Course Tag: Online

In this course, you’ll learn some of our favourite social dancing lindy hop moves. It’s intended to be a good challenge for both leaders and followers as the movements are pushing our limits in rhythm, balance and connection.

What will I learn in this course?

You’ll learn difficult lindy hop moves, moves with accelerations and turns, and moves that play with various connection techniques.

What should I know before I join this course?

The course is intended for dancers who have at least 1-2 years of experience (for example if you regularly do SwingStep courses you’re in Bachelor, Master, or Graduate.) You should be a comfortable social dancer before you attempt this course.

Whether you’ll take this course alone or with a partner, we created a video to explain how you can get the best out of your online learning experience with us. You’ll find it in the Lesson Content section, under the main video of the first class.

If you are not sure whether the course is right for you, don’t hesitate to ask us 🙂
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Understanding the various layers of the music will help you hear a lot more in the music and therefore have an easier time knowing what is happening in the song while you are dancing. This will help you better know when to express what and with what feel.

What will I learn in this course?

In this course, we intend to go from basics all the way up to very complex concepts in musicality, but intended for intermediate and advanced dancers.

This course will improve your partner dancing immeasurably, but the training you can do completely alone, no partner needed.

What should I know before joining?

You should be comfortable with hearing the 1 in the music. You should have been social dancing to swing music for at least 1-2 years before taking this course.

If you are not sure whether the course is right for you, don’t hesitate to ask us 🙂
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Solo Jazz is the easiest way to work on your dancing independently of a partner. You get a better understanding for the basic rhythms of swing dancing, you improve balance and you gain more control of your weight shifts. Next to that you also learn some very popular Authentic Jazz steps that are not only great for dancing solo, but also can be added as variations in your Lindy Hop. We are big believers in every Lindy Hopper having a basic knowledge of Solo Jazz – so why don’t you give it a go?

What will I learn in this course?

This course teaches you some of the most popular Solo Jazz steps and deepens your understanding of the basic rhythms of swing dancing:

Basic Rhythms: : Groove Walk, Jig Walk, Quick Steps, Triple StepsPopular Jazz Steps: Tackie Annie, Fall off the Log, Apple Jacks and many more…Creativity & Improvisation: Easy ways to combine jazz steps and create our own

What should I know before I join this course?

This course does not require a lot of dance experience. After Swing 1+2 or approximately three months of swing dance classes you should have enough movement experience to keep up with the learning tempo of the course.

If you are eager to work hard or a fast learner, you can even give it a go without any prior dance experience.
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Jazz music has an incredible ability to make us want to move. Even after learning only a few simple jazz steps, you can tap into that feeling and flow with the music like a surfer catching a wave. This course is designed to do just that!

You don’t need any prior knowledge about jazz music, or any prior dance experience whatsoever; we’ll start from scratch and build up layers from there. In each class you’ll have a great balance of easy step-by-step instructions and practice time, plus some cool challenges thrown in. In only three sessions we’ll take you into the world of jazz, giving you everything you need to move and groove along to amazing swinging tunes!

What will I learn in this course?

You’ll learn some important jazz steps, as well as the fundamental techniques behind them.  Vernacular jazz is a Black american art form, which emphasizes improvisation and creativity, and in this course you’ll even get a taste of the rich exploration you can do to create your own voice in the dance.

Basic Rhythms: Step-Holds and Hold-Steps, Quicks, TriplesPosture, Groove, BalanceClassic Steps: Tackie Annies, Shish-ka-booms, Low-downs, Camel Walks, and moreSimple tools for improvising and for developing your own style

What should I know before I join this course?

You can take this course without any prior dance experience.  If you’ve taken some swing courses before, you’ll have some experience that you can build on and this course will be easier for you, but the prior experience is absolutely not necessary.

If, after this course, you are ready to dig deeper with more material and a more challenging learning pace, then check out our Solo Jazz Basics course.
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This course is split into two halves: lindy hop sugar pushes and charleston swingouts. Both are classic moves and should be part of any dancers’ repertoire. Along the way you’ll learn a lot of footwork variations, creating a new feeling and style in your dancing.

What will I learn in this course?

