Lifelong Learning
Practice, Connect, Explore
Day & Time: Monday, 21:00 – 22:00
Dates: 08.04.2024 – 13.05.2024
The goal of this course is to keep moving your Lindy Hop forward, while always returning to strong fundamentals. The content will vary based on the teachers' choice and be adapted to your group’s needs as you develop. What makes the Lifelong Learning course different from our other courses is that it's not based on learning (or reviewing) a specific topic; it’s a group to stay with and train with over time.
The content varies; example topics are:
- Fancy turns and variations
- Geeky exercises to improve your rhythm, connection, and quality of movement
- Music: finding a deeper appreciation, and connecting your dancing more
- Developing your personal style
- Fast dancing
- Classic routines and combos
In order to join a Lifelong Learning class you should have a solid Lindy Hop foundation. Because the course covers a huge range of topics, different skills will be needed at different times. Overall here are our recommendations:
- Moves: you should be comfortable social dancing classics like Swing Outs, Tuck Turns, open position passbys, at a variety of tempos.
- Rhythm: you should be able to easily dance both triple steps and kick steps, and feel comfortable choosing between them in your social dancing.
- Music: you should be familiar with, and have an appreciation for, dancing to swing music; your dancing reflects the music you hear.
One way of making sure that you have these skills covered is to first take our other core courses:
- Lindy Hop Starter Kit (former Swing 1)
- Lindy Hop Fundamentals (former Swing 2)
- Tucks and Turns (former Swing 3)
- Swing Outs & Swivels (former Swing 4)
- Charleston Classics (former Swing 5)
- Sugar Pushes, Charleston Swing Outs (former Swing 6)
If you augment these courses with some Solo classes, as well as lots of practice and social dancing, you'll definitely have everything you need to be able to handle the challenges of this course.
Of course, we don't want to insist that you must get all your Lindy Hop knowledge from us! You might have picked up your skills elsewhere, which is absolutely fine too.
And, if you're not sure whether the course is right for you, don’t hesitate to ask us 🙂
Want to Join Lifelong Learning?
Step 1: Select a payment option below and fill out the form
Step 2: (While logged in) Select this course again and sign up
6-Class Package for a couple
210€
If you want to take classes with us, but you don’t want to commit to a subscription yet, then this option is for you.
This package is intended for couples who want to sign up for classes together.
You can also purchase this package as a single person, to have even more tickets available for yourself 🙂
All Info at Once
Our Studio in the Ringstraße
Ringstraße 19A
69115 Heidelberg
The building is at the intersection of Ringstraße with Hildastraße, our entrance is at the north-east corner, from the Ringstraße.
The building is closed on evenings and weekends, please use the buzzer so we can let you in. Our studio is in the “souterrain” – go downstairs and follow the sound of swing music 😉
Public Transportation: many busses, streetcars, trains; stops “Hauptbahnhof”, “Ringstraße”, or “Römerkreis Süd”.
Parking: it can be a bit tricky to find parking spots, so you should plan in some extra time. There’s a little bit of free street parking available in the Ringstraße (with Parkscheibe), metred parking at Kaiserstr and Belfortstr (the metre is at Kaiserstr 60). You can also try a nearby Parkhaus: there’s the nearby Scheck-In Centre (entrance from Kleinschmidtstraße), or a bit further away the P1 (entrance from Poststraße).
Accessibility: our studio is wheelchair-accessible, but the elevator is in a locked area of the building. If you have any mobility issues please contact us in advance so that we can arrange access for you.