The Canadian Swing Championships commonly known as CSC is an annual event held since 2002 to showcase
swing dancing
Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular " swing era". Hundreds of styles of swing dancing were developed; those that ha ...
Canada.
It is held near
Montreal
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during
Victoria Day
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weekend. Before 2005, the event was called the Eastern Canadian Swing Championship, but it was renamed when no equivalent event was started in Western Canada and the ECSC became the de facto national championship.
In 2019, the Canadian Swing Championship celebrated its 18th year.
At CSC, competitions are held in
lindy hop, classic lindy hop,
west coast swing,
charleston
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* Charleston, South Carolina
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* Charleston (dance)
Charleston may also refer to:
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Canada
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,
balboa,
blues dancing
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,
jive, and a fast dance.
Competitions are divided into
jack and jill format and rehearsed routines for pairs and for teams. In some events, separate competitions are held for professionals and amateurs
In addition to the competition itself, the weekend acts as a
lindy exchange, including instructional workshops and social dancing. It is the largest annual exchange in Canada, attracting over 500 people per year to full-event participation, plus the numbers attending only as observers.
There are different sections, each with different rules. The sections include: Amateur Team Showcase, Team Showcase, Classic Swing Couples, Showcase Swing Couples, Pro-am, Short Showcase, Rising Star, Cabaret (crazy and solo), Canadian Showcase, Strictly Lindy Hop, and more.
Prior to the MeToo Movement it served as a platform for the shake up of traditional gender roles in the Canadian and Quebec swing dance scenes and is credited as a major driving force behind the high level of competitive success of swing dancers from Quebec and Canada on the international competitive circuit
References
External links
Official website
Lindy Hop
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