Apr 29 2023 to Apr 30 2023 11 a.m.

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Where

LVDS - Indiranagar

4th Floor, 598/1, 12th Main Road, 7th Cross, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar, Bengaluru 560038

Event Description

India West Coast Swing Festival is the first festival of its kind to celebrate the birth of West Coast Swing in India. West Coast Swing is a smooth and subdued partner dance with roots in the Lindy Hop and Jitterbug, originating in Los Angeles and rapidly gaining popularity worldwide. The Festival would have workshops, parties and socials for beginner- advanced-level dancers of all styles. The festival features Swing dance sensations Emeline and Jakub who hail from the Czech Republic & Reunion Island, Jakub and Em took their first steps into the dance world at the age of 16 and 12, both starting with Ballroom Dancing (Latin, Standard & line-dancing). They were both hooked since they discovered West Coast Swing, and were especially drawn to the creativity, musicality, and freedom within the dance. Their dance world is shaped around multiple influences such as urban dances, contemporary, modern, zouk or contact improvisation; both are eager to learn and assimilate new tools from other dance forms to expand their library of movement, expression and ways to connect. J’Em story began in June 2016, as they were hired together by pure chance in a styling workshop run by Adam and Rita in Budapest. They have been travelling the world together ever since, flying from country to country to share their passion for dancing. After 3 consecutive years of being part of the top 10 finalists at the US Open Swing Dance Championships, they just placed 4th in the Classic Division in November 2019.