Classes & Workshops
New weekly improver/intermediate class
Every Thursday night there will be a class for improvers/intermediates. To come to this you should already have done a beginners' intensive, or already know the basics. Each week there will be some new moves taught or revised, but there'll also be lots of attention on improving technique with individual feedback at a level that isn't possible in the taster class on Wednesday. There's a bar downstairs, often with live acts, if you want to relax after the class.
Every Thursday 9-10pm
Starts 25th Feb
Cost £6/£4
Venue: SouthBank Centre (upstairs studio), Dean Lane, Bristol BS3 1DB
Its just a few minutes walk from the harbourside by using the footbridge to Coronation Road, or there's unrestricted parking in most of the nearby streets.
No need to book, just turn up.
Weekend beginners' intensive workshop 20-21 March
Beginners intensive covering all the basics in 2 days (NB slight change of times):
Saturday 10-1.30 and Sunday 10-2
Cost £30/25 concessions
Subject to spaces, anyone who attended a previous beginners intensive can come to this one for free
Venue: Gallery 9, at The Old Fire Station, Silver Street, Bristol BS1 2PY
Advance booking required - please email david@swingdancebristol.com to reserve a place and for payment details, or with any questions.
Lindy Turn variations workshop Sunday 21 March
This workshop is suitable for people who have done the beginners' intensive or who already know a basic lindy turn. It will be useful both to improve your technique in the standard lindy turn, and to be able to make your dancing more varied.
Sunday 3-5pm
Cost £10/£8 concessions
Venue: Gallery 9, at The Old Fire Station, Silver Street, Bristol BS1 2PY
Advance booking required - please email david@swingdancebristol.com to reserve a place and for payment details, or with any questions.
The teachers
The teachers for the workshops and most weeks at the weekly class are David and Mithi - see about us to find out more.
What is lindyhop?
Swing dancing or 'lindyhop' dates back to the great jazz era of the 20s, 30s and 40s in the USA. It developed among the African American community – most famously in Harlem – and was danced to the big bands of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and others. It was 'rediscovered' in recent times and has grown massively since and there are now swing dances being held all over the world, with established swing dance scenes in several UK cities.