Lessons in easy-to-learn 1920s dance crazes!
The lessons are for all levels of dancer, including absolute beginners.
No prior experience is needed.
Two venues with only a 2-minute walk between them!
The Hurndale Room is in the cool downstairs of Eastminster and has air conditiong!
The Upper Hall has an excellent dance floor and stage within a well-ventilated space!
10:30am - 12:45pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
No prior experience is needed. Absolute beginners welcome.
TEACHERS
DETAILS
This workshop is part of the Roaring 20s Dance Festival.
We will give you enough material to dance as much as you like all evening.
The basic is just walking. Easy-to-learn.
Easy-to-learn.
We will do some basic Peabody, which is a cool version of One Step and Jazz Age Fox Trot.
We will do some 1920s One-Step Blues (called Le Blues in 1920s France).
NEED A PARTNER?
Partner rotation is allowed in all lessons. You may register on your own or with a partner. If you seek a partner, please post that at the Facebook event.
You can also ask people at Swing Toronto dances and such. You could also click the buttons above for help.
VENUE
The Gymnasium
Enter at east entrance on Jackman Ave
Easminster United Church
310 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 1N6
SCHEDULE
Saturday, November 19
10:15am - 10:30am
Doors open
10:30am - 12:45pm
Workshop
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST will be added.
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2:00pm - 3:15pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
• You have taken the Roaring 20s Dance Crazes workshop earlier in the day,
- OR -
• You are already doing partner dancing of some kind on the regular.
TEACHERS
This workshop is part of the Roaring 20s Dance Festival.
Learn some great Peabody variations to mix in with your other dancing.
*Lindy Hoppers, note that the great Lindy Hoppers of the 1930s and 40s did Peabody, including Frankie Manning, Norma Miller and Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. It was very popular at The Savoy Ballroom.
NEED A PARTNER?
Partner rotation is allowed in all lessons. You may register on your own or with a partner. If you seek a partner, please post that at the Facebook event.
You can also ask people at Swing Toronto dances and such. You could also click the buttons above for help.
VENUE
Upper Hall
Enter the Upper Hall from Hampton Avenue, just south of Danforth.
St. Barnabas on The Danforth Anglican Church
175 Hampton Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 2Z3
SCHEDULE
Saturday, November 19
2:00am - 3:15pm
Workshop
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST will be added.
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6:00pm - 7:15pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
This is a drop-in class. No prior experience is needed. Absolute beginners welcome.
TEACHERS
DETAILS
This drop-in class is part of the Roaring 20s Dance Festival, and the evening's Roaring 20's Saturday Night Swing Dance Party.
1920s partner CHARLESTON for the first half of the class, 1920s traveling partner dance variations and options for the second half.
NEED A PARTNER?
Partner rotation is allowed in all lessons. You may register on your own or with a partner. If you seek a partner, please post that at the Facebook event.
You can also ask people at Swing Toronto dances and such. You could also click the buttons above for help.
VENUE
Upper Hall
Enter the Upper Hall from Hampton Avenue, just south of Danforth.
St. Barnabas on The Danforth Anglican Church
175 Hampton Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 2Z3
SCHEDULE
Saturday, November 19
6:00pm - 7:15pm
Drop-in Beginner Class
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST will be added.
*Swing Toronto partners with Stripe for payment processing.
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DJ Nomad during band breaks.
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
VENUE
Upper Hall
Enter the Upper Hall from Hampton Avenue, just south of Danforth.
St. Barnabas on The Danforth Anglican Church
175 Hampton Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 2Z3
SCHEDULE
6:00pm - 7:15pm
Swing Dance Party
7:30pm - 10:30pm
DETAILS
DJ Nomad during band breaks.
Absolute beginners are welcome!
Finish the Roaring 20s Dance Festival in style! 1920s style attire is encouraged at the party and evening lesson, but not required. All 1920s styles are admired: drop waisted dresses, flapper, afternoon attire, evening attire, dapper, not-so-dapper, sporty, beach pajamas (for women), suspenders, boater hat, flat cap, jacket & tie, dinner jacket (tuxedo) & bow tie, two tone shoes, women wearing "traditionally male attire" (shirt, tie, pants or knicker pants, for example). It's all the cat's pajamas.
Photo ops at the party.
The Upper Hall is a high-ceilinged dance hall with an excellent wood dance floor, a stage for the band, good ventilation, and a side room for photo ops and more space to dance and hang out.
1920s attire
More on 1920s attire
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 1920s attire
PRICE
Same prices online and at door. Lesson included.
Prices are per person. HST included.
The Roaring 20s Jazz Age Dance Lesson and Saturday Night Swing Dance Party is INCLUDED with the FULL FESTIVAL PACKAGE. You will need to pay separately for this dance if you did not purchase the Full Package.
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Simon teaches and loves Lindy Hop, 1920s dances, Ragtime dances, 19th century dances, traditional Viennese Waltz, Polka and Cross-step Waltz. He also teaches and loves Air Steps, lifts, drops, dips, floorials, and thinks this is some of the best and most fun stuff in dance.
Simon has been teaching dance for over 20 years, co-founded Toronto's Lindy Hop scene in late 1995 and 96, has taught many classes and workshops, has presented many live band swing dance parties, has organized many dance workshop weekends since the mid 1990s, and has attended many workshops with the world's most highly regarded Lindy Hop teachers.
Simon is the coordinator of Swing Toronto and of Waltz Toronto.
Katherine started dancing at a young age, starting with folkdance. At 18, she became fascinated with latin and ballroom. She started dancing Lindy Hop and West Coast Swing in the early 2000's. Katherine and Frank, her partner at the time, organized the Toronto International Swing Dance Championships in 2008; later, she organized the 2011 TISDC. Argentine Tango became her main focus in 2012. Katherine has taught dance since her university days in various studios, public schools, at Swing Toronto, and privately. While mostly dancing Argentine Tango, Lindy Hop, and West Coast Swing over the last decade, there is no doubt in her mind that every single social dance has a spirit of its own that cannot be duplicated by any other dance. As such, she believes that the greater the array of dances one is capable of studying in one's lifetime, the deeper, wider, and higher one's spirit soars through movement and music.
Naum has been dancing since 1998, taught dance for three years in the 2000s, and started teaching again in late 2021. Dance is his main passion and hobby. He takes every opportunity to dance and take lessons, and likes sharing this passion and his dance skills with others. His favourite dances are Viennese Waltz, Balboa and Cumbia style Salsa.
