ZZ Summer Camp

Saturday 4.7. (starting with lunch) - Saturday 11.7.2026 (ending with breakfast)
Rychta Morašice near Litomyšl
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Programme & lessons

The sun is shining, swing music is in the air and dancing is everywhere….

That’s how we all remember it, and that’s how we all want to start the summer. Like every year. This year we will see you again in Rychta Morašice, near Litomyšl.
REGISTRATION is now OPEN. We have the last spots for followers at the INTERMEDIATE level (suitable for followers who have been dancing since about September).

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Accommodation and food – Rychta Morašice u Litomyšle

Rychta offers three accommodation options:
– Room with bunk beds (5-9L) – some rooms have their own bathrooms, others have bathrooms shared in the corridor
– Dormitory, or summer sleeping in the former granary – capacity 30L (normal beds, NOT bunk beds) divided into 2 floors.
– Your own tent – the place for tents is a meadow lined with tujis right next to Rychta. Showers and toilets are available on the technical ground floor, which has an entrance right from the tent site.

Due to the limited number of beds and type of rooms, it will not be possible to provide the type of accommodation and privacy required by everyone.
If you need privacy, consider booking accommodation somewhere nearby and commuting to Rychta. In this case, you can of course dine with us at Rychta.
We will also not be able to provide accommodation for those not going to lessons for the week, or for family members, chaperones and visitors. Thank you for your understanding.

Full board is provided at Rychta for the entire stay:
– buffet breakfast
– lunch = soup + main meal (we offer 2 options – with and without meat)
– dinner = main meal WITHOUT meat
Last year’s menu can be viewed HERE
Food is cooked fresh in the local large capacity kitchen. The owner of Rychta tries to accommodate us with various individual requirements (allergies etc), but it is not possible to provide too many different types of diets. Please let us know in the registration form if you have any restrictions and we will let you know if we can accommodate them.

PROGRAMME AND LESSONS

SWING and much more fun!

This year’s program for swingers will include a total of 23 hours of lessons (main Lindy Hop lessons + 2 blocks of optional thematic lessons). Not only foreign lecturers will come, but you will also meet most of the lecturers from our team. In addition to the lessons, you can enjoy (not only) swing dancing, but also traditional disco dance, themed dancing in the style of “Country” (costume is not mandatory), practise sessions, slam poetry / stand up night, flea market, etc.

At the final dance session you can also perform some of the choreography you learn at the camp, or you can admire the performances of others.

Those who would like to push their dance boundaries a little further can try participating in the Mix & Match competition. The format of this competition is that you dance with a different partner each song. In the prelims, leaders and followers are judged separately.
You can win a free pass to one of our international dance festivals.

The main lessons are focused on Lindy Hop. You will choose your level based on the description and your dance experience (with Lindy Hop) below.
The level you will be placed in will be decided at the Audition at the beginning of the camp.
If you are auditioning with a partner and want to be in the same level, you will be judged as a couple. So it won’t happen that you will be split into different levels because of the audition.
Changing partners in all paired lessons (main and thematic) is compulsory.
If you have taken lessons at another dance school or are unsure of your level, please contact us.

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– INTERMEDIATE – corresponds to about 1 year of Lindy Hop lessons in Zig-Zag. You have to manage Swing out!
– INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCE – corresponds to about 2 years of Lindy Hop lessons in Zig-Zag.
– ADVANCED – corresponds to 3 or more years of Lindy Hop lessons in Zig-Zag
– ADVANCED+ – we will select dancers for this level during the audition.

All participants choose 2 different thematic lessons in addition to their main Lindy Hop lessons (i.e. you attend these 2 blocks of lessons for the whole week, the topics cannot be combined). Click HERE for a graphic overview of all thematic lessons.
These are different topics that do not fit into regular lessons. When registering as a couple for the main lessons, each member of the couple can choose different thematic lessons. For pair lessons, we will always confirm places according to the current number of leaders and followers.

THEMATIC LESSONS – block 1 (6×90 min)

Balboa I/A (Teachers: Maria & Luis)
Suitable for those who have been dancing Balboa for at least 3 years.

