A bit of Lindy hop & salsa

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After skating on Sunday, I went to Chicago for a couple of hours of Lindy hop. I saw Lisa D. & Sara H. there, as well as these two happy dancers whose names I didn't catch.

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A bit later, I went to Container for a few more hours of dancing — this time, salsa dancing. I met some folks I had never seen dancing before, including Sara and Sanna, above. I also met Martin, right, and Alfred. I don't often meet the men when I'm out dancing, so it's nice to have a chance to learn their names once in a while. Actually, it's always nice to meet nice folks.

Dancing on Wednesday

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Wednesday night was full of dancing. After my salsa lessons at Sacuye, I went down to Chicago for the Lindy hop social. Mathias & Beate were there, and showed off some fancy moves.

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Then around 23.00, I went to La Isla for a few more dances. Liza was there and favored me with a dance. Pierre took a few photos of us.

Emma & Peter @ Container

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I swung by Container for a bit of salsa dancing tonight. It was a fun couple of hours, but too short! I had failed to notice that they had changed their hours; tonight they closed at 22.00 instead of their normal closing time of 23.00. I suppose I should have arrived earlier! As it was, I only got in a couple of hours of dancing.

There were many familiar faces there; and I also made some new friends.

For more dancing, take a look at tonight's photos.

Me & Caroline @ Sacuye's salsa social

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Thursday evening, the fine folks at Sacuye arranged another of their excellent salsa socials at Chicago.

It was a blast! I danced with many excellent dancers that night, including the lovely Caroline.

Erlend took the photos that have me in them.

Sacuye Lesson

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Last night was the first Sacuye lesson of the season, and it was a good one. As usual, I was dancing too much during my own lesson to take many photos; but I stayed after and took lots of photos of level 4+ course. Above, Mats & Hanna practice the new moves. Take a look at the other photos!

Happy Feet at Bristol in Sumpan

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Saturday night went to Happy Feet, a nice evening of salsa dancing at the Birstol Theater in Sundbyberg. When I arrived, a bit after 19.00, there was only one other person there, but after an hour the place was hopping. I'd say about a hundred people showed up eventually. A bunch of girls from Riga were there, and I had a great time dancing with them. Of course there were also many familiar faces from the Stockholm salsa crowd. Take a look at the photos!

I'd like to thank Andrew, Annika & Niklas for arranging such nice evening. I'm looking forward to the next one!

A few hours at Container

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Tonight I went down to Odenplan to get in a few more dances before the workweek begins. I saw many familiar faces, and had a great time dancing. The place was not too crowded, and it was cool inside so it was easy to keep on dancing. It was a fun night. My neighbor Liana was there with her friend, so we all took the same subway back home to Bergshamra afterward.

Salsa social @ Chicago

Last week's Salsa social @ Chicago.











A self-portrait.