1. Registration and Participation
Registration is binding however, it does not guarantee a class spot in the workshop.
As soon as we can affirm a spot, we will send you the invoice via e-mail.
Participation is at your own risk and the Winter\'s Back Swing Festival Team accepts no liability for injuries, accidents, theft or the like.
2. Place Allocation:
Individual registrations will be put on a waiting list if there is a strong imbalance between leads and follows in classes. In order to increase your chances of getting a spot in classes, we recommend registering with a partner.
3. Registration with Partner:
If you want to register with a partner, please enter your partner\'s name in the registration field provided. Your partner has to dance the other role and must register for the same course and level. Both partners have to sign up because only then your registration will be valid as a partner registration. In case one partner\'s registration is missing, the registration will be considered as an individual registration and might be placed on the waiting list.
4. Payment and Confirmation of Registration
In order to affirm your registration and secure your class spot, payment is due within 7 workdays after sending the invoice (please check your Spam folder if you don\'t hear from us for a longer time!). If in-payment is missing on our account after 7 workdays, the registration expires and your class spot will be released again.
5. Cancellation:
In case you wish to cancel your participation in the workshop, the following refund policy will apply:
- Up to 6 weeks before the beginning of the event, the full fees will be refunded, excluding any transaction fees.
- until 2024-12-21 100 % refund
- from 2024-12-21 75 % refund
- from 2024-12-28 50 % refund
- from 2025-01-11 no more refund
- If the festival needs to be cancelled due to higher circumstances, 80 % of the fees will be refunded.
Please note: In case you want to cancel, yet your partner will still participate, we might have to put he/she/they on the waiting list.
As a Non-Profit Cultural Association, we cannot differ from our cancellation policies, as we would not be able, to cover our costs. Therefore the cancellation policies above apply.
Privacy Policy
Basic Objective
This privacy policy is intended to inform users of this website about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the website operator.
The website operator takes your data protection seriously and treats your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal regulations. New technologies and the constant adjustment of this website may result in changes to this stated data protection declaration. For this reason, we recommend reading the data protection declaration at regular intervals.
Definitions of the terms used (e.g. "personal data" or "processing") can be found in Art. 4 GDPR.
Access Data
We, the website operator or page provider, collect data via access to the website on the basis of our legitimate interest (see Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR) and store these as "server log files" on the server of the website. Data will be logged in the following way:
- Visited website
- Time of day at the time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you accessed the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used
The server log files are stored for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. The data is stored for security reasons, e.g. to clarify cases of misuse. If data has to be logged for reasons of proof, they are excluded from deletion until the incident has been finally clarified.
Range Measurement & Cookies
This website uses cookies for pseudonymised range measurement, which are transmitted either by our server or the server of third parties to the browser of the user. Cookies are small files that are stored on your end device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies increases the user-friendliness and security of this website.
If you do not want cookies to be stored on your end device in order to measure the range, you can object to the use of these files when accessing the page.
Common browsers offer the option not to accept cookies. Note: There is no guarantee that you will be able to access all functions of this website without restrictions if you undertake certain settings.
Collection and Processing of Personal Data
The website operator collects, uses and passes on your personal data only if this is permitted by law or if you consent to the collection of data.
Personal data includes all information that serves to determine your person and which can be traced back to you - for example, your name, e-mail address and telephone number.
You can also visit this website without providing any personal information. However, in order to improve our online services, we store your access data on this website (without personal reference). This access data includes, for example, the file you requested or the name of your Internet provider. The anonymisation of the data does not allow conclusions to be drawn about your person.
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Winter\'s Back Swing Festival is dedicated to providing a safe and comfortable event experience for everyone, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, ability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion (or lack thereof). We do not tolerate harassment of event participants in any form. Event participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the event without a refund at the discretion of the organizers.
Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of workshops or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.
If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of the event staff or a volunteer immediately. Event volunteers can be found at any venue.
Event staff and volunteers will be happy to help participants contact venue staff or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the event. We value your attendance and your safety.
We expect participants to follow these rules at dance and workshop venues.
Thank you
Email info@winterblackswingfestival.com or (during the event) find an organizer in person at any venue.
This document is based on Berlin Balboa Weekend\’s code of conduct.