Balboa INT (Teachers: Klara G. & Cameron)
Suitable for those who have been dancing Balboa for 1-2 years.

Showcase (Teachers: Kamča & Štěpán P.)
Showcase lessons focus on performance and related topics. But they will help anyone who would like to feel more confident when dancing in front of people…which is actually always. We will discuss styling, expression, how to dance at a fast and slow tempo and also shed light on orientation in music and space. We will discuss all this on several well-known choreographies. We will then combine everything we have learned into one performance, which we will show to the others at the end of the camp. Suitable for I/A to ADV+ level.

Simple musicality & styling (Lecturers: Klára&Dejv)
Or so that the music does not disturb you… Some people can hear the first beat right away, others can hardly recognize the difficult beat. But even that can be learned!
The lessons are ideal for those of you who have been dancing for a shorter time (at the camp level INT and I/A) and want to develop your musicality and diversify your basic footwork. You will get to know the different layers of musicality and learn how to react to music. Because when not only two dancers but also music meet in time… well, you know that “wow”.

Jazz (Lecturer: Anička DD)
A program for maintaining and developing physical fitness and dance skills. The lesson consists of a “Luigi warm-up”, stretching and strengthening, jazz isolations, jumps and spins. The lesson is focused on jazz, ends with a short variation and is open to all levels of proficiency. Suitable for everyone regardless of the level of the main lessons.

THEMATIC LESSONS – block 2 (6×60 min)

Advanced combo (Lecturers: Míša and Štěpán J.)
This year we decided to loosen up a bit and embark on more complicated figures and stepped combos. Arrive with a clear head and fresh feet, because we might mess you up! We will be rotating on this track.
Suitable for Lindy Hoppers at levels ADV and ADV+.

Bal inspiration to Lindy (Instructors: Klara G. & Cameron)
Suitable for Lindy Hoppers at ADV and ADV+ levels. No previous Balboa experience is necessary.

Collegiate Shag (Instructors: Štěpán P. and Kamča)
Discover this cheerful and playful dance! Suitable for those who want to start with Shag, i.e. have little or no previous experience with this dance.
Suitable for INT and I/A level.

Flying Charleston (Instructors: Maria & Luis)
Suitable for INT and I/A level. You will love Flying Charleston!

Solo Swing Routine / “Queen Swings Basie Trickeration” (Instructor: Klára)
A Trickeration routine as you probably don’t know it. It is a version that Norma Miller created for herself and two other dance legends, Chester Whitmore and Chazz Young (son of Frankie Manning). It is a little more challenging – it was created for dancers after all – and is a treasure trove of other amazing traditional steps. If you know classic Trickeration, it may be an advantage, but only a slight one. The level is open to everyone, there will be a performance on the final dance floor of the camp.

And for the early birds we have the option of morning yoga with Oli or stretching with Anicka DD.
– Yoga with a teacher who is also a dancer is a great preparation for a long day of dancing. Bring your own yoga mat!
– Stretching – if the weather is nice we will be exercising outside, so have appropriate clothing and shoes.

Afternoon and evening activities

In addition to dance lessons, there are plenty of other activities and entertainment waiting for you. If there is anything missing from the programme or you would like to organise something yourself, please contact us.

Attention! Theme nights are NOT mandatory with costume! But where else to go to have fun with everything than at a summer camp for adults, right?!

And therefore it is almost impossible to participate in everything and it is also necessary to rest sometimes. But then again, that FOMO…. 🙂

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LECTORS AND TEAM

This year Luis and Maria from Mallorca will come with us again! Last year your feedback was so ultra-positive that they were the obvious choice. They are simply divine not only in dance but also in humanity.

The next pair of teachers from abroad will be the equally great and always positive Klara and Cameron from Berlin.

Morning yoga will be led by Oli again.

And of course you can look forward to Zig-Zag lecturers – Klara, Míša, Kamča, Anička DD, Štěpán J., Štěpán P., Dejv

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