An important part of STF is the time outside the dance studio, socializing and sharing with other dancers from all around the world. We offer many different activities like the All Style Battle, Live Music Jam, performances, Cutting Contest, and the Faculty Gala. There is also a faculty tap talk, movie showings & history lectures, where you get a chance to hear from the more experienced dancers and get a better knowledge of our art form.
Everything is open for anyone who wants to enjoy dance and live music so invite all friends and family!
Wednesday, April 5th STF 2023 Opening Show: CABOOM - remastered
15.30 - 17.00 Master Class: Improvisation with Derick Grant
20.00 Opening Show at SÖDRA TEATERN
We are thrilled to present Sebastian Weber Dance Company and
the piece "CABOOM - remastered" kicking off the 2023 festival!!
With SWDC you can discover tap dance in a new way: The musical power of tap combined with the visual power of contemporary dance.
CABOOM is all about chaos. About the fear and uncertainty that creates chaos, but also about the adventures and opportunities that arise from chaos. It's raw and unpolished, defiant and ruthless, and then fragile and soft again. To show that, 100% energy is not enough, but 150, always, every time.
SWDC is thought provoking, witty and surprising. It is angry, tender,
silly, but never indifferent.
Tickets for the Opening Show can only be purchased through the theater, either online or at their box office. Any questions about tickets or the booking procedure are handled by them, not STF. TICKET BOOKING LINK
photo: Jörg Singer
Thursday, April 6th Tap Talk & STF Cutting Contest
Come see the tap dancers battling it out, or join in and challenge yourself and your fellow students to be the 2023 Champion!
Prizes Adv/Pro division:
1st Place: A pair of tap shoes from Saf shoes!
2nd Place: to be decided
Prizes Amateur division:
1st Place: A pair of tap shoes from Saf shoes!
2nd Place: to be decided
11.00 - 21.15 Master Classes
20.00 - 20.45 Free tap taster class
20.00 - 21.30 Panel talk with the main faculty
21.30 - Tap Cutting Contest, hosted by Sarah Reich
Entrance fee: 150 SEK (100 SEK student/under 18). Free with a Main Schedule wristband
Friday, April 7th Live Music Jam & Student Group Performances
Welcome to the jam night! Hang out and enjoy the music or sit in and join the jam! We have three of the finest musicians in town: Erik Palmberg trumpet - Fredrik Olsson electric guitar - Mats Dimming double bass. There's piano and drums if you play that, or bring any other instrument you play. And shoes. bring shoes.
Also this evening, we offer groups the chance to showcase your own choreography! If you attend STF together with your studio, school, company, etc, don't hesitate to apply! Please send a short info text about your group and the piece you'd like to share to Jonas. Attach mp3 with your music, and if you have, video of a previuos performance, thank you.
21.00 Live Music Jam
22.00 Student Showcase, group performances
22.30 Live Music Jam
Entrance fee: 150 SEK (100 SEK student/under 18). Free with a Main Schedule wristband
Saturday, April 8th Klubb STF - All Style Battle
As always, we welcome ALL dance styles to this battle, anything goes! Tap, breaking, popping, locking, hip-hop, jazz, modern, house, waacking, voguing, modern, ballet, charleston, bring whatever you got. Come out and compete or just hang out clubbing with amazing dancers and crazy energy! 1st place takes home cash prize!!
There will also be tap stuff happening during the evening; master classes, movie night and jam.
Battle MC:
At the turntables:
Judges: STAR DIXON
Be on time if you want to compete! (all times after the qualification round are approximate)
18.45 - 19.30 Free tap taster
19.00 Klubb STF doors open
19.30 Qualification Round: 1 solo by each dancer
21.00 Eighth-Finals: 16 dancers selected for 1v1 battles, 1 solo each
21.30 Quarter-Finals: 8 dancers selected for 1v1 battles, 1 solo each
21.45 Tap demo with the STF faculty
22.00 Semi-Finals: 4 dancers selected for 1v1 battles, 2 solos each
22.15 Judges solos
22.30 Finals: 2 dancers selected for final 1v1 battle, 2 solos each
TAP STUFF:
19.30-21.00 Master Classes
21.00-22.30 STF Cinema: Tap documentary, footage, etc
22.30- Tap Jam
Entrance fee: 150 SEK (100 SEK). Free with a Main Schedule wristband
Sunday, April 9th STF 2023 Faculty Showcase Gala
STF presents some of the world's best dancers in this gala performance with swinging live music, pulsating rhythms and powerful dance! Welcome to the STF 2023 Professional Showcase Gala!
We are back with the 11th edition of the festival, which every year ends with this thunderous show, and as always we have the absolute world top in tap dancing in Stockholm.
Among our artists are several Bessie Award winners and many have performed on Broadway and venues such as Carnegie Hall, Sadlers Wells, Lincoln Center, The Joyce Theater.
14.00-16.00 Master Classes
20:00 Showcase Gala at SÖDRA TEATERN
Tickets for the Gala can only be purchased through the theater, either online or at their box office. Any questions about tickets or the booking procedure are handled by them, not STF.
Monday, April 10th Cabaret Dinner & Closing Party!
Last evening of the festival :-( But we go out with a bang with a Goodbye Dinner and Cabaret Show! Solo & small group perfomances by festival participants. If you have some special amazing skill, can be dancing, singing, juggling or whatever, this is your chance to share it! Apply by email to Jonas
19.00-20.30 Master Classes
20.00 Goodbye Dinner & STF Cabaret / Student Show
THEN WE PARTY ALL NIGHT LONG!
Goodbye Dinner: 200 SEK, must be pre-ordered. (includes all evening)
Closing Party: SEK, Free with a Main Schedule wristband
NOTE 1: Minimum 18 years old to attend the party.
Everything is subject to change.
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