Photo Credit: Kahlil Heslop
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
Understanding of Balboa footwork and basic patterns is preferred though not required. Experience in traveling dances like Waltz and Polka is also helpful.
TEACHERS
DETAILS
Introduction to Bal Trot – the traveling version of Balboa!
What is Bal-Trot? It is a travelling (line of dance) version of Balboa, invented by Joel and Alision Plys from 2PlySwing out of San Diego, California.
Balboa is one of the classic Swing Dances done all around the world today.
Stay after the workshop for Saturday Night Live Band Swing, 6pm to 10:30pm. Get the package deal price for the Workshop and Saturday Night Swing, 5pm to 10:30pm. (Or come to the workshop only, pay at the door, cash only, with a $20 deposit that will be returned to you if you leave within 15 minutes after the workshop.)
Note: The following weekend (June 5-7) is the Roaring 20s Jazz Age Dance Weekend, where there will be lots of traveling (line of dance) dancing at all three of the dance parties, and in the workshops and lessons.
NEED A PARTNER?
A partner is NOT required. It is common for people to attend by themselves. Partner rotation is allowed and encouraged in all lessons. You may register on your own or with a partner. Nevertheless, if you still 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 Avenue, Toronto, ON M4K 2Z3
SCHEDULE
Saturday, May 30, 2026
5:00pm – 6:30pm
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST included.
Workshop & Saturday Swing Package 5-10:30pm
($44.25 + $5.75 HST)
F/t student Package 5pm to 10:30pm
($30.97 + $4.03 HST)
Workshop only 5pm to 6:30pm
CASH ONLY pay at door
Workshop only f/t student 5-6:30pm
CASH ONLY pay at door
*Swing Toronto partners with Stripe for payment processing.
SWING TORONTO NEWSLETTER
Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news about our dances, workshops, courses, and events! You can unsubscribe at any time. We will not spam you.
$40 F/T student for the workshop, lesson and dance party (4-10:30pm))
Special offer: $40 for everything 4pm to 10:30pm if you took Vicky’s Rockabilly Jive workshop before
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
You are comfortable doing basic Collegiate Shag six count, in all three common positions. And can move around in the six count basic, and do Shag breaks.
TEACHERS
DETAILS
Collegiate Shag Intermediate Plus
Tandem Variations
We will focus on a long awaited Shag position: Tandem! Learn different Tandem positions, including side-by-side and classic Tandem, as well as a variety of moves in each. Some moves may be familiar to you, and others will be brand new! In Tandem in Collegiate Shag, the lead changes to the same foot as the follower. We will drill the concept of the lead changing to the follower footwork for Tandem. But adjusting to a new footwork pattern can be difficult, so, if you are coming as a lead, we encourage you to review and practice changing to the follower footwork before the workshop.
After the workshop, stay for the Collegiate Shag Social, 4:15pm to 5:55pm, same location, PWYC, cash at the door.
NEED A PARTNER?
A partner is NOT required. It is common for people to attend by themselves. Partner rotation is allowed and encouraged in all lessons. You may register on your own or with a partner. Nevertheless, if you still 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
Chapel
Enter from the doors facing Bloor Street, towards west side of building.
Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts
427 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1X7
SCHEDULE
Sunday, May 31, 2026
2:00pm – 4:00pm
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST included.
Regular Admission
($35.40 + $4.60 HST)
Full-Time Students with ID
($26.55 + $3.45 HST)
*Swing Toronto partners with Stripe for payment processing.
SWING TORONTO NEWSLETTER
Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news about our dances, workshops, courses, and events! You can unsubscribe at any time. We will not spam you.
$40 F/T student for the workshop, lesson and dance party (4-10:30pm))
Special offer: $40 for everything 4pm to 10:30pm if you took Vicky’s Rockabilly Jive workshop before
7:00pm – 11:00pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
Prior dance experience is not required, but already being able to do some kind of dancing is helpful for this all levels beginner friendly workshop. No need to bring your own dance partners.
TEACHERS
DETAILS
Learn 1920s Two Step and Shimmie, which were super popular in the 1920s, when everyone danced!
Stay for Jazz Age DJ’d Dance that follows the workshop.
1920s Two Step is a smooth, fun, easy-to-learn version of Polka (“Polka without the hop”), which was sometimes mixed with Shimmie Dancing. These dances are vernacular, improvisational, playful, free spirited and open ended.
Two Step was extremely popular from the 1890s through the 1920s. We will teach 1920s style Two Step.
Two Step can also be part of 1920s Jazz Age vernacular Fox Trot, by far the most popular dance of the 1920s and the Jazz Age, done from fast and Jazzy to slow and graceful (it is something quite different from contemporary Ballroom Fox Trot).