Each of these moves will come with its own fun variations, but this checklist shows the fundamental moves you’ll learn in the class. Once you know these, you’re ready to move on to the next level.

lindy hop, sugar push: push-break, hovering, classiccharleston swingout: basic, kick-step variations

We highly recommend people to take Swing 6 multiple times.

What should I know before I join this course?

The first half of the course requires footwork control and rhythm that builds off of Swing 4; in the second half, the Charleston experience from Swing 5 will pay off. Taking Swing 5 and Swing 6 in parallel can be a great option too.

Whether you’ll take this course alone or with a partner, we created a video to explain how you can get the best out of your online learning experience with us. You’ll find it in the Lesson Content section, under the main video of the first class.
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If you’ve ever seen anybody dance partnered Charleston, these are the moves that stand out: Tandem, Airplane & Hand-to-Hand Charleston. It’s fast, it’s energetic, and gives you exciting new ways of connecting with your partner.

What will I learn in this course?

Each of these moves will come with its own fun variations, but this checklist shows the fundamental moves you’ll learn in the class. Once you know these, you’re ready to move on to the next level.

hand-to-hand charleston: basic, turn, transitionstandem charleston: basic, pushouts, chase into tandemairplane charleston: basic, turns

We highly recommend people to take Swing 5 multiple times.

What should I know before I join this course?

Swing 5 takes you deeper into Charleston moves and rhythms, and will use the foundation and practice you gained in Swing 3. It is helpful to have the added experience and control you gained in Swing 4, but it’s possible to take Swing 4 and Swing 5 in parallel if you like.

Whether you’ll take this course alone or with a partner, we created a video to explain how you can get the best out of your online learning experience with us. You’ll find it in the Lesson Content section, under the main video of the first class.
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The amazing dancer Al Minns once was asked what Lindy Hop is; he said, “It’s when you send the girl out and then she does the twist”. In this course we’ll do just that! Starting with the classic Lindy circle and into a basic version of the swingout, we’ll of course also add fancy variations. As a leader you will learn how to position yourself to support your follower in more complex movements. And as a follower you will learn the classic swivel, to decorate your dancing with beautiful hip twists.

What will I learn in this course?

Each of these moves will come with its own fun variations, but this checklist shows the fundamental moves you’ll learn in the class. Once you know these, you’re ready to move on to the next level.

lindy circle: from closed or openswingout: from closed or openvariations: outside turn, texas tommytwists: swivels and switches

We highly recommend people to take Swing 4 multiple times.

What should I know before I join this course?

In Swing 4 we’ll take you a lot deeper into the world of lindy hop. Being exposed to swing dance classes for over 4 months is important to be in flow, so that you have the muscle memory and skill to easily perform the basics of Lindy Hop before tackling the movements in this course. This is why we recommend you take Swing 4 after you have mastered Swing 3.

Whether you’ll take this course alone or with a partner, we created a video to explain how you can get the best out of your online learning experience with us. You’ll find it in the Lesson Content section, under the main video of the first class.
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This course is all about rotations. Here you’ll learn some of the most typical swing dance moves such as the tuck turn and the sailor step, and the more in-depth turning techniques they require. You’ll also start learning how to speed up your dancing so that you can combine Charleston and Lindy Hop variations within a single dance.

What will I learn in this course?

Each of these moves will come with its own fun variations, but this checklist shows the fundamental moves you’ll learn in the class. Once you know these, you’re ready to move on to the next level.

– charleston: tuck turn closed-to-open, tuck turn open-to-open; sailor steps– lindy hop: tuck turn closed-to-open; redirections and variations– mixing: combining lindy hop and charleston within your dancing

What should I know before I join this course?

In Swing 3 we build up on the foundation laid in both the Swing 1 and Swing 2 courses. If you have other lindy hop experience, email us at [email protected] (perhaps taking one private lesson and jumping into Swing 3 with us would be a great fit for you).

Whether you’ll take this course alone or with a partner, we created a video to explain how you can get the best out of your online learning experience with us. You’ll find it in the Lesson Content section, under the main video of the first class.
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Welcome! We’ve prepared a series of ‘how-to’ guides for you, with some tips and tricks from us, Kris (left) and Ali (right) to get you started with our online courses and community. After using these guides, if anything is unclear or you want some advice, of course also please feel free to send us an email 🙂
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