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If you’re looking for a new hobby that’s creative, active and social you need to have a go at lindy hop! This dynamic partner dance, created by Black dancers in Harlem, New York, developed alongside swing jazz. It really captures the spirit of the swing era with intricate rhythms, improvisational flair, and pure joy! Many... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas! It has been quite the year for us at Swing Dance Leeds: 7 full weekend events, many more single day workshops, 3 Festivals, 5 performance events, oh so many regular classes and countless private classes. Thank you to everyone who asks us to dance and enjoys our teaching, it is such a joy... Continue Reading →
Our Lindy Hop Fundamentals Course is by far our most popular course. It's your gateway drug to the world of Swing Dancing! After just four weeks you'll be able to join in with other Lindy Hoppers at a social dance and wow your friends. Take a look at our upcoming course dates When will you... Continue Reading →
New Hot Charleston Dates + Routine Announced: Mama Stew.
Kick off 2024 by learning to dance! In January we've got two beginners courses for you; Lindy Hop Fundamentals and Intro to Partnered Charleston. Full of joy and energy danced to amazing music, learn to Lindy Hop in 4 weeks. Each week we'll recap and build on the previous material so you have a solid... Continue Reading →
Check out what specific topic courses we've got coming up in 2024. All on Wednesdays at 8:40pm. Most of the courses are a great follow on course from our Fundamentals Course that runs all year:Core Moves / Musicality / Swingouts Some of them are open to complete beginners:INTRO to partnered charlestonINTRO to Balboa For full... Continue Reading →
Our 4 week Fundamentals courses will be running back to back all year. It's a great way to start dancing Lindy Hop, starting from the very beginning then recapping and building up each week. Our 2024 start dates are: 10th Jan7th Feb6th Mar3rd Apr1st May29th May 26th Jun28th Aug25th Sept23rd Oct20 Nov Book Online
After long deliberation Hot Charleston workshops will be returning next week 7th Oct! Here are a list of changes as well as an opportunity to perform on stage. Things that haven't changed The beginners class: Learn some core moves, put them together and have fun dancing charleston. Ice-cream break (of course it wouldn't be hot... Continue Reading →
At Swing Dance Leeds we take a month off teaching our regular courses over Summer to focus on other events. As we've just started our last courses before our Summer Break this means that the next courses will be starting 30th August. The good news is you can book online now for our Fundamentals and... Continue Reading →
At Swing Dance Leeds we want you to have a go at swing dancing, not so that you can become a pro and impress all of your friends--I mean that's okay too--but mostly we want you too see how much fun it is! We think you'll love it and that you'll enjoy spending time with... Continue Reading →
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