Welcome to Balboa, Baby!
Our goal is to make you dance.
Fast and slow.
And love every bit of it.
SHUFFLE CAFE – Your weekly dance social
SEASON OPENING: September 20, 2023
with DJs Axel & Sandra
playing their selected choice
of dancy Swing music
from Original 78rpm/Shellacs for you!
Time for all Shuffle Café dates: 20:00 – 22.45
Location: Café Caspar, Grillparzerstraße 6, 1010 Vienna (find it on OpenStreetMap).
Streaming links see below.
Free admission – please feed the lolly pig!
Prior Covid testing is still a good idea to keep the event safe – if you feel sick, please stay at home!
Please support the Shuffle Café – please feed our virtual lolly pig online:
consider a minimum donation of € 5,- for live concerts – to help us pay the musicians
Via Paypal: https://paypal.me/balboababyvienna
or
Via Bank Transfer:
State “Shuffle Café donation/Spende”
Recipient: Verein Balboa, Baby!
IBAN: AT63 1420 0200 1094 1084, BIC: BAWAATWW
NEW Dance Classes – FALL 2023
Balboa Beginner Classes – From Zero To Hero – FUSSGÄNGER
Tuesday, 18.30 – 19.30:
Block 1: September 26 – October 31, 2023 (6 weeks)
Block 2: November 7 – December 12, 2023 (6 weeks)
>> INFO AND REGISTRATION
Rock My Balboa Classes
Tuesday, 19.45 – 20.45:
Block 1: BALSWING SESSIONS – September 26 – October 31, 2023 (6 weeks)
Block 2: TECHNIQUE NERDY SESSIONS – November 7 – December 12, 2023 (6 weeks)
>> INFO AND REGISTRATION
Slow Dancing for Balboas
Get your Slow Swing skills including Laminu and Slow Balboa, and some blues
Tuesday, 21.00 – 22.00:
Dates: September 26 – October 31, 2023 (6-weeks)
>> INFO AND REGISTRATION
Balboa Rueda
Tuesday, 21.00 – 22.00:
Dates: November 7 – December 12, 2023 (6 weeks)
>> INFO AND REGISTRATION
*Language in Class/UNTERRICHTSSPRACHE: DEUTSCH, ENGLISH ON DEMAND*
Admission:
Each 6-week-block: € 75,-/person
Any additional block of 6 weeks: € 65,-/person
Location:The Café of DREHM Pharma GmbH, Grünbergstraße 15/3/3, A-1120 Vienna
(U4 Schönbrunn, 5 mins by foot – find it here)
SHUFFLE CAFE – Your weekly dance social
SUMMER BREAK! We will be back on September 20, 2023.
*** VIENNA BALBOA & LAMINU EXPERIENCE 2024 ***
SAVE THE DATE!
PRIVATE CLASSES for BALBOA, LAMINU and SLOW BALBOA
In order to offer input for everyone while staying safe, we are offering Classes for all levels and dancers in person or via Zoom. Send us an e-mail!
About: Since 2012, we’ve been organizing a weekly Swing dance event and a yearly bigger event, mainly with the focus on the dances Balboa and Laminu.
Why?
Because both dances need some boosting in Vienna. Balboa is a hot Swing dance from the 1930/1940ies, danced to Swingy Jazz music that can be very hot and fast.
Laminu is an “orphan dance” that is sometimes referred to as slow balboa – with all the elegance and charme of the slow Jazz music of the era.
How?
This is why we are organising social evenings, taster classes, concerts and workshop week-ends – so that you can join the fun.
Our credo
A point that is very dear to us: We want to keep our activities affordable. As we do this in our free time, our main aim is to make you happy and successful.
This is why most of our activities are donation-based; just for concerts and bigger workshop week-ends, we need to have a minimum donation or a fixed price to finance musicians, teachers etc.
We want the dance to be as free as possible – in every aspect.