Dance Blender Fusion Festival 2024

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From Wednesday 6 of November at 22:00 to Monday 11 of November at 00:00
Bachata - Blues - Contact Improv - Fusion/Freestyle - Kizomba - Salsa - Sensual Bachata - Tango - Tarraxinha - Urban Kizz - West Coast Swing - Zouk
This event finished on 11 Nov 2024

Map

Aux Gazelles
Rahlgasse 5
1050 - Vienna
Vienna

Reviews

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16 November 2024

I get the negative reviews. The venue was quite small for the amount of people, it was annoying to share the place with other events and the photographers made me feel uncomfortable from time to time.

But it still was an amazing event. The orga team put a lot of effort in it, you could see. Everybody (staff and people attending) were super friendly and welcoming, making you feel like part of a big group. After 1-2 days everybody had this happy smile on their face from dancing, feeling, socializing, expressing their selfs.

I really liked the topics of the many classes, great, including teachers sharing their knowledge. I leant a lot about my own dancing and improved in feeling, showing what I feel, expressing myself through dance, learning new techniques. There were special classes like for example yoga as well. You could also just rest. There was a good atmosphere. I felt safe, respected and happy. The music was not too loud, even at the parties. It was a lot of fun to dance with so many people or just sit down in between and talk to them, to make some really good connections. And overall it was a lot of fun.

I definitely would go again!

16 November 2024

Great opportunity to think partner dancing different!

13 November 2024

Resume - Even though I met nice people and had nice moments, I will not come back as long as this event remains the same.

Location - Very bad. Way too small, smell friture and meat at dinner time, way too hot (felt like in the hammam...). It is not normal to be 100+ in a small room for Brenderson's workshops.

Workshops - Okeyish but did not fulfill the promise of mixing dancing styles. Despite their obvious good skills, some of the teachers were paratrooped in the event without even knowing what fusion is. Workshop were mostly "exploration" focused and very few on technicity.

Music - Lack of variety, I spend half of the time feeling like I wasn't willing to dance on it. Live music was a nice idea but not good quality at all.

Overall organization - Very poor. I paid for additional options that were not filled and will be reimbursed, the care team was not well recognizable nor brieffed, timetables are awful (e.g. lunch time from 15 to 17h). The main organizer does not delegate enough to the volunteers and other co-organizers.

The Photographer - Terrible. I had a photographer at 10cm of my face with an external flash during a breathing workshop, a moment supposed to be calm and focused, and we all complained about it. Most of all, I understand the need for nice pictures but it felt way too much and fabricated.

Conclusion - There is a huge issue of vision of what the event should be. I strongly recomment the organizers to question themselves and start from the basics, including the well-being of the participants and what such an event is supposed to be.

13 November 2024

I didn't like that we had to actively seek a partner every time we changed, It causes friction and people tend to stay together whereas other were left out.

13 November 2024

Starting from okay to bad.

Venue was okay, though I did see a mouse one time. Music was mixed at best. Somehow lacking variety despite the clear intent. Lots of weird new age low key racist orientalist stuff going on. Didn’t use the access two to rooms well to make sure people who are feeling different moods can find something to dance to. Didn’t really have a flow to the sets probably because DJs were restricted to genres.

Classes were wishy washy feel good self help sessions rather than dance classes. If you’re going to have straight white people discuss gender, maybe you should at least consult queer people and poc or do some sensitivity training before teaching about something from such a hetero perspective. It’s even slightly triggering for the queer people in the room and you can see it.

But all this is whatever. Most importantly, if you’re not going to keep an eye on people and protect them and stop people from behaving inappropriately or taking advantage, maybe you should make a rule to disallow teachers hitting on students in the festival. Meanwhile half the people are singing this person’s praise so any criticism is drowned out and he gets away with it.

Artists

Alain and Raffaella

Anderson and Brenda

Anika and Chris

Inga and Browly

Jenni and Tatchi

Sanjay MJ

Description

✨ Vision

We envision a space where social partner dancers come together as social partner dancers first and then dancers of a style, to recognize that there is one language of social partner dancing and we chose whether or not to dance dialects of that language.

📍 Quick overview

- 3 party nights on 2 dance floors + a pre-party and after-party on November 7th and 11th

- 4 days of workshops of international teachers of different dance style backgrounds

- music of different genres

-super pre-party with live music on November 6th at Frau Mayer( https://www.facebook.com/events/859780659302401 )

See more on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/danceblenderfestival/

🔹 Instructors

We are honored to be bringing together instructors from all different types of social partner dancing styles that align with our vision.

All of our amazing instructors have some sort of fusion/freestyle aspect to their dancing and will only teach technique, musicality, or connection-oriented classes at Dance Blender, no pattern/choreo based classes will happen.

🔹Anderson and Brenda representing Zouk with backgrounds in samba, forro, tango, and more! ( https://youtu.be/QdkAlYXQJs0?si=EKJwIb3xZ0Ld6kqX )

🔹Browly and Inga of BeIng representing West Coast Swing with backgrounds in salsa, jazz, contemporary and more! ( https://www.instagram.com/ingakurcisa/ )

🔹Sanjay MJ representing Kizomba with backgrounds in salsa, bachata, hip-hop, bollywood, and more! ( https://www.instagram.com/sanjaymj_theindianmagic/ )

🔹Alain and Raffaella representing Blue and Tango with backgrounds in zouk, contact improv, and more! (https://youtu.be/ytzr15XJ_dk)

🔹Anika and Chris representing Fusion/FreeStyle with backgrounds in urban-kizz/tarraxo, zouk, bachata and more! ( https://youtu.be/6U3qqgcJJYc )

🔹Jenni and Tatchi representing Fusion/FreeStyle and zouk with backgrounds in bachata, forro, kizomba, and more! ( https://www.instagram.com/ac.communitymovement?igsh=MTY2emlnZmFzcnFiag== )

🔹More of these awesome instructors will be announced soon, stay tuned!

