Lindy Hop/Swing Classes: April-June 2019 Session

Lindy Hop/Swing Classes April–June 2019 Session
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Mondays • Boston, MA April 8, 2019 (Special One Day Classes!)	Mondays • Boston, MA May 6 to June 17, 2019 (6 Week Session, no class 5/27)
Hop to the Beat and The Riff Academy are teaming up for a special day of fun drop-in classes. There are two blocks of classes based on level ($25 per block). Classes may also be taken a la carte ($15 per class). Block A (Beg–Int) 6:30–7:30pm Shim Sham Basics with Aurelie & Tony (Beg–Int) Starting at the beginning, covering all the basics of this popular line dance known by Lindy Hoppers around the world. Aimed at first timers as well as anyone wanting to get all the steps down. 8:00–9:00pm Dips & Drags with Katie (Beg–Int) Add some flavor to your Lindy Hop with some basic dips and drags. (Drags are the move where the follower is lead in lunge like walks in closed position). We’ll work on a variety of entrances/exits, leader and follower technique, and most importantly paying attention to your partner’s comfort! This class is aimed at dancers with some Lindy Hop experience, but are new to or need help with dips and drags! Block B (Int–Adv) 6:50–7:50pm Shim Sham Challenge! with Katie (Int–Adv) Let’s take the Shim Sham to the next level! Aimed at dancers who are experienced with the basic Shim Sham routine, we’ll play with variations, styling, different tunes, tempos, direction changes, and more. If you are interested in performing the Shim Sham with style or just getting inspired, join us! 8:00–9:00pm Dips & Tricks with Aurelie & Tony (Int–Adv) Spice up your Lindy Hop with a bit of flash! Suitable for the social dance floor under appropriate conditions, and also fun to break out in a jam, competition or performance. Aimed at experienced dancers and will include a variety of weight bearing moves! Levels of options will be provided. Can be taken with a partner. For those attending without a partner, we’ll be breaking into small groups.	Due to scheduling issues at Ruggles in April (our Boston class venue), our next 6 week session will be starting on Monday, May 6. 6:30–7:30pm Lindy Hop Level 1 Featured topic for this session: Frankie’s Favorites! This session we’ll be featuring some of the classic moves from the King of Swing himself, Frankie Manning! Frankie was not only an original Lindy Hopper from the early 1930s, he experienced a whole new chapter in his life starting in the 1980s as he became a teacher and tremendous influence to new generations of Lindy Hoppers around the world. Frankie danced with passion and joy, something he also passed on everywhere he went. This class is for brand new dancers, continuing students, and anyone wanting to add some of that Frankie joy to your dancing! 7:30–8:00pm Stay after class for practice! 8:00–9:00pm Change Up Your Dancing This class will be about taking what you know and trying new possibilities. Playing with rhythm is one of the most fun features of dancing, while also focusing on connecting with the music. We’ll explore alternative options, slowing movement, speeding up, adding something unexpected. If you want to break out of your basic footwork and patterns, this will be a great class for you! There will be individual as well as lead choices for leads and follows. 9:00–9:30pm Stay after class for practice!
Ruggles Baptist Church (near Fenway Park) 874 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215 Please bring a change of clean shoes. Get directions	Ruggles Baptist Church (near Fenway Park) 874 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215 Please bring a change of clean shoes. Get directions
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Monday, April 8, 2019 to Monday, June 17, 2019

What Is Lindy Hop?

Lindy Hop is the original style of Swing dancing. Originating in the late 1920s, it evolved out of a variety of dances, such as the Charleston, in the African American communities of Harlem, with influences from both formal European and West African dances. It is still wildly popular among groups of dancers all over the U.S. and around the world. The Lindy Hop of today has continued to evolve over the years, influenced by other dance styles and changes in popular music. It is an incredibly fun, joyful, creative partner dance mixing the classic with the new. With a character all its own, Lindy Hop is hard to resist!

Testimonials

I’d like to thank you both for all the efforts you’ve made to bring some rhythm to our lives. Lindy is the best and you are the best at bringing it to us. Looking forward to all the fun in the coming year.

Larry F

Winchester, MA

I’d like to thank you for the great teaching and the unforgettable Beantown Camp. In my top five of best memories, three are related to Lindy Hop. Thanks for being my first Lindy Hop teachers and I hope to see you some time next year during one of my visits to Boston!

Sophie D.

Belgium

I am still so grateful for the lessons we had with you - you and Tony truly gave us the first dance we dreamed up, and that we (and our guests!) won’t soon forget! Thank you again and looking forward to seeing you soon!

Mary L.

Ashland, MA

A year ago, we were a young couple in (desperate) need of dance lessons for our wedding. Lucky for us, we happened on one of the monthly Uptown Swing events in Brookline, discovered Tony & Aurelie, and now we can’t get enough!

Tony & Aurelie are knowledgeable, fun teachers that deliver well-balanced lessons—always adding new moves to the mix, covering (necessary) technique, and giving personal feedback. Lindy is so much fun and we continue to have a blast learning it together (even after the wedding). We have Tony & Aurelie to thank for our new found addiction that will certainly keep us dancing (and laughing) together for years to come.

Derek H.

Brookline, MA

Aurelie & Tony are such wonderful Lindy Hop teachers. I absolutely love their classes. Their fantastic dedication in nurturing their students and in providing a terrific strong supportive Lindy and swing community is a total inspiration. Uptown Swing—their dynamite monthly dance in Brookline, is not to be missed! Their most incredibly phenomenal premier Beantown Lindy Hop Camp for the worldwide Lindy community is truly absolutely amazing beyond words.

Connie S.

Boston, MA

So you are great dance instructors and are solely responsible for all the fun I’ve had dancing over the last 8 years, as I got better and better, so thank you for all that.

Andy C.

Newton, MA

…just want to thank you for being such wonderful teachers, delightful people, and powerful advocates and supporters of the Swing dance community! It has been terrific participating in your classes; I learned so very much and enjoyed myself all the way.

Laura M.

Waltham, MA

Just to thank you (Tony) and Aurelie for your wonderful dance instruction…I really appreciated the teaching methods that you and Aurelie used. You broke everything down and allowed us plenty of opportunity to practice (again and again) the moves we’d just learned. Also, you were so very positive and encouraging–not to mention generous with the time you spent with me/us individually! AND, you were great not only at identifying my areas of “weakness”, but at giving very specific and concrete suggestions on how to address whatever it was that was going wrong. Incredibly helpful!

Leslie G.

Arlington, MA

Hop to the Beat

March/April Lindy Hop Class Session Cancelled

Class Sessions are Suspended due to COVID-19

Lindy Hop/Swing Classes: April-June 2019 Session

Block A (Beg–Int)

Block B (Int–Adv)

Featured topic for this session: Frankie’s Favorites!

Private Lessons

What Is Lindy Hop?

Testimonials