Name: Lindy Hop in a Day
Start: 2025-01-05T13:00:00+00:00
Location: Penrith Parish Centre, CA11 7XX

Start the new year with a swing in your step! January is the perfect time to try something new. The swing dance community is a welcoming, friendly group who love swing music, connecting through dance and making new friends.
Lindy Hop in a Day is an afternoon workshop for beginner dancers. Learn the basics of Lindy Hop in an afternoon crash course followed by a tea dance social (Swing music, social dancing, tea and cake). Lindy Hop is a fun and playful dance with African American roots, which originated in the dance halls of Harlem, New York and evolved with the jazz music of the time.
You don't need a partner as we encourage everyone to rotate during the lessons. We do need to balance leader/ follower roles, so you need to decide which role you'd like to try when you book.
Traditionally men were the leaders and women the followers. Today, we encourage everyone to try either role, so pick which role you think you'd most enjoy. If you are coming with a friend/partner, it's good to learn opposite roles so you can dance together at home, or on a night out!
3 x 50 minute classes will cover pulse, 6 and 8 count footwork rhythms, lead and follow techniques and simple moves to give you confidence to dance to swinging jazz tunes from the 1920s-1940s.