A few weeks back I went to the Grenoble Swing Dance Festival (GSDF). This involved all sorts of fun, like 6 hours of classes and 45 minutes volunteering to work on the bar. Strangely, the bar only sold soft drinks. Yes, only soft drinks. And pancakes. Believe me, you didn’t want to get the first crepe I made, it was more like a baguette. Fortunately, I sold it to an American guy, who probably didn’t know any better.
The Flocon classes (this was translated as “snowflake”, but I think also means “flake”, ha ha) were the absolute beginner level and were taught by a couple called Fabrice & Geraldine. They were really excellent – fantastic dancers, and very good at coming down to the level of the total beginner for us. I also did a couple of taster classes with American teachers Peter & Naomi, who were also really good, but those were open to all levels and I got a bit lost at times. The video below is the showcase piece Fabrice & Geraldine did at the cabaret. Impressive eh?