About

Welcome to Balboa, Baby!

Balboa Baby at Balboa Pavilion
Our goal is to make you dance.
Fast and slow.
And love every bit of it.
 
 


NEW Dance Classes – SPRING 2023

Rock My Balboa
Technique and Musicality for Balboa Dancers
Tuesday, 19.30 – 20.30: April 18 – June 6, 2023 (2 x 4-weeks)

Slow SWING for Non-Beginners
Improve your Slow Swing skills with Laminu and Slow Balboa
Tuesday, 20.45 – 21.45: April 18 – June 6, 2023 (2 x 4-weeks)

*UNTERRICHTSSPRACHE: DEUTSCH, ENGLISH ON DEMAND*

Location: Alte WU – Tanzschule Svabek, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Vienna, Austria (aka “Ugly-Hüttn-Session”)

Register here!

(each partner to register separately – bitte jeder einzeln anmelden!)


SHUFFLE CAFE – Your weekly dance social

Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Shuffle Café Hybrid Session with DJ Foxhole aka Max
 

with DJ Foxhole aka Max
playing hot Swing music for you!


Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Shuffle Café Hybrid Session with Shellacs by Sandra & Axel
 
with Axel & Sandra
playing hot Swing music for you.
Shellac Session!


Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Shuffle Café Hybrid Session with DJ Ango2Go aka Johannes
 

with DJ Ango2Go aka Johannes
playing hot Swing music for you.


Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Shuffle Café Hybrid Session with DJ Marcos
 

with DJ Marcos
playing hot Swing music for you.


NEW 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 recommended to keep the event safe!


Streaming Links for all dates:

Click here to join via Zoom

Click here to join via Twitch

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


*** VIENNA BALBOA & LAMINU EXPERIENCE 2024 ***


Vienna Balboa and 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.

Simona holding Balboa and Laminu Badges

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.