Charlotte and Jethro have been dancing, performing and teaching together for about 10 years. Here’s your chance to pick their brain and nerd out about Lindy Hop for an hour and a half.

Details:

• Saturday 6th of April

• The Chapel Space

• 1:15pm until 2:45pm

• $25

Swing Zing has reached an amazing milestone and will be turning 20 years old in 2024!

We all know how hard we partied in our 20s, so this will be one wild party you don't want to miss out on.

Workshops

11.15am @ The Chapel Space
Air step class! Charlotte and Jethro are back teaching aerials again. Recap/learn a few fundamentals to warm up then learn a couple of air steps you can train and throw down in the next jam circle.

12:45pm Lunch Break

1:15pm @ The Chapel Space
Lindy 3 workshop. Charlotte and Jethro are cooking up some fun and challenging ideas for this class.

2:30pm Break

2:45pm @ The Chapel Space
Open level Balboa workshop. If you’ve been hanging out for some Bal, here’s your chance! Fi and Jethro will help you freshen up those balboa moves

4pm End of workshops

Social

North Perth Town Hall doors open 6.30pm for a fun, open level taster class. Then it’s social dancing from 7.15!

We will be providing some food (and cake!) but feel free to bring a plate of nibbles to share if you like.

Social dancing, good times and maybe even a few party games to celebrate 20 years of teaching Swing Dancing in Perth.

Event will be finishing at 10pm so make sure you arrive early enough to get enough dancing in before then.

FAQ

How much?
Workshops are $25 each, the social is $10. Or all 3 workshops plus the social for $70

What level is the aerials class?
We will attempt to make the aerials class accessible for any skill level by offering beginner intermediate and advanced options. However due to the nature of these moves, for your safety we do require all participants to be physically capable enough. If you can walk around while giving a friend a piggy back or carry them in your arms, you will be capable enough to participate in the air-steps class.

What level is the Lindy Hop classes?
This is an advanced class. If you have been in intermediate classes for a number of years and you know about musical phrasing, high information vs low information leading/following and adding solo jazz steps into your social dancing, then this is the class for you.

What level is the Balboa class?
We will be teaching intermediate and advanced content in this class. We will not have time to teach the absolute basics though. So if you know how to do a single time basic (the down basic) and a delayed time basic (the up basic) you are welcome to join class.
If you do not know these basics but are an experienced dancer, teach yourself the fundamentals before the workshop (there’s lots of online resources) and you’ll be welcome to join in.

Where are the workshops?
The Chapel Space is a venue space in North Perth. There is street parking but make sure you give yourself a little extra time to park up and walk down. Sometimes parking can be a little tricky.
117 Angove St, North Perth WA 6006

Where is the social?
We’ll be in the North Perth Town Hall, main hall, 26 View St, North Perth WA 6006.

We're back! Proudly running for the 3rd year in a row, welcome to Queer Swing!

This short, 2 week block of classes is for our friends in the LGBTQI+ community to come along and have a go at swing dancing in a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment!

Already a dancer? No problem! Come along and support a friend

We want everyone to be able to come so if money is tight, don't fret.

Classes will be pay what you can between $0-$20
Underagers welcome with a guardian.
Wear what you feel, come as you are!
(please wear shoes, that's just a safety thing)

We're back! Proudly running for the 3rd year in a row, welcome to Queer Swing!

This short, 2 week block of classes is for our friends in the LGBTQI+ community to come along and have a go at swing dancing in a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment!

Already a dancer? No problem! Come along and support a friend

We want everyone to be able to come so if money is tight, don't fret.

Classes will be pay what you can between $0-$20
Underagers welcome with a guardian.
Wear what you feel, come as you are!
(please wear shoes, that's just a safety thing)

Friends! Monique and Charlotte are taking the reigns for the month of June and we're excited!!!
This month we'll be exploring with you what it means to be a swing dancer, not just a lindy hopper

For our wonderful level 1s that means continuing to grow your moves vocab and developing those leading and following techniques.

For those in our second classes, it's all about moving and grooving to the music and breaking free of what is and isn't Lindy, let's just swing.

Added BONUS THIS MONTH!

We'll be throwing in some Bal Shots* and Hair Wrap Tutorials between our classes! Here's what that looks like!

6:30pm - Beginner Lindy Hop
7:30pm - Social Dancing
7:45pm - Hair wrap tutorial (Weeks 1 & 5), Bal shots* (weeks 2,3 & 4)
8:00pm - Swing Dancing (min level 2 experience encouraged)

* What's a Bal Shot? It's a short 15min Balboa Taster class! Perfect if you've been wanting to learn but not sure if it's for you.

Remember!

Complete Beginners welcome!
No Bookings Required!
No Partner Necessary!
Doing level 2? You can do level 1 for FREE!
Come as YOU are!

