Classes

  • 4 levels of classes (beginner, inter, inter-advanced and advanced)
  • 3 international teacher couples:
    Skye & Frida, Simon & Ari, Nicolas & Alina.
  • teacher's track

Parties

  • 2 parties with live music and DJ sets
  • 2 late-night after-parties
  • 1 tea-party

Comp & Show

  • open Mix & Match
  • Cabaret

Kouign'Amann

  • A little bit of butter (salty of course)
  • a little bit of sugar
  • and caramel for your well-being at our tasty festival!

Classes

  • 4 levels of classes (beginner, inter, inter-advanced and advanced)
  • 3 international teacher couples:
    Skye & Frida, Simon & Ari, Nicolas & Alina.
  • teacher's track

Parties

  • 2 parties with live music and DJ sets
  • 2 late-night after-parties
  • 1 tea-party

Comp & Show

  • open Mix & Match
  • Cabaret

Kouign'Amann

  • A little bit of butter (salty of course)
  • a little bit of sugar
  • and caramel for your well-being at our tasty festival!

17. - 19. Nov 2023

Registration opens on Saturday 15th July at 11 a.m.

SwinG'Amann is back for it’s third edition!!!

From the 17th to 19th November 2023 we are going to spend an exciting weekend in our beloved town of Rennes. The name of the event comes right from one of the most delicious pastries in Brittany: the Kouign'Amann. Haven't tasted it yet? Now is the time!

And you can be sure, that our festival will offer you a program just as tasty.

 

No 3

3 1/2 hours of classes

  • 90 min with Ari & Simon
  • 2 hours with Vova and Marta

4 parties

  • Friday Party with live music
  • Saturday Party with live music, Open Mix & Match competition and cabaret
  • After-Party on Saturday
  • Farewell-Party on Sunday

80€

Beginner Pass

Special pass for beginner level only

Meet your teachers: Ari & Simon and Marta & Vova

Beginner Pass

Special pass for beginner level only

3 1/2 hours of classes

  • 90 min with Ari & Simon
  • 2 hours with Vova and Marta

4 parties

  • Friday Party with live music
  • Saturday Party with live music, Open Mix & Match competition and cabaret
  • After-Party on Saturday
  • Farewell-Party on Sunday

80€

Meet your teachers:
Ari & Simon and Marta & Vova

Music

Hot Club de Rennes

Hot Club de Rennes

Friday party is about meeting, and we wish to say “welcome” to you! The Rennes Hot Club will be there to help us with that, under the beautiful marquee of the Parquet de Bal! If the musical scene of Rennes was missing an authentic jazz group worthy of the Breton capital, it is with an honour that the Hot Club of Rennes intends to compensate for this injustice by making the sound of New Orleans resonate in the regions from West. Made up of musicians well known to jazz fans in the region and beyond, the HCR brings to life the “hot” jazz while modernizing the repertoire thanks to original arrangements and compositions. Taking up their turn after the previous Rennes Hot Club dissolved in 1952, they prove that swing has neither geographical nor temporal borders.

SwinG’Amann All Star Band

One more surprise is about Saturday party live band! Just for this extraordinary occasion, there are not 3, nor 4, but 8 musicians!!! who will come together to make us dance in the Magic Mirror! Specially created for this third edition, we are pleased to introduce to you: The Swing’Amann All Star Band! It’s a lively show that the Swing’Amann Festival has prepared for you this year. There is no doubt that the orchestra’s fine arrangements will highlight the most daring dance steps, and that the floor will get on fire with the sound of our All Star Band!! A hot entertainer, a dazzling diva, a thunderous horn section and a fiery jazz trio, 4 voices who take turns throughout the evening.

