2:00pm - 4:00pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
Suitable for all levels of dancer, as long as you are athletic.
You will need to bring your own dance partner, because there is no partner rotation in this kind of workshop. The lead needs to be able to easily lift and carry their follower.
Leads please bring shoes that have good traction especially under your heels (such as running shoes and shoes with rubber heels).
Followers please bring shoes that are good for landing from a jump (shoes that provide traction and absorption such as running shoes).
If you wish you may do the workshop in a group of three, two leads and one follower, or two followers and one lead.
TEACHERS
Learn dips, lifts, tricks, floorials, air steps, suitable for Lindy Hop and other partner dances.
This is our first dips, air steps, lifts and such workshop since before the pandemic. Our workshops of this kind are always popular and very enthusiastically received by those who attend. Come to this one and see why. We think this is some of the best and most fun stuff in partner dance.
NEED A PARTNER?
You need to bring your own dance 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, October 8
2:00pm - 4:00pm
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST will be added online.
Regular
Full-time students with ID
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7:00pm - 9:30pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
No prior experience is needed. Absolute beginners are welcome.
TEACHERS
DETAILS
Slow Balboa is a smooth graceful dance, perfect for slow swing tempos! It is an old dance which has been revived by a new generation of dancers.
Learn or review the basic pattern, Come Around, repeated triples and drags and if there is time, the Slow-out.
This workshop will get you ready for the new 5-week Slow Balboa Beginner Plus Course that starts Oct 19, 9pm-10pm at Trinity St Pauls.
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
Studio
Use Bloor St. entrance towards west side of building
Trinity-St. Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts
427 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1X7
SCHEDULE
Wednesday, October 12
7:00pm - 9:30pm
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST included.
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2:00pm - 5:00pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
You have done partner dancing of some kind regularly for months, or have taken at least one partner dance course with Swing Toronto or another dance school.
INSTRUCTORS
DETAILS
This workshop is part of the Blues Dance Workshop Weekend.
2:00pm - 3:30pm
I didn't know Blues was a dance
Learn the fundamentals of dancing to Blues music (yes, that's a thing). Whether fast or slow music, put down your drink and get on the dance floor.
3:30pm - 3:45pm
Break
3:45pm - 5:00pm
The slower the jazz, the better
Develop your dance vocabulary on slower music by exploring how Slow Jazz intersects between Lindy Hop and Blues.
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, October 15
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Workshop
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST will be added.
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1:30pm - 4:00pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
The Saturday workshop or instructor permission.
TEACHERS
DETAILS
This workshop is part of the Blues Dance Workshop Weekend.
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Welcome Back to the Ballroom
Increase your Ballrooming dance range with more advanced patterns and sequences.
2:45pm - 3:00pm
Break
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Juke it Out
Let's have some fun as we challenge ourselves to some faster tempos and solo movements.
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
Community Centre Gym
Enter from behind the church on Evans Ave, NOT Willard.
St. Pauls Anglican Church
404 Willard Ave, Toronto, ON M6S 3R5
SCHEDULE
Sunday, October 16
1:30pm - 4:00pm
Workshop
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST will be added.
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3:00pm - 5:30pm
Vaccination proof NOT required. Masks optional.
PREREQUISITE
No prior experience is needed. Absolute beginners are welcome.
TEACHERS
DETAILS
Learn and practice fundamentals of partnered swing dance.
After a brief warm up to some classic swing moves and rhythms, we will discuss and drill; posture, pulse, connection, stretch and compression, basic rhythm, use of momentum and how to move together smoothly.
By the end of this workshop you should have a broad understanding and practice in many of the core skills and concepts used to partner dance to swing music and see how these concepts work in both Bal Swing and Lindy Hop by learning and digging into the mechanics of various moves from each style such as the Bal Swing Toss Out and the Lindy Hop Send Out with other moves from various swing styles demonstrated to illustrate the concepts.
This class is ideal for people who are completely new to partner dance, and for experienced dancers who want to review and reinforce the fundamentals.
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
Main Hall
Use Bloor St. entrance towards west side of building
Trinity-St. Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts
427 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1X7
SCHEDULE
Saturday, October 22
3:00pm - 5:30pm
PRICE
Prices are per person. HST included.
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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), Two-step Blues (called Fox-Blues in 1920s France) and Camel Walk.
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.
*Swing Toronto partners with Stripe for payment processing.
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