Welcome to the 7th edition of the Elba Swing Festival!
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We are really looking forward to welcoming you at Elba Swing Fest with a whole new concept made up of three key words: relax, music and party.
More than a Festival: a holiday, a Swing-rhythm road trip to enjoy some of the most stunning views of Elba Island, a Tuscan earthly paradise.
Discover and experience a Swing-rhythm Island
A different location for every event, a journey where music, dance and nature will join together creating a time suspended atmosphere surrounded by beauty.
If you love travelling, dancing and seaside this weekend is made for you!
Imagine a dance class on the beach, taking a swim, sunbathing, hiking in nature or chilling in the moonlight combined with live music and DJ set all day, and night, long.
The astonishing Elba Island frames a rich programme of events and social dancing.
Thursday
9June
Lido di Capoliveri
Friday
10June
Lido di Capoliveri + Portoferraio
Saturday
11June
Lido di Capoliveri + Capoliveri
Sunday
12June
Lido di Capoliveri + Capoliveri
Create your weekend!
A dynamo of energy attending every class or a word puzzle enthusiast relaxing on the beach? Dancer or tourist? A night or a morning person?
Build your own weekend!
Specific topic classes, experience pack to venture into a new style, musicality and talks with cultural insights.
Elba Swing Fest is the opportunity to get in the game as you have never done before!
LESSONS PACK
How much time do you want to dedicate to lessons?
Learning is always stimulating but we don’t want to take too much time away from enjoying the sea and friends too! You choose how many hours to dedicate to the courses!
Our new proposals
In-depth thematic lessons, experience packages to venture into a new style, cultural talks and musicality. Most of the lessons are designed to be suitable for all levels, read the description of each theme carefully to understand what could enrich you most in this moment of your journey!
What kind of student will you want to be?
12h
This is your pack if, even in front of the sea, you want to dedicate all your energy to dancing
9h
This is your pack if you are lying in the sun, a swing song starts and you drop everything to go dancing
6h
It’s nice to dance but .. do you also want to have free time to dedicate to sun and tanning?
4h
This is the pack for all those who aim for the Essential, the bare essentials to still get to the evenings and try something new
What do we offer you?
If you still do not have any experience in the discipline, we propose that you participate in the lessons for absolute beginners (free) that will anticipate the concerts in the square.
If you already have experience in the discipline, there are 7 Lindy Hop lessons to choose from: different themes dedicated to different levels:
“Jazz and Rhythm in your Lindy” with Stefano and Giulia
“California routine” with Stefano and Giulia
“Frankie Moves” with Davide and Valentina
“Dips & Tricks” with Livio and Morena
“Only for Leaders” with William Mauvais
“Only for Followers” with Maeva
Lindy Hop with William and Maeva
The Boogie Woogie is the name of a dance and of a category of jazz music, with a particular rhythm (mostly provided by the piano) and characterized by a powerful, very lively and engaging style. It is an evolution of Lindy Hop, is usually danced over six beats, and uses part of the Lindy Hop footwork.
Two international couples for four unmissable hours of lessons:
“Footwork Variations” with William and Alice
“Abuse of Triple Step” with William and Alice
“Tricky Boogie” with William and Alice
“Boogie Woogie” with William and Maeva
Also known as “Authentic Jazz”, “Vintage Jazz”, “Jazz Roots”, or more commonly “Charleston”.
Explore the world of Jazz with three teachers among the fantastic Italian talents.
5 different classes with the most varied style as this discipline requires:
“Less is more / Re-style your own jazz vocabulary” with Karen
“Black Bottom” with Valeria
“Switching sides” with Lester
“Sometimes have a break” with Karen
A 6h path that will allow you to go home knowing the complete basics of a new discipline that will make you a more complete Swing dancer, will help you dance to different rhythms and musical styles and will make it possible for you to vary your dances on the dance floor.
A path to learn the basic figures of Balboa, exploring both the closed connection of the Pure-Bal, and figures in the more open position of Bal-Swing.
