Featuring
The Rhythm Hot Shots​
​26-30 July, 2025​
@ Elite Hotel Luleå, Sweden

MISSION STATEMENT

​This festival gives full focus to old school American Swing dancing, its roots and style. The teachers will share the knowledge that was passed on to them by Frankie Manning, Albert Minns, Norma Miller, Harold & Fayard Nichols and many more of the original swing dancers from the golden age of Jazz. Come join the creativity, contribute to the social and fun experience - Step into the swing bubble with us!
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Whitey's Lindy Hoppers

PARTICIPANT REVIEWS

SCHEDULE

Click here for the class schedule and a preliminary evening schedule for camp 2025.

CLASSES

The Lindy Hop Beginners class will have a separate schedule with only 2 hours of classes every evening and will also have separate teachers very experienced with beginners and lower levels.
All other groups will have:
  • 11 hours of Lindy Hop classes (or Solo Jazz for the Solo Jazz group) where all groups will meet all teachers at least twice. The overall goal for these classes is to connect the material with HOW the dance was passed on to us by the originators, their choreographies or way of embodying Swing-jazz. But the teachers will also include their own tools and technique how they've learnt to pass on the dance without changing the essence of it or speaking another language than jazz.
  • Specific rhythm classes included in the above!
  • 1,5 hours of music lecture on Swing Jazz and how to incorporate it while dancing (in contrast to how many dancers today have a modern and non-jazz related approach and way of dancing).
  • 1,5 hours class with a combination of West African dancing and Solo Jazz - to emphasize the clear origins of swing jazz movements and expressions, gain inspiration from what the original steps resembled and the aim to create an individual style in both dance forms. This class can really serve as an eye opener and good inspiration injection to your Swing dancing!
All classes are located in the same location in the city center just by the water, a short walk from the beach.

CAMP ACTIVITIES

  • "Late Night Show" with Lennart Westerlund - including old film clips, demonstrations and interviews.
  • Panel discussion - around the revival of Lindy Hop.​​
  • Open Stage Night - what skills can you share in our supportive unpretentious atmosphere?
  • Free morning yoga - led by an experienced yoga teacher.
  • Live bands - with dance friendly repertoires.
  • Social dances - both at the dance palace Ebeneser as well as on a floating outdoor bar right in front of the class venue.​
  • Second hand trade - bring clothing, accessories, shoes or anything swing dance related that you want to sell.

REGISTRATION 2025

All groups have classes parallelly so please only register to one of them. All day time groups will have a total of 14 hours scheduled daytime classes (Lindy Hop Beginners will have 8 hours of evening classes). On top of this you will have free access to morning yoga and all scheduled activities above. All classes, lectures and information will be given in English.
​The two highest Lindy Hop groups will have a similar content, just varying the speed and difficulty of the material.
Click on one of the groups below for more specific info and to register.

PRICES

  • Full workshop: 3.200 SEK/person, including all social dances and above listed evening activities.
  • Full time student - full workshop: 2.200 SEK/person, including all social dances and above listed evening activities.
  • Kids & youth (10-18 years) full workshop: 1.600 SEK/person, including all social dances and above listed evening activities.
  • Party Pass: 850 SEK, including all social dances and above listed evening activities.
If you need to pay later than declared or to split the payment, please just get in contact with us!

TEACHERS

Read more about the teachers HERE.
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PRACTICALITIES

Housing
Here are recommended housing options, with special deals for the festival participants, but with plenty of big hotel chains near the dance venue as well.
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Travel by airplane - 1 hour from Stockholm Arlanda airport
Find quite cheap flights from Stockholm to Luleå with both Norwegian and SAS. To get from Luleå Airport to the city center there are always public buses departing in connection to every flight and also plenty of taxis. The trip from the airport to the city center takes about 10 min.

Travel by train - about 13 hours from Stockholm
You can take the night train from Stockholm to Luleå which arrives to the city center in the early morning. Train tickets can be booked here.

Explore the area
Don't miss the many spectacular places and activities around Luleå and the rest of the Arctic that we have collected for you to experience in connection to the festival.

Class venue
Kyrkogatan 15, Luleå Sweden

OUR CORE VALUES - Everyone is welcome!

​We want dancing at our event to be joyful, playful and without demands. We want you to feel free and enabled to express yourself in your own unique way. We want each and every one to feel welcome no matter ethnicity, cultural or religious background. We are a LGBTQIA+ friendly organization and want you to feel comfortable to be who you are and want to be. We want all participants at Heedman Dance Camp to treat everyone with care and respect. During the festival we will have responsible go-to-persons in case you would feel badly treated.

    Heedman Dance Camp Newsletter
This event is a cooperation between Heedman Dance Company and ABF.