Every Monday Night we'll be teaching you the dance that goes with the World's most popular rhythm - Swing. Presently, East Coast Swing rivals any other dance in the United States for supremacy in overall popularity. In this ongoing class we will teach you the West Coast Styles, Including patterns from Triple Swing, Jitterbug, Lindy, & Jive. In this way you will be able to dance to any of the music from the 40's through to the present with the musical triplet rhythm as its basis. Big Band, Rock & Roll, Oldies, R & B, Soul, Motown, Country, Disco, House, Blues, Southern Rock, Bluegrass, and even Hip Hop provide thousands of Swing Dancing opportunities. Swing dancing will teach you rhythm and timing. The choreography of Salsa, Bachata, & Hustle primarily have their roots in Swing steps, turns, rotations, spins, & pivots. You'll become terrific leaders & followers with the help of Jeff and Robin's teaching and demonstrations. We more than encourage not only beginners but those well beyond to join this class and really get it right. All of the patterns shown in both styles will always be preceded by the most basic step so have no fears about joining and staying with us for a long time to come!! We teach West Coast Swing privately it is a smooth (no bounce) Swing dance and it is danced in a slot (think of dancing between railroad tracks). The dance allows room for syncopated footwork and improvisation. It is danced in primarily in 6 and 8 count patterns. Followers have more freedom than any other dance, performing their syncopation's at will while the leader provides the basic rhythm while anchoring the follower. West Coast Swing can be danced to a wide range of music including Rhythm and Blues, Country Western, Funk, Disco, Rock and Pop. This dance is definitely one of our favorites because of it’s diversity and we LOVE teaching it!
