Waterloo

Thursday

With Sara Bang and Robin Hatton-Brown

A big hello from our Waterloo classes!

 

Join Robin and Sara for a lesson or two in Swing Dancing. What is Swing Dancing? It’s a collection of dances from the 1920s-1940s including Lindy hop and Charleston. Read more about it here.

 

14th December

Waterloo Special – Musicality Workshop (2 hours)

Level: Improvers/Intermediate. Attendees must know basic Lindy Hop vocabulary in six and eight counts and be able to socially dance these.

This workshop aims to delve into understanding music from different perspectives. How is the music structured? How can we, as dancers, hit breaks and add flavour? How does my dancing change according to the music? Our approach will start from a conceptual point of view as we build progressively into more specific examples you can take away.

 

BOOK HERE

 

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JANUARY 2024

Dates:

Thursday 4th January
Thursday 11th January
Thursday 18th January
Thursday 25th January

Level 1 – Absolute beginners course | 7pm – 8pm – pre-book a 4 week course

Savoy Charleston Foundational Course

This is a fun and friendly four-week course suitable for complete beginners and those who have taken Lindy Hop and/or Charleston classes before. A perfect space to meet new people, learn and solidify the fundamentals of social dancing to awesome Swing Jazz music!

Charleston will get you grooving smoothly when the music tempo gets a little faster. During these four-weeks, we will focus on the fundamental techniques of this highly energetic partnered dance while covering a mixed range of classic and fun 1930’s Charleston moves and transitions – such as side-by-side, hand-to-hand, and tandem.

BOOK HERE

 

Improvers/Intermediate Lindy Hop Course

Second class | 8.10pm – 9.10pm – pre-book a 4 week course

Have you taken a bunch of beginner lessons and started to socially dance? Are you hitching to take your dance further? This course is for you!

Building up on your Lindy Hop foundations, this course will delve deeper into the technicalities of dancing – such as pulse, groove, posture, body tension, stretch/ compression, direction/rotation – which are core in creating movement and shapes.

Aided by ad hoc exercises, we will cover these concepts by revisiting basic figures, expanding on those, and learning more complex moves. We will, as part of this course, be visiting the famous Swing Out.

BOOK HERE

 

Doing both January courses? Please email [email protected] for 50% off the intermediate course

 

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FEBRUARY 2024

Dates:

1st February
8th February
15th Feburary
22nd February

Level 1 – Absolute beginners course | 7pm – 8pm – pre-book a 4 week course

Foundational Lindy Hop Course A

This is a fun and friendly four-week course suitable for complete beginners and those who have taken Lindy Hop classes before. A perfect space to meet new people, learn and solidify the fundamentals of social dancing to awesome Swing Jazz music!

In these sessions we will cover basic rhythmical patterns and build up your movement and connection skills through different exercises and moves. You’ll be equipped with a small repertoire and techniques that you can mix and match on the social dance floor.

BOOK HERE

Second class | 8.10pm – 9.10pm – pre-book a 4 week course

to be confirmed

 

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MARCH 2024

Dates:

7th March 7-8pm
14th March 7-8pm
21st March 7-8pm
28th March 7-8pm

Level 1 – Absolute beginners course | 7pm – 8pm – pre-book a 4 week course

This is a fun and friendly four-week course suitable for complete beginners and those who have taken Lindy Hop classes before. A perfect space to meet new people, learn and solidify the fundamentals of social dancing to awesome Swing Jazz music!

In these sessions we will cover basic rhythmical patterns and build up your movement and connection skills through different exercises and moves. You’ll be equipped with a small repertoire and techniques that you can mix and match on the social dance floor.

If you’ve taken Foundational Lindy Hop Course A, you will learn brand new vocabulary and connection techniques while having a chance to solidify what you already know about basic rhythms and body movement.

BOOK HERE

Second class | 8.10pm – 9.10pm – pre-book a 4 week course

to be confirmed

 

Please note that class cards can’t be used for courses or workshops.

The Venue

Our class takes place at the Living Space. Check out the map below and to see how to get there.