Blues Celebration 2025

Name: Blues Celebration 2025
Start: 2025-11-14T20:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-11-16T01:00:00+01:00
Location: Warszawa

Schedule

Fri, 14 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm to Sun, 16 Nov, 2025 at 01:00 am

UTC+01:00

Location

Warszawa | Warsaw, MZ

Hey!
Serwus!
After a year-long break, we are thrilled to invite you to 3rd edition of our festival🤩!
Get ready for the weekend full of blues celebration - amazing live music, laid-back blues dancing and inspiring culture-rich workshops led by world-class blues experts 💙!
⭐⭐⭐REGISTRATION⭐⭐⭐
https://forms.gle/W3Zg4jX7ByBzZ6e79

🔥 SPECIAL AND NEW PATH FORMULA 🔥
This year we’re taking you on a deep dive into the rich roots of blues dance with two unique learning paths – blues journeys – specially designed to guide you through the history and culture of the two core branches of blues: Ballroomin' and Jookin'.
Both paths will be open level*, our amazing teachers (Kelsy&Damon) will tailor the classes to the group, so that dancers of all levels feel supported and challenged. No matter how far you are in your blues journey, this format invites you to go deeper, give more meaning to your dance, and understand the "why" behind it.
*basic requirements: familiarity with blues aesthetics and Close Embrace connection.

BALLROOMIN’ PATH
4 hours of couple dance + 1 hour of solo
The Great Migration: Blues Dance in the Ballroom
In this path we'll explore the various Blues dances that were created in dance halls and ballrooms from the Delta, Northeast, and Midwest, learning what makes them similar and different and how to put them in our bodies. We'll emphasize the African American Blues aesthetic in each to keep from straying too much into the Ballroom aesthetic that so many dancers of every level struggle with.
Included in this path are the following classes:
Southern Stuff: Applied Aesthetics Ballroom Edition
Badass Ballroom
The Ballroom Blues Challenge
A Long Walk: Blues Walk Now and Then
Let's Take A Walk: Stride With Confidence

JOOKIN’ PATH
4 hours of couple dance + 1 hour of solo
The Get Down: From the Back 40 to 140th St
In this path we'll explore the close-in blues dances created in the backyards and jook joints of the south through the rent parties of Chicago and Harlem. Characterized by low postures, spinal articulation and expressive hips or feet these dances bop, roll, groove, and pop. We'll focus on the artistry and technique to help you gain increased ability and confidence in the covered dances.
Included in this path are the following classes:
Southern Stuff: Applied Aesthetics Jook Edition
Rhythm Nation: Let the Music Move You
Step It Up and Go: Piedmont Triple as a Vibe
Barrelhouse, Stride & Boogie: The Music of Pinetop Perkins
Chocolate City: Funky Blues versus Blues Funk

CELEBRATION PATH
Ballroomin’ + Jookin’
3 parties with live music
PARTY PATH
3 parties with live music

💰 PRICES 💰
Ballroomin' / Jookin' Path (10% discount if you register with a partner) + Party Path
140 EUR / 155 EUR
585 PLN / 650 PLN
Celebration Path (15% discount if you register with a partner) + Party Path
265 EUR / 295 EUR
1105 PLN / 1235 PLN
Party Path
80 EUR / 340 PLN
Teacher Training on Friday evening
65 EUR / 280 PLN

🕰️ TIME AND DATE 🕰️
14-16th of November
Warsaw

😎 INSTRUCTORS 😎
Damon Stone (USA)
Kelsy Stone (USA)

🎤LIVE MUSIC🎤
Remi Bankyln (UK)
Smokey & the Slim Cats (PL)
Boogie Mama (PL)
Skinny Slim & the Cookout (USA/PL)

📍VENUES📍
New workshop address
DanceBook Academy, Usypiskowa 2 Street
Teachers Training address
Solec Studio, Solec 38 Street
Parties
Friday - Avangarda, Tadeusza Czackiego 3/5 Street
Saturday - Design Loft22, 11 Listopada 22 Street
Sunday TBA

COME AND JOIN THE CELEBRATION!