14 Swing Dance courses

Learn to Swing Dance in a Day! with Simon Selmon Learn the foundations of Lindy Hop, this popular 1940s partner dance. You will learn both the 6 and 8 count Lindy Hop plus some Lindy Charleston. By the end of this session we guarantee you will be able to dance a whole song - and smile at the same time! This workshop with Simon is for absolute beginners and those who have been dancing 6 months or less. No experience necessary or partner required.

A lively night of hot Swing music and dancing brought to you by SwingdanceUK and his founder Simon Selmon who have been going since 1986, including a 20-year run of weekly Stompin’ nights at the 100 Club, spreading the love of Lindy Hop far and wide featuring live Swing music from the Jive Aces & beginners & intermediate Lindy classes!

Learn to Lindy Hop - the grand-daddy of all the Swing dances! Have fun, get fit and learn to dance! Taught by Simon Selmon, bringing over 40 years of experience learning from many original masters of the dance.

SwingdanceUK's South-East London Lindy Hop club! Beginners & Intermediate Lindy Hop classes & social dancing every Wednesday with Niall Oates!

Intermediate/Advanced Lindy Hop class for experienced dancers! The class will kick off with footwork and partnered drills for connection & frame followed by building better basics. The second half of the class will focus on one topic which will vary from week to week and allow plenty of time for supervised practice and feedback.

Fast Beginners Balboa Workshop with Simon Selmon Learn this popular 1930s Swing dance. Join Simon, one of the first UK Balboa dancers of the Swing resurgence and learn the basics you need to dance the Balboa and how to incorporate it into your Lindy Hop or Jive. Class will include the Uphold, Downhold, Rock Step basics, Come Around, Grapevine and Lollies. Suitable for those who have tried couple of taster classes before or you have other dance experience.

Fast-Beginner & Improver Lindy Hop Intensive Workshop with Simon Selmon from SwingdanceUK will focus on technique and connection plus of course as many fun moves as we can fit in for the social dance floor! His aim is to get you dancing as confidently and as quickly as possible and he known for making difficult things easy. No partner required and whilst no experience is necessary, the class will move at a faster pace than absolute beginners and is suitable for those with some experience. This workshop will help prepare you to move confidently up to intermediate classes.

Richard Powers (US) is a full-time instructor in dance history and contemporary social dance forms at Stanford University Dance Division, Department of Theater and Performance Studies. His principal focus since 1975 has been social dance forms, from the Renaissance to today. Specializations include 19th century American and European social dance, dances of the Ragtime Era and Jazz Ages, and currently evolving vernacular dance forms. Saturday 31 August 2024 10.30am-1.30pm Ragtime Era Workshop including One Step & Animal Dances More bands these days who are incorporating Ragtime music into their repertoire so why not learn dances that go with the music! They were one of the forerunners of the Lindy Hop. Sunday 1 September 2024 10am-1pm Historical Blues & Foxtrot Workshop What do you do when slower songs come on? Let's find out!

Texas Tommy Workshop followed by Social Dance 6.45-7.45pm Learn the original Texas Tommy from pre Lindy 1900s. Read all about the Texas Tommy in Simon's Swing Notes article here 7.45-10pm Social dance music from Ragtime to Rock n Roll and everything in between with DJs Simon & Richard.

Learn to Lindy Hop - the grand-daddy of all the Swing dances at the Curzon Centre, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire! Have fun, get fit and learn to dance! Taught by Simon Selmon, bringing over 40 years of experience learning from many original masters of the dance.