Pre booking only strictly no drop ins all dancers adequately distanced floor markers in place.
Lindy hop practice floor.
Lindy was a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development but is mainly based on jazz tap breakaway and charleston.
Lindy hop is the original form of swing dancing which grew organically right on the great dance floors of harlem new york during the late 1920s and throughout the 30s and it s a dance that is meant to be free spirited joyful and a little bit raw and wild.
Please come to practice session with specific ideas on what you want to work on.
And while it s fun to look at any clip about lindy hop sometimes all you want is to have one specific clip one specific move you can study practice and learn to be able to use it on the social floor impress your partner and your friends and why not share the new move with your community.
It is free of charge and open to all skill levels.
We come to practice to work on the moves we learned in the previous classes or from dance videos that inspire us.
8 10 9 10pm intermediate advanced lindy hop from 9 10pm practise time for those taking both classes safe practice.
The swungover choose your own adventure guide to improving your own dancing the book ends with a special appendix that tells people how to build their own practice dance floor david rehm gets a good deal of the credit for the floor s design and for teaching me how to use a hammer.
You ve learned the 8 count lindy hop footwork pattern.
They ll also give you a creative basis for your lindy hop.
Practice practice practice.
Practice session is not social dance nor a class.
Thanks to swing in utrecht for their help in drafting this advice.
It can be moves lindy hop and solo jazz technique leading following and etc.
You are welcome to participate in a weekly lindy hop practice session.
Due to the current climate jiveswing have taken a number of measures to enhance everyone s safety including the following.
Here s a drill.
We built two of them over the last 6 years.
In the new swungover book practice swing.
The lindy hop is an american dance which was born in the african american communities in harlem new york city in 1928 and has evolved since then it was very popular during the swing era of the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Every lindy hopper should have a solid foundation in solo jazz in their dance vocabulary.
Jazz steps will help you develop your body movement improve your rhythm and will better help you understand the way that the dance connects with the music.
The social part of our dancing is what makes the lindy hop community so nice.
The session is optional.
