☝️ Finally sharing the St. Louis Shag virus in the form of a little choreo!
✨ Last year, we decided to challenge ourselves and our practices by exploring the potential of St. Louis Shag for choreographing - something we have very little experience with! After some (ok... a lot of) time, at last we have a final result 🥳 Full of imperfections, but representing our own process and progress over the last 2 years 🫶🏼
📹 Thank you @withinthegroove for recording and making us look good 🙈
🪄 Editing by @henrique___salgueiro and @withinthegroove
🎶 Track is You Know What I’m Talking About by @roaring.cats
📍 Location is the same as always, Jardim do Caracol 🌇
#stlouisshag #swingdancing #jardimdocaracol #keepdancing
⚡Save the date 13-14 de junio ⚡
Estamos súper emocionadas de recibir @mafalda.fields y @henri.que.belo desde Lisboa. - CLASES PRINCIPIANTES Y INTERMEDIO/AVANZADO
- CONCIERTOS
Muy pronto os pasamos info sobre el registro.
April 🌹 Was about adventures, dancing, celebrations and people 💛 It was tiring but so worth it ✨ Also the fact that I can now work at home outside is pure gold. This Spring-Summer(ish) season is just the best. ☀️
POV: you finally reveal your camera roll after months of procrastination and now you’re REALLY motivated to plan the next summer trip ✨ Who wants to come climb some mountains?
Março 🧡 Um mês acolhedor, de entrada na Primavera, de leituras matinais, de recarregar energias com noites a sofazar, de upgrades caseiros, de relembrar o quanto adoro caminhadas na natureza, de muita dança mas poucas práticas/festivais, de jantares caseiros, de ir ver a Maro, e de mais pores do sol. Os finais do dia já cheiram a Verão e a luz do sol já aceita ficar. É tempo de passar mais tempo lá fora 🥹☀️
February 💙 From the raining to the sunny weather, turning 28th, celebrating with friends, seeing sunsets, back to uni teaching, advancing phd work, reading. The days are getting longer and I can’t wait to for the sun to set later on the day 🥹🌅
Janeiro 💛 Apreciar os poucos dias de sol, entrada em 2026 com gente boa, prazos de submissões e época de exames na uni, paredes pintadas e paredes por pintar, jantares e convívios caseiros, aulas na LBA, dançar, sofazar, namorar. E mais umas coisas ali pelo meio. 🫶
Dezembro 💜 Um mês acolhedor, rodeado de amor, para terminar um ano que teve de tudo: desde de desilusão e ansiedade até muita gratidão, entusiasmo pela vida e novas aventuras, e muito amor.
Um ano cheio de coisas pequeninas, tão pequeninas, que lembram como é bom viver 🥰
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December 💜 A cozy month surrounded by love to wrap up a year that had it all: from quite a bit of disappointment and anxiety to a lot of gratefulness, excitement for life and new adventures and a lot of love.
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Heyô! 👋 Em Setembro, na @little_big_apple_lisboa , tivémos um workshop de Jitterbug focado na ideia de swing dancing como apenas... swing dancing! O nosso objetivo foi libertar-nos das barreiras que fomos criando nas nossas mentes e encontrar formas de navegar por diferentes estilos de swing, mantendo a conexão, ritmo e a musicalidade. Sem coreografias, apenas dança social 🫶
Adorámos explorar estes conceitos e partilhá-los convosco, e receber feedback sobre como se sentiram. Obrigado! 💜
Se quiseres começar a explorar a dança swing em Lisboa, junta-te a nós no nosso Explorers Pack 👀 Um curso para iniciados focado em explorar a dança swing através de vários estilos. Atreves-te? 😇 Mais informações em www.littlebigapple.pt ou envia-nos uma mensagem privada! 🥰
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Heyô! 👋 Last September at @little_big_apple_lisboa we had a Jitterbug workshop focused on the idea of swing dancing as just… swing dancing! Our goal was to let go of these boxes we have build in our minds and to find ways to navigate through different swing styles while keeping connection, rhythm and musicality. No choreographies, just social dance 🫶
We loved exploring these concepts and sharing them while also getting feedback on how it felt. Thank you! 💜
If you would like to start exploring swing dancing in Lisbon, come join us at our Explorers Pack 👀 A begginer friendly course focused on exploring swing dancing through the lenses of various styles. Do you dare? 😇 More information on www.littlebigapple.pt or just dm us! 🥰
📷: Obrigada @pilarcportela pela gravação!
#littlebigapplelisboa #littlebigapple #dancing #swingdancing #jitterbug #stlouisshag #collegiateshag #lindyhop #charleston
Moments from last month:
1. Set up meeting at @littlebigswingcamp . Proud to be part of something so beautiful once again 💛
2. Can’t stop loving the Jazz by Women concert by @sugartown.duo . Can you please record this already?! 🥹🙏
3. One of the only videos I have dancing in LBS 🙃 with @henri.que.belo to the sound of the @riversidebandswing 🎶 Thank you @pilarcportela for recording!
4. One of the other few videos dancing at LBS parade, this time with @rapoller1 . Thank you @susiiten for recording!
5. Hugging at Little Big Swing 🫂
6. My panicky face every time I try to lead 🤡
(5 and 6 taken by @serpilpho )
7. Back to board games nights 🤓
8. BCN Shag vibeeeeez 🤩
9. First time doing a Shag Mix & Match final. Didn’t win anything, but I also didn’t fall this time, so I’ll call that a win! 😜😅 thank you @irene_shagvlc for sharing this with me 💕
10. Volunteering at @bcnshagfestival with amazing women. I now know how to make mojitos! 🍸
11. More @bcnshagfestival vibes 🥳
12. @bcnshagfestival afterpartyyyy… so yeah, more BCN Shag vibes 😋
13. Currently reading 📚 On relationships, vulnerability, compassion and much more.
Currently accepting that summer is now over and it’s time to calm down a little 🤏 buuut… just a little 🙈