This discipline, with its typical close hug connection and with its elegant and fluid movements, allows you to dance easily and effortlessly even in very fast rhythms.
The course is aimed at complete beginners, or those who have only attended a few Balboa lessons.
It is known for its basic step, small jumps that create the typical feeling of “rocking” and high energy in footwork. Usually the Collegiate Shag is danced at 6 beats in the closed position, although there is no lack of open figures. Leaders and followers in closed positions take each other’s hand and hold it in the air, above their heads, a truly peculiar and typical position of the Collegiate Shag.
A 6h path that will allow you to go home knowing the complete basics of a new discipline that will make you a more complete Swing dancer, will help you dance to different rhythms and musical styles and will make it possible for you to vary your dances on the dance floor.
Acrobatic figures to be included in the couple dance. Fly high every day at 12.30!
An aerial for lunch and then you don’t see us hungry anymore!
“Two aerials is better than one” with William and Alice
“Choose your final” with William and Alice
“Put your boldest part to the test and insert something explosive into your repertoire” with Livio and Morena
Every day at 4.00 pm, on the beach there are unmissable appointments dedicated to musicality with teachers and musicians.
“From A to jazZ” with Dusty Jazz Blasters
“Let’s play together” with Dusty Jazz Blasters
“Feeling the vibes” with Dusty Jazz Blasters
Enlightening chats in front of an incredible panorama, including music, words and amusing anecdotes about history, society, culture and the protagonists of the world of Swing in the 1930s and 1940s.
Add style and rhythm to your “Solo” and/or your Lindy!
Enter the Tap dance with lessons designed for Swing dancers who want to spice up their dance more!
“Shuffle” with Eva
“Ball Change” with Eva
“Tap Shim Sham” with Eva
BEACH Pack
For this new edition even more music, even more party!
The Baia del Sole will be the meeting point and the main attraction of the afternoons at the Elba Swing Fest, where thanks to our retro beach outfits it will seem to be catapulted into another era.
Dj Set, Live, games and entertainment
After Pack
Friday
To be announced..
Saturday – Silent Disco – Baia del Sole
Does music bother you at night? We thought about using wireless headphones on the beach! The DJs will play at the same time and you can choose which one to listen to with a simple click!
Buy the packages you want and create YOUR weekend
Parties
FREE
ALL EVENINGS IN THE SQUARE ARE FREE TO ENTRY!
The Artists of this edition
Musicians, DJs, Bands … incredibly talented people capable of making every lesson, party, evening unforgettable
Lara Luppi
MC
Modena, Italy
Dusty Jazz Blasters
Band
Torino, Italy
Cosimo & The Hot Coals
Band
Band
Red Moon
DJ
Firenze, Italy
Ale G
DJ
Roma, Italy
Mademoiselle Swinguette
DJ
Roma, Itay
The Gentlemen Thief
DJ
Roma, Italy
Portofino
DJ
Pistoia, Italy
Mambo
DJ
Forli, Italy
The Teachers
Here are all the teachers of this edition, professionals who will soon become friends with whom to learn new steps and find themselves dancing every evening
William & Maeva
Lindy Hop | Boogie Woogie
Montpellier, France
William e Alice
Boogie Woogie | Aerials
Milano, Italy
Stefano e Giulia
Lindy Hop
Torino, Italy
Livio e Morena
Lindy Hop | Aerials
Roma, Italy
Valeria Bonfanti
Jazz
Milano, Italy
Karen Fantasia
Jazz
Roma, Italy
Lollo e Alice
Balboa
Pistoia, Italy
Davide e Valentina
Lindy Hop | Talk
Genova, Italy
Lester ian Philip
Jazz
Como, Italy
Fabio e Marina
Collegiate Shag
Campobasso, Italy
Eva Agostinelli
Tap
Firenze, Italy
A jump into the past
Some videos from past editions to find out what the Elba Swing Festival is