🔸 Lessons

Each lesson at the festival is 90 minutes long, that way you and the instructors have plenty of time to dive deep into every topic, over 20 lessons! All the lessons will be on the themes of technique, musicality, or connection in social partner dancing and none of them will be pattern/choreo based. You will be shown and given the tools to create the dances you want between you and your dance partner(s).

🎵 Music

We have looked far and wide for the perfect DJs and musicians to be part of Dance Blender. All of them are versatile in what they play and are ready to have the music dance your socks off, for over 20 hours of parties across two rooms!

We will be having two rooms during the main party with changing themes every hour throughout the night. These themes are dance style agnostic and the majority of the music played will not be of a particular dance style, more details to come.

🎵 DJ Encarny from Valencia (https://spoti.fi/3uKgrsV )

🎵 DJ Raffealla from Paris (https://open.spotify.com/user/h9dmwo36kh9toswbltg7a3iue )

🎵 DJ Alain from London (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0KNgo03Vxrcp178zaMwtiy?si=ceca79dec4db4066 )

🎵 DJ Thierry from Toulouse ( https://open.spotify.com/playlist/30I8gQQhuiTjJiLpIFRpZO?si=9394d3f5cc22436b )

🎵 DJ Blake from California ( https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4lHeajNE33KlOB72ypYT46?si=b64947d637f143d6 )

🎵 DJ Jascha from Hamburg ( https://open.spotify.com/playlist/55ZtUNBQ337epUFPEEcZOV?si=65237fa6e81c490e )

🎵Veronica Kore from Vienna on Harp (https://www.instagram.com/veronicaklavzar?igsh=MTd4azVneW93ZzdwMQ== )

📍 Venue

The beautiful Moroccan styled Aux Gazelles is in the heart of Vienna, next to the iconic Meuseums Quartier and Mariahilfer Straße is our Venue. Aux Gazelles is a truly unique place, having a delicious restaurant and bar we have food and drink options through out the entire time of our stay; also sporting an Arabic style spa known as a Hammam with extremely cozy tea room it is the perfect space to relax and enjoy time with others, and there are multiple rooms with over a combined 400m2 of space with perfect floors and speakers to dance in. Plus being in the heart of Vienna means Aux Gazelles has several different accommodation and additional food options within 10 minutes walking distance, is very easy to get to, and is right next to several beautiful landmarks of Vienna. We know you are going to love it!

🗓️ Program/Schedule

The Program/Schedule is in the Survival Guide, you can see the most up to date version via https://bit.ly/DB24SG

The Program/Schedule is subject to change and the survival guide will be updated if this were to happen.

❗Registration

Ticket pricing increases as time goes on so make sure to buy your pass as soon as possible, to buy your pass for the festival go to https://www.goandance.com/en/events/6785-dance-blender-fusion-festival-2024

🙋‍♀️ Volunteering

If you love what we are up to and you want to get involved more or are just looking to save some money, volunteering could be the perfect option for you!

Volunteers volunteer for a few hours throughout the festival and in return are given a full pass to the festival.

If you would like to volunteer with us please fill out this google form; just be aware that their is currently only a waiting list for volunteer spots available.

https://forms.gle/2S6FHzK5RDdJuaDL6

🗓️ 📍Accommodation, Travel, and More

The beautiful Moroccan styled Aux Gazelles is in the heart of Vienna, next to the iconic Meuseums Quartier and Mariahilfer Straße is our Venue. Aux Gazelles is a truly unique place, having a delicious restaurant and bar we have food and drink options through out the entire time of our stay; also sporting an Arabic style spa known as a Hammam with extremely cozy tea room it is the perfect space to relax and enjoy time with others, and there are multiple rooms with over a combined 400m2 of space with perfect floors and speakers to dance in. Plus being in the heart of Vienna means Aux Gazelles has several different accommodation and additional food options within 10 minutes walking distance, is very easy to get to, and is right next to several beautiful landmarks of Vienna. We know you are going to love it!

With Aux Gazelles being in the heart of Vienna it is very easy to get there. The closest metro stop is the U3 Metro stop Volkstheater, other metro stops close by are Karlsplatz U1 and U4, as well as Kettenbrückengasse U4. The closest tram stop is Burgring where the 1, 2, 71, D, and U2Z trams stop. The closest bus stop is Getreidemarkt of bus 57A.

The metro runs all night on Friday and Saturday but for other days where the metro runs until midnight the night bus line stop Museums Quartier is close by where night bus lines N46 and N49 stop.

We also have a group where you can get connected with other participants to help sort out accommodation, travel, and anything else relating to your participation at Vienna Dance Blender with other participants.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/356846223148676

🤝 Partner with Us

We are always looking for people to collaborate and partner with so we can expand the whole dance community!

If you are interested in partnering with us please click "Partner with Us" in the footer of danceblender.com

🤝 Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy, and Code of Conduct

https://bit.ly/3vmEBa7

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