Cash & EFTPOS available

We all know you can do Lindy Hop or Balboa to any swing music, but some songs just feel better doing one or the other! So our DJ's will be playing 50/50 songs for Bal and songs for Lindy (but feel free to dance to them however you feel ).

We'll start the night off with a fun Bal rueda class to refresh everyone's balboa skills, then we get to dance the night away.

Class starts at 6.30
Social starts at 7.15
Event ends at 9
$15 for the class and social,
$10 for just the social

Lindy Hop with Kelly & Josh

Kelly and Josh are taking over our weekly classes at Mount Hawthorn Lesser Hall for a four week series exploring the building blocks of swing dancing.

Level 1 is open to everyone from brand new dancers to experienced lindy hoppers. In Level 2 we’ll dig deeper into the core fundamentals of the dance. 

Drop in classes with no partner required start Thursday, January 12th and run every week until February 2nd.

Level 1 - 6:30pm

Level 2 - 7:30pm

When: Every Thursday from January 12th - February 2nd

Where: Mount Hawthorn Lesser Hall, 

197 Scarborough Beach Rd

Cost: $20 per class, Multi-class passes available

Lindy Hop with Kelly & Josh

Kelly and Josh are taking over our weekly classes at Mount Hawthorn Lesser Hall for a four week series exploring the building blocks of swing dancing.

Level 1 is open to everyone from brand new dancers to experienced lindy hoppers. In Level 2 we’ll dig deeper into the core fundamentals of the dance. 

Drop in classes with no partner required start Thursday, January 12th and run every week until February 2nd.

Level 1 - 6:30pm

Level 2 - 7:30pm

When: Every Thursday from January 12th - February 2nd

Where: Mount Hawthorn Lesser Hall, 

197 Scarborough Beach Rd

Cost: $20 per class, Multi-class passes available

Lindy Hop with Kelly & Josh

Kelly and Josh are taking over our weekly classes at Mount Hawthorn Lesser Hall for a four week series exploring the building blocks of swing dancing.

Level 1 is open to everyone from brand new dancers to experienced lindy hoppers. In Level 2 we’ll dig deeper into the core fundamentals of the dance. 

Drop in classes with no partner required start Thursday, January 12th and run every week until February 2nd.

Level 1 - 6:30pm

Level 2 - 7:30pm

When: Every Thursday from January 12th - February 2nd

Where: Mount Hawthorn Lesser Hall, 

197 Scarborough Beach Rd

Cost: $20 per class, Multi-class passes available

Lindy Hop with Kelly & Josh

Kelly and Josh are taking over our weekly classes at Mount Hawthorn Lesser Hall for a four week series exploring the building blocks of swing dancing.

Level 1 is open to everyone from brand new dancers to experienced lindy hoppers. In Level 2 we’ll dig deeper into the core fundamentals of the dance. 

Drop in classes with no partner required start Thursday, January 12th and run every week until February 2nd.

Level 1 - 6:30pm

Level 2 - 7:30pm

When: Every Thursday from January 12th - February 2nd

Where: Mount Hawthorn Lesser Hall, 

197 Scarborough Beach Rd

Cost: $20 per class, Multi-class passes available

Drop in Lindy 2 classes are starting back up!

Facebook event here

Learn to Swing dance!

We are now starting regular drop in beginner swing dance classes! That means you can start any time and drop in and out whenever suits you.

Rotating partners in class is optional so you’re welcome to bring someone to dance with, or come by yourself and meet people at class to dance with. Either way your bound to have a good time and learn something new.

Classes cost $20, or you can by a multi class pass to save some money.

Our first class in Mount Hawthorn for 2022!!!

Come join us friendly bunch and learn to swing dance :D

No partner needed
No experiences needed
No booking needed

Just show up at 6.50pmpm and we'll sign you in. Then at 7pm our instructors will teach a beginners swing dance class.

After this class you would have been taught a basic step and one or two moves. But to really get the hang of it, we will run through a full 8 week course if you want to keep learning more. Same time, same place every week.

Our first class in Mount Hawthorn for 2022!!!

Come join us friendly bunch and learn to swing dance :D

No partner needed
No experiences needed
No booking needed

Just show up at 6.50pmpm and we'll sign you in. Then at 7pm our instructors will teach a beginners swing dance class.

After this class you would have been taught a basic step and one or two moves. But to really get the hang of it, we will run through a full 8 week course if you want to keep learning more. Same time, same place every week.

Our first class for 2022!!!

Beginners class AND an intermediate class.

Come join us friendly bunch and learn to swing dance :D

No partner needed
No experiences needed
No booking needed

7pm: Intermediate class.
You will need to have a good knowledge of the moves in our beginners classes for this class.

