About the festival

Green Hill Swing Festival invites dancers to a chateau in the heart of Czechia. Look forward to international teachers, 4 levels of Lindy Hop classes, 2 parties with live music, a special blues stage, 8+ extra workshops, brunch party and a trip to explore the beautiful surroundings.

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Lektoři

Barbara Joó
Budapest, Hungary

Barbara started dancing at the age of 9. Ballet, modern jazz and ballroom dancing gave her a classical technique and a solid foundation. She loves to spice this up with the energy and craziness of jazz. When teaching, it's important to her to build a well-structured class. She tries to help her students develop a strong body awareness and improve their technical skills, but doesn't want to miss out on some fun moves and games. For the last 9 years she has been teaching daily at the Keep Swinging Association in Budapest, she is involved in the local scene building and the daily life of the school. Besides dancing and teaching, she is an organiser of swing dance events.

Ján Kubriczký
B-Swing, Bratislava

Janci has been dancing since she was nine years old. He danced his way from Slovak folklore to studying dance pedagogy at the Academy of Performing Arts. During his dance studies he became familiar with other dance styles such as ballet, jazz, contemporary and modern techniques. When he was introduced to Lindy Hop in 2014, he was captivated and never let go. What fascinates him about swing is the improvisation in the dance and the communication between partners. His dancing reflects his study of technique and the strong influence of dynamics, rhythm and the unbridled nature of Slovak folklore. He wants to pass on his joy of Lindy Hop to as many people as possible. He is a prominent personality of the swing community in Bratislava.

Diana Geisler
Vienna, Austria

Diana is a dancer and teacher from Vienna. She is a social dancer at heart and is all about sharing her charm and joy on and off the dance floor. Finding the sweet spot of relaxed yet dynamic movement combined with gentle interaction with a partner is the foundation of her dancing. Developing a sensitivity to one's own body and a playful approach to learning steps are key ingredients in both her style and her classes. As a teacher, she hopes to inspire others by helping students tap into their own pool of resources. "Dance is a powerful tool for anyone to experience what it means to live an embodied life: you become a body knower and a body expresser.”

Guillaume Roubille
Vienna, Austria

Guillaume discovered Lindy Hop in Paris in 2013 and then spent several months in Montreal, Canada to train at Studio 88 (SAF).
From 2014 to 2019, Guillaume taught regularly in several countries - for the Swing Wings school in Brno, Czech Republic, Swing Busters and Zig Zag in Prague, Some Like it Hot and IG Hop in Vienna, Austria. He regularly trains and travels to various swing events. Either for social dancing, competing, performing or teaching workshops to share his love and passion for the dance and music.

Anya Lebedeva
JamHaus, Berlin

Anya sees dance as a language. She doesn't push everyone to speak the same way, but is happy to help expand the vocabulary. Sometimes she even dances as a leader, so she can put herself in each dancer's shoes. She loves improvising, choreographing and competing. She just loves to dance, so you'll find her at swing dance parties as well as techno parties. After eight happy years of dancing in Prague, where she taught Lindy Hop at the Swing Busters school, she moved to Berlin last year. She currently teaches mostly solo jazz at the JamHaus in Berlin.

Martin Kurečka
Swing Busters, Prague

Martin was introduced to music at an early age through piano lessons, a tradition shared by all his siblings. In high school, he became fascinated with rock'n'roll and boogie-woogie music and tried to translate it to the strings of the piano. When it came to dancing, he took a different path and enrolled in Lindy Hop classes. He was captivated by the energy, playfulness and exuberance of swing music and dance. After a while he started performing and teaching swing in Ostrava and became interested in other swing styles, especially Collegiate Shag. When dancing he likes to combine and experiment with dance styles. For the last two years he has been enriching his dancing with street dances such as house dance and hip-hop.

Bands

Radio King Quartet

Friday night in the rhythm of the thirties and forties will be under the beacon of the Radio King Quartet! The line-up of David Maxa (drums), Jakub Šafr (piano), Jan Tříska (saxophone and clarinet) and Petr Pospíšil (vibraphone) will bring the authentic sound and energy of the era of Benny Goodman and other great swing names. Get ready for sophisticated melodies, snappy rhythms and the joy of movement that will take you to the whirlwind of decades past.

Jazz Dreamers

The Polish band Jazz Dreamers puts its energy, passion and talent to the service of swing music and passes it on to its audience. Their music is a combination of traditional jazz and modern arrangements, which gives it a unique atmosphere. Their repertoire ranges from classic standards to lesser-known pieces that they adapt to contemporary tastes. The band consists of eight members: Łukasz Schmidt (saxophone), Piotr Gnyszka (saxophone), Tomasz Marchewka (trumpet), Antoni Krasowski (trumpet), Maciej Walczyński - band leader (trombone), Piotr Kluzowicz (piano), Adam Chomiuk (double bass), Mateusz Muzioł (drums).

