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Harlemania Series

What's the Harlemania Series?

The Harlemania Series is a fantastic series of workshops from 9 top international teachers to be held on Friday the 14th and Monday the 17th of November. These workshops are in addition to the MLX workshops on Saturday and Sunday. Why?? Every year the MLX Full passes sell out in the first week, 3 months in advance! And while we like the idea of classes, we don't want them to completely dominate the MLX weekend. So this year we have decided to put a number of classes on the Friday before and the Monday after the weekend itself. These workshops are to be booked class by class (subject to availability), so that you can pick and choose easily. Each class can accommodate a maximum of 30 couples (except for the Advanced Lindy class which is for 15 couples only).

Individual Workshops

All classes may be booked separately, and are $30 each if booked in advance, or $35 on the door (if places are available).

Harlemania Pass

Purchase a Harlemania Pass for $200 ($180 for full time students) and get:

  • Your choice of any 4 Harlemania Classes (below)
  • An MLX Social Events Pass

How can I pay?

Registrants from within Australia are invited to pay by bank transfer, cheque or money order. You can obtain a money order from any Australia Post outlet. Please send your payment to: SwingShift Melbourne, 10 Lillian St Brunswick, VIC 3056 Australia. Internationals: if you require payment by credit card, contact us for details.

Levels

  • Beginners/Intermediate You are confident of your 8 count Lindy basics, but you're not yet necessarily confident with social dancing.
  • Intermediate: You have at least 6 months of experience, with regular social dancing. You are confident of social dancing, and learning new tricks is a challenge rather than a threat.
  • Intermediate/Advanced: You have been dancing for at least 18 months, including regular social dancing. You have done at least one major workshop before.
  • Advanced: *This level is limited to only the really top Lindy Hoppers at MLX. You have been dancing for a few years, including several national or international workshops. You must have a referral from an instructor to register in this level (provide their name in the Comments field). The advanced class will be limited to 30 students max.
  • Teacher: You know who you are. This level is for experienced teachers only, and everything we said about the Advanced level is assumed!

What's "Harlemania?" anyway?

Duke Ellington performed this lively Fields/McHugh tune around 1928. There is also an album available of the same name, with an amazing bunch of tunes dedicated to Harlem in some way.


Register for the Harlemania Series

Online registrations for the Harlemania Series workshops are no longer available. There are places left in most classes, however -- please register for these classes on at the Thursday night Welcome from 6.30pm - 8.00pm at CBD, 12-14 McKillop St, city.

Friday 14th November
Time Title Level   Teachers
11am Lindy for Beginners Beg/Int   James and Bridget
1.30pm Step Stealing 101 Int or above   Frida and Sakarias
3.00pm LA Style Lindy 1 Int or above   Tip and Holly
4.30pm LA Style Lindy 2 Int/Adv   Tip and Holly
3.00pm Lindy Hip Hop Int or above   Janice and Manu
4.30pm Blues Dancing Int or above   Solomon Douglas
Monday 17th November
Time Title Level   Teachers
11am What Makes Lindy Tick Int/Adv   James and Bridget
1.30pm Musicality Int or above   Solomon Douglas
3.00pm Advanced Lindy Hop Advanced*   Janice and Manu
4.30pm Raising the Bar Teachers   Frida and Sakarias

If you have any trouble filling out this form, email matthew@melbournelindyexchange.com