Copenhagen Slow Balboa Festival 2026

Feb 27th to March 1st

The Copenhagen Ministry of Balboa is proud to announce our second Copenhagen Slow Balboa Festival featuring the fantastic international teachers Anna-Maria & Ralf Bernard from Swingdance Leipzig, Germany, and parties with live bands Friday and Saturday!

Sign up below to not miss out on this opportunity!

Venue

TBA

Bands

TBA

Teachers

Once again CSBF 2026 features two days of classes with legendary teachers and dancers Anna-Maria & Ralf Bernard from Swingdance Leipzig, Germany!

Well known for their unique partnership, flow and smooth style in Balboa, Anna-Maria and Ralf look back on a long lasting career in Swing Dance and teaching. Starting classes together in 2012 and founding their own Studio named “Swing Dance Leipzig” in 2014, they got married in 2016 – sharing both their passion for swing dancing and their lives! Along with Balboa and Slow Balboa, Anna-Maria and Ralf teach Lindy Hop and Solo Jazz.
Anna-Maria explored ballet and other dances since her childhood, before becoming infected with the fun of Swing Dancing. She also has an apprenticeship in Yoga. Ralf was playing Badminton in his childhood until he started swing dancing in 2007. He has been teaching Lindy Hop and Balboa since 2010 in Leipzig and pushed the scene building a lot.

Click here to watch and be inspired by their smooth dancing:


Classes and levels

We will have 2 levels, one with focus on moves and variations and the other with a focus on technique, both are for dancers which have prior Slow Balboa workshop or weekly class experience.

The teachers/organizers may ask you to move up or down a level if they believe you have selected or been placed at a wrong level.

  1. Moves and Variations: You have some prior Slow Balboa experience. This class will focus on learning you new material

    Saturday, 14:00-17:00 incl. 2 short breaks
    Sunday, 10:00-13:00 incl. 2 short breaks

  2. Technique: You know the basics of Slow Balboa very well, have a reasonably broad spectrum of dance material. You can dance comfortably even if the music is slow, and you want to have a deep focus on the technique of Slow Balboa.

    Saturday, 10:00-13:00 incl. 2 short breaks
    Sunday, 14:00-17:00 incl. 2 short breaks

Evening activities and parties

Friday night

To accommodate newer Slow Balboa dancers the music during evening parties will not be only Slow Balboa music. We aim at 50 %  Slow Balboa music and the rest will be a mix of regular Balboa and Lindy music.

    • 19:30 – 20:30 Slow Balboa Taster
    • 20:00 – 21:00 DJ
    • 21:00 – 00:00 Live band
    • 00:00 – 01:00 DJ
    • We have to be out of venue 01:30

Saturday night

To accommodate newer Slow Balboa dancers the music during evening parties will not be only Slow Balboa music. We aim at 50 % Slow Balboa music and the rest will be a mix of regular Balboa and Lindy music.

    • 19:30 – 20:30 Slow Balboa Taster
    • 20:00 – 21:00 DJ
    • 21:00 – 00:00 Live band
    • 00:00 – 01:00 DJ
    • We have to be out of venue 01:30

Sunday Evening

Sunday evening we’ll have a tea dance. There are plenty of restaurants in the vicinity of the venue that sells food which you are very welcome to bring along.

    • 18:00-21:00 Tea dance w. DJ

Prices

    • Participating at one level including party pass Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 1.450 DKK or 195 Euro
    • Participating at two levels including party pass Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 1.950 DKK or 261 Euro
    • Party pass for Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 625 DKK or 84 Euro
    • If any tickets left, we’ll sell Party ticket for one night (at the door only): 240 DKK

Location

    • TBA

New signup form and procedure!

Follow the registration link below and look for lines beginning with CSBF – Copenhagen Slow Balboa Festival

Registration https://shop.balboaswing.dk/

Terms & Conditions

Payments

  • Payment must be made within 3 days of receiving acceptance email and payment instructions to secure your registration. If we don’t receive your full payment in due time your reserved spot may be given to another person.
  • Please take care of all transfer costs and conversion cost if paying via bank transfer.
  • Unfortunately we cannot refund your purchased class pass for any reason, but you may transfer your class pass to someone else with the same dance role (leader or follower). If you do so, let us know by email to whom you sold your class pass so we can update the registration.

Liability

  • All participants are attending the event at their own risk
  • The Ministry of Balboa do not assume any liability or responsibility for incidents and/or injuries and loss or damage of any personal belongings during the classes or socials.
  • Classes with very few participants may be cancelled

Other information

It may take us a few days to get back to you, not least because we need to ensure balance between leaders and followers. But if you get nervous about your registration, or if you have questions, you are always welcome to reach out to us via e-mail at dans@balboaswing.dk

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