Note to Swing Dancers: Two Step is a precursor to swing dancing, and is where the triple step in Lindy Hop and swing dancing comes from. The first known swing dance,Texas Tommy Swing, from which Lindy Hop and other swing dancing developed, is, according to for example dance historian Richard Powers, an Afro-American reworking of Two-step/Polka.
NEED A PARTNER?
A partner is NOT required. It is common for people to attend by themselves. Partner rotation is allowed and encouraged in all lessons. You may register on your own or with a partner. Nevertheless, if you still 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
Friday, June 5, 2026
7:00pm – 11:00pm
Two Step & Shimmie Workshop
7:00pm – 9:45pm
1920s Jazz Age Dance Party
9:50pm – 11:00pm
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST included.
Regular
($44.25 + $5.75 HST)
Full-time students with ID
($30.97 + $4.03 HST)
*Swing Toronto partners with Stripe for payment processing.
SWING TORONTO NEWSLETTER
Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news about our dances, workshops, courses, and events! You can unsubscribe at any time. We will not spam you.
$40 F/T student for the workshop, lesson and dance party (4-10:30pm))
Special offer: $40 for everything 4pm to 10:30pm if you took Vicky’s Rockabilly Jive workshop before
2:00pm – 4:45pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
Prior dance experience is not required, but already being able to do some kind of dancing is helpful for this all levels beginner friendly workshop. No need to bring your own dance partners.
TEACHERS
DETAILS
Learn Peabody (Swing Walk), one of the super popular dances of the Jazz Age and Swing Era, including at the amazing Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, the epicenter of Lindy Hop and Swing Dancing in the the Swing Era!
Peabody (Swing Walk) is a very engaging and distinctive traveling partner dance, usually done to fast music, but adaptable to a wide range of tempos. The basic is just walking (it is a form of “One Step,” with roots going back at least as far as the 1910s), but it can also include syncopations, and can, if you like, be danced slow-slow quick-quick.
Note to Lindy Hoppers and Swing dancers: “All of the Lindy Hoppers” at the Savoy in the 1930s and Swing Era did Peabody, including Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, widely considered the greatest and most influential Lindy Hop performance group of all time. As well as dancing Peabody socially, Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers included Peabody in their dance shows, before the highlight of their shows which was Lindy Hop with air steps.
Simon & Cheryl’s main teachers for Peabody are the very wonderful Chad Fasca and Midori Asakura. You can see them doing Peabody & Charleston in the above video (the traveling dancing is Peabody). In the other video you can see Frankie Manning & Norma Miller, of Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, showing the Peabody (Swing Walk) they danced at the Savoy in the Swing Era.
NEED A PARTNER?
A partner is NOT required. It is common for people to attend by themselves. Partner rotation is allowed and encouraged in all lessons. You may register on your own or with a partner. Nevertheless, if you still 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, June 6, 2026
2:00pm – 4:45pm
Peabody Workshop
2:00pm – 4:45pm
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST included.
Regular
($44.25 + $5.75 HST)
Full-time students with ID
($30.97 + $4.03 HST)
*Swing Toronto partners with Stripe for payment processing.
SWING TORONTO NEWSLETTER
Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news about our dances, workshops, courses, and events! You can unsubscribe at any time. We will not spam you.
$40 F/T student for the workshop, lesson and dance party (4-10:30pm))
Special offer: $40 for everything 4pm to 10:30pm if you took Vicky’s Rockabilly Jive workshop before
2:00am – 8:00pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
Prior dance experience is helpful for this all levels beginner friendly workshop, but is not required. No need to bring your own dance partners.
TEACHERS
DETAILS
Learn Waltz in the style of the 1920s, including at least one 1920s turning basic (rotating with your partner as you travel around the room)!
Waltz was very popular in the 1920s and Jazz Age.
NEED A PARTNER?
A partner is NOT required. It is common for people to attend by themselves. Partner rotation is allowed and encouraged in all lessons. You may register on your own or with a partner. Nevertheless, if you still 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, June 6, 2026
2:00am – 8:00pm
1920s Waltz Workshop
2:00pm – 4:45pm
Jazz Age Waltz Dance (w snacks)
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Jazz Age Blues Dance (w snacks)
6:30pm – 8:00pm
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST included.
Regular Admission 2pm to 8pm
($53.10 + $6.90 HST)
Full time student with ID 2-8pm
($35.40 + $4.60 HST)
Dance only 5pm – 8pm
Dances only 5-8pm f/t student
*Swing Toronto partners with Stripe for payment processing.
SWING TORONTO NEWSLETTER
Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news about our dances, workshops, courses, and events! You can unsubscribe at any time. We will not spam you.
$40 F/T student for the workshop, lesson and dance party (4-10:30pm))
Special offer: $40 for everything 4pm to 10:30pm if you took Vicky’s Rockabilly Jive workshop before