A weekend of blues dancing and cultural exchange in beautiful Oslo, Norway.
October 30 – November 1, 2026
Welcome to Mini Moose Blues!
The legendary Moose Blues is back — this time as a Mini Moose edition,
bringing together international teachers and jazz musicians for a weekend built around connection and community.
Get ready for three days of dancing, learning, and socializing.
Teachers
Photo credit: Jerry Almonte
Julie Brown
Julie Brown (any/all pronouns) is a Boston-based blues dance teacher, DJ, choreographer, competitor, organizer, and enthusiastic student. She has been participating in blues dance since 2004 and has since gone on to teach blues dancing around the globe and won many national competitions.
As a teacher, Julie aims to help students connect with and understand blues dance’s deep roots, find their own voice, and connect to themselves & others authentically, joyfully, and respectfully. Julie has taught blues dancing in Austin, Boston, San Francisco, Seoul, London, Chicago, Zurich, and many places in between. They are grateful to have won or placed in many solo & partnered blues competitions, including at bluesSHOUT!, Blues Muse, Mile High Blues, Steel City Blues, Northstar Blues, and more.
Julie is continually reconnecting to their love of solo blues dancing, working on Chicago-style Stepping, headstands, & leading blues, as well as continuing to learn about blues history and its connections to later and present-day Black social dances & music.
Photo credit: Devon Rowland
Dan Repsch
Dan is immersed in the music and the movement. As a teacher, his enthusiastic approach brings a focus on innovation, connection, and attention to your partner. As a veteran instructor and DJ, he's worked for events across 4 continents, for everything from international events to local dances. He’s also organized both locally and for international events, including a Head DJ role in BluesSHOUT! and The Balboa/Blues Experiment. In the end, Dan is most excited to work hard at improving the dance and to see people break through their boundaries.
Music
David Skinner
David Arthur Skinner is a British/Norwegian jazz pianist based in Oslo, drawing on early-20th-century jazz styles blended with classical influence. He leads the swing band Jazzombies, a favorite among Norwegian swing dancers, and has played music for dance festivals across Norway and abroad, including as a longtime fixture at Winter Jump, Norway's largest swing dance festival. He also runs Café Society Oslo, a monthly swing jazz night, and was a founding producer of Oslo Swingjazz Festival.
David will be playing at our Saturday Halloween party this year!
DJ BeardMoose
Sean is a blues and lindy hop dancer and DJ. He started dancing in the Netherlands and had since moved to Oslo, Norway. He loves jazz and blues music and enjoys the opportunity to share his favorite songs with others.
His passion for blues is such that when he came to Oslo and there was no blues dancing he started a scene there.
More to be announced
