A weekend in Vienna to Explore the Sway
and Flow of the Laminu
A weekend in Vienna to Explore the Sway and Flow of the Laminu
The Laminu Lab 2026: 30. 10.-01.11.2026
SAVE THE DATE!
We are happy to announce the Second Laminu Lab, happening in Vienna on the last week-end of October 2026.
Featuring classes for Beginners, Intermediate and experienced Laminu dancers, plus a Train-The-Trainer-session for all interested in teaching the Laminu. Participant numbers will be limited to 40 persons!
Laminu Lab 2026 - Tentative Schedule (english only)
| CLASS LAB 1 | CLASS LAB 2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 30.10.2026 | BEGINNER SESSIONS | ||||||
| 18:30 - 19:15 | Fundamental Research - Laminu for Beginners 1: Fundamentals, Concept, Basics for all absolute beginners and those who want a basics refresher | ||||||
| 19:30 - 20:15 | Fundamental Research - Laminu for Beginners 2: Fundamentals, Concept, Basics for all absolute beginners and those who want a basics refresher | ||||||
| 20:30 - 22:30 | Welcome Dance Evening: Music, Dance, Chat, Snack All Levels | ||||||
| Saturday, 31.10.2026 | |||||||
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Academic Habilitation Course: TRAIN THE TRAINER Session 1: Theory of Teaching, Basic Groundwork for all interested in Teaching Laminu | Enhancing Good Laboratory Practice: Laminu for Beginners +: Building more vocabulary Beginner and Beginner/Intermediate Levels | |||||
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Academic Habilitation Course: TRAIN THE TRAINER Session 2: Putting Theory into Practice - for all interested in Teaching Laminu for all interested in Teaching Laminu | Enhancing Good Laboratory Practice: Laminu for Beginners +: Mixing Music and Vocabulary Beginner and Beginner/Intermediate Levels | |||||
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH BREAK | ||||||
| 13:00 - 13:45 | Accelerator Session: Fundaments and Flow Intermediate Levels | EXPERT Breakout Workroom: Fundaments and Flow Advanced and Very Experienced Levels | |||||
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Material Testing Session: Movement, Musicality, Creativity Intermediate Levels | EXPERT Breakout Workroom: Movement, Musicality, Creativity - Experiments and Research Advanced and Very Experienced Levels | |||||
| 15:00 - 15:45 | QUALITY ROOM - Analytical Session: Fixing common or individual flaws for Intermediate & Expert Levels | ||||||
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Scholar Discussion: Answers, Questions, Theories (optional) all Levels | ||||||
| 18:30 - 23:00 | A Study on Mixtures and Solutions: Cook, Eat and Dance: Community Cooking with Social Dance all Levels | ||||||
| Sunday, 01.11.2026 | |||||||
| 09:30 - 10:00 | WARM-UP Session Physical Warm-up, Coffee, Dance all Levels | ||||||
| 10:00 - 10:45 | MUSIC LAB 1: Studying the effects of sound on the human body: Concepts of Rhythm and Musical Styles all Levels | ||||||
| 11:00 - 11:45 | MUSIC LAB 2: Sound Engineering and its psychological effects How to encourage DJs to play your 3 favorite Laminu songs all Levels | ||||||
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH BREAK | ||||||
| 13:00 - 13:45 | Applied Surface Physics: Exploring the Boundaries of Laminu (SlowBal, Blues, SlowFox) all Levels | ||||||
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Studies in Topology: Concepts of the Geometry of Laminu Intermediate & Expert Levels | ||||||
| 15:00 - 16:30 | Alchemy of Laminu: Application of Geometry in a group routine/choreography Intermediate & Expert Levels | ||||||
| 20:00 - 23:30 | BADESCHIFF LINDY SOCIAL with Extra Laminu DJs Axel & Sandra | ||||||
What is Laminu – and Who is Ray Cunningham?
Laminu is a coupled dance in close embrace that enables you to dance to Slow Swing or Crooner/popular music from the 1940ies to 1960ies (and beyond).
Laminu and SlowBal
Albeit related, it is not a small variant of SlowBal. It is a dance on its own right.
Ray’s Laminu
We were lucky and deeply honored to have learnt Laminu from the original source: Ray Cunningham, the Oldtimer for Laminu.
Ray’s Laminu is not a vintage swing dance as such, as his Laminu is allegedly from 1951. His version has common elements, but differs from Swing dances in movement or flow. He always claimed that Laminu is a dance in its own right.
This is what we also learnt from Dan Guest – the Midtimer for Laminu – who invested a great amount of work and investigation to understand Laminu and keep this dance alive by teaching and talking about it. We owe him not only that we are now the next generation of Laminu Ambassadors, but the fact that the legacy of Ray Cunningham is preserved.
About the Laminu Lab Weekend
This weekend provides you with the unique opportunity to discover, learn and improve the Laminu as we love it most – the Ray Laminu. It is our first shot to focus on Laminu only, therefore we keep a low profile, aiming for a pleasant weekend.
Your teachers
Sandra Hartbach & Axel Schwarz will be teaching the classes and leading the Train The Trainer session.
