.swingteam.fi/latenightjump/juniorjump.html