We are a swing dance community group teaching Lindy Hop, Charleston and Solo Jazz.
We teach every Monday and regularly attended swing dance events as well as organising our own.
At In Full Swing we are a group of dancers passionate about spreading our love of Lindy Hop.
We primarily teach classes which include Lindy Hop, Charleston and Solo Jazz taken from the Authentic and Vernacular Jazz dance movements.
Our dances’ heritage is rooted within West African traditional dance which was brought to America via the Transatlantic slave trade.
These dance styles became the foundation of Lindy Hop, Charleston and Solo Jazz developed by African American dancers in Harlem New York, in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, and which make up the format of our dancing today.
Swing era dance developed and evolved alongside it’s namesake within music and we usually dance to big band swing, jazz and soul style music.
As one of the ‘social’ dances, swing dance is commonly danced without choreography but using established patterns and leader and follower techniques to create new interpretations of the music and dance with different partners.
Arrival time is 7pm and after class we like to socialise and do some more dancing
Price: £5 for 1 class, £7 for both classes, we accept cash, card and contactless payment.
There is a bar downstairs if you would like to get drinks for the class or the social.
If you have danced before and are comfortable with both Lindy hop and Charleston in 6 and 8 count, our intermediate class will cover further moves and techniques. Swing outs and solo jazz moves will be explored to build your repertoire.
In this class you will learn the fundamentals of Lindy Hop and Charleston, including basic posture, partner connection, footwork and some of the classic moves of swing dance (tuck turns, pass bys, flapjacks, swing outs, jazz styling etc.) – everything you need to take your skills on to the social dance floor! we will take every move from the very beginning so you will never feel lost.
We are a community that welcomes anyone who would like to dance
Every other month we put on a social dance event so we can practice all the awesome moves that we have learnt
Every other month we like to arrange a night out so we have the opportunity to get to know each other more
We aim to put two events on each year with a live swing band. It’s a great chance to mix with other local swing dance groups
There are plenty of other swing dance events throughout the UK we like to attend.
Every other month we put on a social dance event so we can practice all the awesome moves that we have learnt
Every other month we like to arrange a night out so we have the opportunity to get to know each other more
We aim to put two events on each year with a live swing band. It’s a great chance to mix with other local swing dance groups
There are plenty of other swing dance events throughout the UK we like to attend.