Direction / Vocals / Saxophone: Sweet Screamin’ Jones
Vocal: Katrin Merili
Vocal / Trumpet: Benoît Gaudiche
Vocal / Trombone: Quentin Mauduit
Tenor saxophone: Stéphane Le Dro
Piano: Pierre Le Bot Double
Bass: Anthony Toto Muccio
Drums: François Ricard

SwinG'Amann All Star Band
SwinG'Amann All Star Band

SwinG’Amann All Star Band

One more surprise is about Saturday party live band! Just for this extraordinary occasion, there are not 3, nor 4, but 8 musicians!!! who will come together to make us dance in the Magic Mirror! Specially created for this third edition, we are pleased to introduce to you: The Swing’Amann All Star Band! It’s a lively show that the Swing’Amann Festival has prepared for you this year. There is no doubt that the orchestra’s fine arrangements will highlight the most daring dance steps, and that the floor will get on fire with the sound of our All Star Band!! A hot entertainer, a dazzling diva, a thunderous horn section and a fiery jazz trio, 4 voices who take turns throughout the evening.

Direction / Vocals / Saxophone: Sweet Screamin’ Jones
Vocal: Katrin Merili
Vocal / Trumpet: Benoît Gaudiche
Vocal / Trombone: Quentin Mauduit
Tenor saxophone: Stéphane Le Dro
Piano: Pierre Le Bot Double
Bass: Anthony Toto Muccio
Drums: François Ricard

Teachers

Skye & Frida

Frida has been dancing since her early childhood. Her very first dance interest was Swedish folk dances and Swedish Bugg and later moved on to Boogie Woogie. She also attended a three year dance dance high school focusing on modern and contemporary jazz dance and ballet. Training and competing brought her to Herräng Dance Camp where she was exposed to Lindy hop on the social dance floor for the first time and she fell head over heels in love with the music and the dance, finding a freedom of expression she had never felt before. From that point she was hooked and has never looked back. She joined the performance group The Rhythm Hot Shots, now known as The Hot Shots, a celebration of Harlem rhythms, for 15 years.
There she got the opportunity to work hard, learning and performing a broad spectrum of the African American dances she loves such as Lindy Hop, solo jazz, charleston and tap. She feels incredibly happy and humble that she has had the opportunity to travel the world performing, teaching, competing and sharing her passion for this artform for the last 20 years.

Skye was first persuaded to dance Lindy Hop by his mother in 1996, but quickly discovered his own love of social dancing, swing music and the Lindy Hop community. This led him to a wider interest in dance and he took classes in ballet, modern, and Jazz. Since 1999 he has taught wherever Lindy Hop is done- from national weekends to international dance camps. He is a founding member of some the most influential modern Lindy Hop troupes- including Minnie’s Moochers, Mad Dog, and the Silver Shadows. Skye has also won titles at all of the major Lindy Hop competitions- including ULHS, ILHC, ALHC and the World Lindy Hop Championships.

https://www.skyeandfrida.com/

Simon & Ari

Ari and Simon are swing dance teachers, performers and choreographers. They are passionate about Lindy Hop and Authentic Jazz, especially in the context of their cultural traditions, their values and their place as an artform. Working together since 2016, they are now based in Madrid working globally as well as growing their online platform through Patreon. They are an energetic and rhythmical couple who love the interplay between the individual, the music and the partner during a dance and how it can develop into a beautiful conversation.

They hold titles from the International Lindy Hop Championships, The Savoy Cup and The Korean Lindy Hop Championships, among others. Their passion for the dance and the culture of swing has grown with them and is something they constantly strive to develop and express, whether in classes, on stage or in competition.

https://ariandsimon.com/

Simon & Ari

Ari and Simon are swing dance teachers, performers and choreographers. They are passionate about Lindy Hop and Authentic Jazz, especially in the context of their cultural traditions, their values and their place as an artform. Working together since 2016, they are now based in Madrid working globally as well as growing their online platform through Patreon. They are an energetic and rhythmical couple who love the interplay between the individual, the music and the partner during a dance and how it can develop into a beautiful conversation.

They hold titles from the International Lindy Hop Championships, The Savoy Cup and The Korean Lindy Hop Championships, among others. Their passion for the dance and the culture of swing has grown with them and is something they constantly strive to develop and express, whether in classes, on stage or in competition.

https://ariandsimon.com/

Nicolas & Alina

And the last detail, the pinch of salt in the mixture of butter and caramel – the third couple of teachers: Nicolas and Alina. Classes with them – a fascinating blend of French charm and Slavic austerity – are ultimately a joyful encounter, where everyone laughs and feels free to express themselves. Smiles and passion are always there, they like to share their knowledge in a relaxed and good mood.