7.50pm: Sign in
New students will need to sign in so please arrive a little early and our friendly door person will help you out.

8pm: Beginners class.
This will be class 1 of our intro to swing dancing block. Perfect for anyone wanting to try out their first swing dance class.

Our first class for 2022!!!

Beginners class AND an intermediate class with the fantastic Em and Darrell

Come join us friendly bunch and learn to swing dance :D

No partner needed
No experiences needed
No booking needed

6.30pm: Intermediate class.
You will need to have a good knowledge of the moves in our beginners classes for this class.

7.20pm: Sign in
New students will need to sign in so please arrive a little early and our friendly door person will help you out.

7.30pm: Beginners class.
This will be class 1 of our intro to swing dancing block. Perfect for anyone wanting to try out their first swing dance class.

It’s time for Xmas break. But dont worry we’ll be back in January to give you your Swing Dancing Fix

FRIENDS! Have you wanted to give swing dancing a go but didn't quite know where to start? Here's your chance

While Swing Zing's spaces are welcoming and inclusive to all, sometimes it's nice to take those first triple steps somewhere familiar where you can be yourself! Monique and Charlotte are here for your intro into Lindy Hop! Be prepared to have some some fun and shenanigans!

Do I need to BYO partner? Nope! The great thing about swing dancing is that it's a social dance. A big part of it being able to ask anyone and everyone for a dance

Do I need to have dance experience? Absolutely not! I mean having a bit a rhythm doesn't hurt but that's why we're here!

Do I need special clothes/shoes? Not really. As long as you're comfortable and can move around. It can be an athletic dance so you want to be able to move around. If heels are your vibe and non negotiable, try some short chunky ones Remember this is a connected partner dance so there is that.

Is there a specific role I have to do based on some outdated notion of gender? OMFG ABSOLUTELY NOT AND THIS IS A BIG PART OF WHY WE WANT TO DO THIS CLASS! Sorry, we have a lot of feelings about this. We know that there have been situations where people have been made to feel like that and we want to completely and totally dispel this notion. Leading and following are roles differentiated by skill sets, and many of our teachers and students do both

How much for the classes? We recognise that we all have different means and we want EVERYONE to be able to join in and have fun times! Class rates will be on a sliding scale of 0$-$20 - pay what you can Cash and card accepted.

Facebook event here

FRIENDS! Have you wanted to give swing dancing a go but didn't quite know where to start? Here's your chance

While Swing Zing's spaces are welcoming and inclusive to all, sometimes it's nice to take those first triple steps somewhere familiar where you can be yourself! Monique and Charlotte are here for your intro into Lindy Hop! Be prepared to have some some fun and shenanigans!

Do I need to BYO partner? Nope! The great thing about swing dancing is that it's a social dance. A big part of it being able to ask anyone and everyone for a dance

Do I need to have dance experience? Absolutely not! I mean having a bit a rhythm doesn't hurt but that's why we're here!

Do I need special clothes/shoes? Not really. As long as you're comfortable and can move around. It can be an athletic dance so you want to be able to move around. If heels are your vibe and non negotiable, try some short chunky ones Remember this is a connected partner dance so there is that.

Is there a specific role I have to do based on some outdated notion of gender? OMFG ABSOLUTELY NOT AND THIS IS A BIG PART OF WHY WE WANT TO DO THIS CLASS! Sorry, we have a lot of feelings about this. We know that there have been situations where people have been made to feel like that and we want to completely and totally dispel this notion. Leading and following are roles differentiated by skill sets, and many of our teachers and students do both

How much for the classes? We recognise that we all have different means and we want EVERYONE to be able to join in and have fun times! Class rates will be on a sliding scale of 0$-$20 - pay what you can Cash and card accepted.

Facebook event here

A morning of workshops with Jessie Gordon!

Three, one hour, open level Solo Jazz classes with this incredible dancer.

• First session - 10am - 11am

• Second session 11.15am - 12.15pm

• Third session 12.30pm 1.30pm.

  Cost:

• $50 for the full set (or 3X class passes)

• $20 per class (or 1 class pass)

We've got such a unique mix of classes for you this residency and we're excited!

From 6:30pm join Jessie as she gets all nerdy about musicality and jazz in this month's Specialty Block.

Then from 8pm, Kenneth will come join the party for some partner dancing good times and guaranteed goooj.

We promised you 4 Solo Blues classes with Jessie and we're going to deliver!

Jessie is super keen to teach her final Blues class and has found time in her rather busy schedule to do just that.

To make it even better, it's going to be a 2 hour special

We've booked the Drill Hall in Bayswater for Saturday afternoon (the 18th of Sept) from 1.30pm so hopefully we'll see you there.

Cost:
FREE if you bought the original specialty block of Jessie's solo blues classes in July.
$30 for everyone else