Registration

Registration opens on 23 June at 18:00.

Don't delay, the sooner you register the less you pay. Beginner classes are for complete beginners with no previous dance experience. For the most experienced dancers there is the "Intermediate/Advanced" level, from which two groups will be formed on the basis of auditions.

  • Early bird price: June 23 - July 7
  • Standard price: July 7 - August 14
  • Last-minute price: August 15 - August 30

Choose your Full Pass level

You can register as a couple or as an individual. If you register as a couple, you will receive a 10% discount. The Int and Int/Adv Full Passes include one Extra Workshop of your choice (you must register separately for the Extra Workshop). If you register as a couple, each of you can choose a different workshop.



Parties

You can register as a couple or as an individual. If you register Party pass as a couple, you will receive a 10% discount.



Extra workshops

You can also apply for extra workshops as a couple or as an individual.

Special tracks

Choose your meal

Order your preferred meal in advance by Tue 27 Aug and we will serve you directly at the chateau.

Accommodation

Luxury in the chateau, value for money in the gym or the golden mean. It all depends on your preference. We have booked accommodation close to the chateau that you can book when you buy your festival registration. All within walking distance of the chateau.

Reservation of accommodation is done by an individual booking a whole room for a group of "roommates" for two or three days of the festival. Payment is made for the whole room at once. If you need to find a roommate, please use our FB event.


At the Chateau



Chateau Neighbourhood

Up to 15-minute walk to the chateau



Camp

Within a 15 to 25-minute walk to the chateau.

Practical information

How to get to Žďár nad Sázavou?

If you are travelling to Prague, it takes about two and a half hours to get to Žďár nad Sázavou station by train. If you are travelling from Slovakia or Austria, your first stop in Czechia will be Brno. From Brno, it is a comfortable one-hour train ride directly to Žďár.

The route from the station to the festival chateau is described below.

If you are travelling to Žďár by car, set the navigation system to direct you to the car park by the chateau or to your accommodation. All accommodation near the chateau have a car park.



How to get to the Chateau?

From the train station

The fastest way to get to the chateau from the train is by bike, which can be hired at the station. Booking is easy, just send an e-mail to ZNS@cdcentrum.cd.cz. A normal bike costs CZK 230 per day, an electric bike CZK 390 per day. More information is available on the Czech Railways website.

Another option is to take the public transport bus. The Bus 2 27 leaves from the bus station, which is next to the train station. The journey takes about 15 minutes. It makes 10 stops and you get off at the Žďár n. Sáz stop. You can buy a ticket on the bus from the driver. The line runs every hour. It follows the trains coming from both directions (from Prague and Brno). You have about 10 minutes to get from the train to the bus in case of ČD trains and 30 minutes in case of Regiojet trains.

From the train station you can also take a lovely walk along the river to the chateau, but be prepared for it to take between 45 and 60 minutes.

From the chateau car park

The chateau has its own visitor car park, which is right next to the chateau grounds (map here). If for some reason it's all taken, use the car park next to the Tavern, just a few dozen metres away.

Where will we dance?

Both parties will take place on the first floor of the chateau. The main venue will be the Baroque Halls, but we also have the amazing prelature, which will be transformed into a blues party. In the corridor outside the Baroque Hall there will be a bar with refreshments, coat hangers to hang your clothes and a chill out area to relax in.

Where to eat?

We suspect you'll be hungry, so we are going to give you the opportunity to order food in advance. We will be offering dinner on Friday, lunch and dinner on Saturday and brunch on Sunday. We will be open for bookings from the end of July/beginning of August.

Hot refreshments will be available at the bar during the Friday and Saturday parties. If you don't want to order lunch in advance, you can go to one of the restaurants around the chateau - it's a 20-minute walk to the Táferna Restaurant or the Tálský mlýn.

What can you expect from the bar?

Wine, beer and some mixed drinks will be available during the parties. It will be possible to buy toasts and other small snacks as well.

Drinks will be served in returnable cups.

Orders and payments

You will be able to use the Qerko app for orders and payments. You will be able to use the Qerko app to order and pay. If enough of you choose to do so, we promise to keep queues at the bar to a minimum. We recommend pre-installing the app if you don't already have it on your phone. It's available for both Android and iOS.

You can order by scanning or holding your phone up to a QR code, which can be found at the bar or elsewhere. You can then use your phone to select from the menu and make a cashless payment. You can then simply pick up your order at the bar when your code is announced.

If you prefer cash, don't worry, we also accept real money, and you can order the old-fashioned way at the bar.

Got a question? Write to us.

info@swinguzdar.cz

Organized by

Pojďme dělat město, z.s.

Na Úvoze 720, 591 01 Žďár nad Sázavou

IČ 06696058

Tel. +420 732-442-039

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