We can count on Alina and her love of rigor to keep the cours serious, and on the historical digressions of Nico (graduate in history) to travel and learn while having fun! They had the opportunity to teach together “at home” (in France and Belarus), but also abroad, where they both won prizes in competitions, separately and as a couple. Many years of experience across Europe and the discovery of different visions, techniques and teaching methods strengthen their partnership, enrich it, and constantly inspire them for new projects.

Venues

Parquet de Bal

The welcome party on Friday will take place at the Parquet de Bal. A charming circus tent with a floor that bounces as well as we do, a bar and a holiday camp atmosphere – that’s all you need to start this weekend!

Av. Charles et Raymonde Tillon
35000 Rennes, France

Parquet de Bal
MeM

MeM

As we’ve promised, a new surprise! An astonishing circus dome with mirrors, red hangings, wooden parquet and disco balls – the Magic Mirrors welcomes the SwinG’amann for its third crazy edition! We will have the chance and above all the pleasure of enjoying this magical place throughout the festival: It will be the venue for classes, for our main party on Saturday and also the After-Party on Sunday. A truly special place for a very tasty occasion…

Route de Sainte Foix La Piverdière
35000 Rennes, France

Maison Bleue

This “Blue House” is where we will hold part of our classes.

123 Bd de Verdun
35000 Rennes, France

Maison Bleu
Dance Addict

Dance Addict

Welcome to our cozy Dance Addict studio. Within these walls, where we give most of our weekly classes during the year, you will enjoy part of your workshops.

16 Rue de Brest
35000 Rennes, France

Levels

Beginner – Caramel

You’ve just started discovering lindy hop, you attend some regular classes or making some worshors as a beginner and you have already made your first basic steps. This level is for you!

Intermediate – Kouignette

You have behind you at least a year of experience in Lindy hop with classes, workshops, practices, etc… You already know the basic rhythms like the triple step, kick step and you lead/follow the classic variations in a couple in a relaxed way! Now you are ready to expand your vocabulary to set the track on fire!

Intermediate-Advanced – Kouign’Amann

You are comfortable with the swing out, the tandem Charleston and the other great classics, you already have enough vocabulary to feel confident about slow and medium tempos, you regularly take classes or attend workshops, you want to bring your dance quality to the next level, be welcome in level “kouing’amman”!

Attention level Intermediate-Advanced and Advanced:
An audition will take place to divide you into two homogeneous groups.

Advanced – Swing’Amann

It’s been several years since you practiced lindy hop. Attending festivals or workshops is now your habit and you have no more difficulty to dance with slow, middle or fast tempo music. What you are looking for while taking classes, is to explore the subtleties of connection, musicality, creativity and style! Wish to challenge you? Then this level is for you!

Attention level Intermediate-Advanced and Advanced:
An audition will take place to divide you into two homogeneous groups.

Teacher’s Level

You are a swing dance teacher or you are going to give classes, you are simply interested in pedagogy, come and share the joy and enlightenment of Skye and Frida on the subject!

Passes

Full Pass

5 1/2 hours of classes

(for levels: Intermediate, Intermediate-Advanced and Advanced)

  • Friday and Saturday parties with live music and DJ sets
  • After-Party on Saturday night
  • Farewell-Party on Sunday
160 €

Beginner Full Pass

3 1/2 hours of classes

(for level Beginner only)

  • Friday and Saturday parties with live music and DJ sets
  • After-Party on Saturday night
  • Farewell-Party on Sunday
80 €

Party Pass

  • Friday Party with live music
  • Saturday Party with live music, Open Mix & Match competition and cabaret
  • After-Party on Saturday
  • Farewell-Party on Sunday
60 €

Teacher’s Track*

2 hours of classes

with Skye and Frida about pedagogy 

30 €