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Day Event Location
Saturday

Flappers & Sheiks - Flappers & Sheiks Classes and dancing, 7.30pm-1am. Next Date: Saturday 3 March 2012 - including Jack & Jill Contest!

London, Holborn, WC2
Saturday Night Swing Club - 3 Floors, dancing & classes 7.30pm - 2am. Next date: Saturday 10 March 2012 London, EC4
London Swing Dance Society's Simply Copasetic - Live band, Show & Dancing. Next Date: Saturday 24 March 2012 7.30pm-1am London, Holborn, WC2
Sunday Weekend Workshops - Various styles & levels
Coming up: Beginners & Fast Beginners Lindy Hop.
London, Bloomsbury, WC1
Monday Monday Night Lindy Hop - Beginners and Intermediate Lindy Hop classes with Nina Daines from the London Swing Dance Society London, Mayfair, W1S 4LQ
Monday Learn to Swing Dance - 30s/40s style classic Balboa with Simon & Nikki. Beginners & Intermediate Balboa Classes. London, WC2 9LA
Tuesday Wild Times - Lindy Hop classes & dance: beginners, intermediate, advanced, authentic jazz & over 3 hours social dancing! London, Holborn, WC2
Swingin' at Salfords - Lindy Hop class & dance. Redhill, RH1
Thursday Holborn Hop - Beginners & intermediate Lindy Hop classes and dancing!
Plus Blues Cafe, beginners & intermediate classes and social dancing!
London, Holborn, WC2
SE London Lindy Hop Club - Penge Lindy Hop class & dance. London, Penge, SE20

Prebook LSDS workshops here

Special Events:

Date Event Location
Saturday 17th March 2012 Harrow Dance Festival - A day-long celebration of Harrow's deiverse world cuisine, music & dance Harrow Town Centre
4-6 May 2012
Bank Holiday Weekend
Camden Crawl 2012 - Music, Comedy, Visual Arts, Film & Theatre! Camden Town, London NW1
30 June - 4 August 2012 Herrang Dance Camp - The most comprehensive dance camp in the world focusing on the African-American swing dance tradition. Herrang Dance Camp, Sweden

SATURDAYS

Flappers & Sheiks
Saturday 3rd March
7.30pm-1am

20s - 40s Charleston & Swing with Mr Kicks & guests
Practice your Bees Knees, Foxtrot around the floor or break out in a wild Lindy Hop.

7.45pm: Lindy Hop Dance Class
8.15pm: 20s Charleston Dance Class

With Jack & Jill contest with prizes!

1am Carriages

Admission: £10/£9 (LSDS members)

Venue: 4 Wild Ct, Holborn, WC2B 4AU (Tube: Holborn)

Dress code: Vintage, Retro or Smart - an effort appreciated!

 












SATURDAYS

Saturday Night Swing Club
Saturday 10 March 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


3 floors of dancing!
Great DJs including Dr Swing and Mr Kicks
Plus special guests Tim’s Jumpin Jive & Everything’s Jumpin’!

5 Drop-in classes (first class starts at 8.15pm) including:
Beginners Lindy Hop, Lindy Hop, Shag & 20s Charleston


Party 7.30pm until 2am!


Dress: Glamorous Retro or modern but an effort appreciated!
£12/£11 membs includes £3 drinks voucher

City Firefly Bar 18 Old Bailey, London EC4M 7EP
(Nearest tube: St Pauls / Overground: City Thameslink)

Future Dates:
Sat 10th March 2012

Sat 14th April 2012
Sat 12th May 2012

More details

 

 






SATURDAYS


London Swing Dance Society presents
Simply Copasetic
Saturday 24 March 2012
7.30pm - 1am

A red-hot revue followed by a night of sizzling Swing dance to warm up even the coldest night!

The Hep Chaps
playing live

The Gentlemen Friends

Plus more to be announced!

+ THE COPASETIC RAFFLE!
WIN WIN WIN!!!

Doors 7.30pm
Show 8pm
Dancing 9pm

DJs Mr Kicks plus guests!
Plus live Hep Chaps11pm

Venue: 4 Wild Ct, Holborn, WC2B 4AU (Tube: Holborn)

Dress code: Vintage, Retro or Smart - an effort appreciated

Admission:

Earlybird price £14 when booked before 15th March!
£15 / £12 after 9.15pm

To Pre Book



 



WEEKEND WORKSHOPS 

with The London Swing Dance Society

Dance Studio, Bloomsbury Fitness First,
Coram Street, WC1N 1HB

Fitness FirstHow to get there

PRE-BOOK HERE
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Sunday 19 February - 11 March 2012

Lindy Hop Course: 19, 26 February & 11 March 2012  
Beginners Lindy Hop 12-1pm
Fast Beginners Lindy Hop
1-2pm
Attend the whole course or drop in to any one class! Cost £6 per class

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Sunday 4 March 2012 with Special Guest Teacher Melanie Bucher

12-2pm Ladies styling & how to be a good follow
2-4pm Musicality, how to look good on the dance floor plus leading & following skills

We are very pleased to welcome back Melanie. She is a World Champion dance, internationally renowned teacher, choreographer & professional coach. She passes on her vast knowledge in a fun & entertaining style - a real treat!

Level:
Both classes are aimed at intermediate Lindy Hoppers or those with some dance background but an experienced Fast Beginner will also benefit, it is not suited to an absolute beginner.

Cost: £12 for 2hrs or £20 for 4hrs prepaid
£14/£24 on the day.

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Sunday 01 - 22 April 2012

Four Week 20s Charleston Course: 01, 08, 15 & 22 April 2012  
Beginners Charleston 12-1pm
Solo & Partnered Basics. No experience or partner required.
Fast Beginners Charleston
1-2pm
Solo & Partnered 20s style Charleston. You've done beginners or have other dance experience.
Attend the whole course or drop in to any one class! Cost £6 per class

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PRE-BOOK WORKSHOPS HERE



MONDAYS
Monday Night Lindy Hop
At Dover Street Restaurant & Bar

Every Monday! (Closed Bank Holidays)

8-10 Dover Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 4LQ. Nearest Tube: Green Park

Beginners Lindy Hop class with Nina Daines from the London Swing Dance Society 7.15pm

Intermediate Lindy Hop class
with Nina Daines from the London Swing Dance Society 8.15pm

Band sets 9.30pm & 11.00pm

Please see the Dover Street Restaurant & Bar Website for schedule of Live Bands

Admission: £7 entry to the night
+ £3 per class

No need to pre-book

 

 

 

 


MONDAYS

Learn to Swing Dance!

30s/40s style classic Balboa
At the Seven Dials Social Club

42 Earlham Street, WC2 9LA
Tube: Covent Garden
How to get there - Map

Every Monday!

Join top Swing dance instructors
Simon Selmon and Nikki Santilli!

7pm Beginners Balboa Swing
No experience necessary or partner required.

8pm Intermediate Balboa Swing
Minimum 10 weeks of Beginners Balboa

Admission: £6 per class or £10 for both classes

+ Why not stay and dance to the Kings Cross Hot Club from 9 -11pm (separate event) further details

Large wooden dance floor, licensed bar, food available.

No need to pre-book!

 

 

 

 


TUESDAYS
Wild Times
Lindy Hop & Authentic Jazz Classes & Dancing

Every Tuesday with dance champ Simon Selmon
Successfully teaching 1,000’s of students Lindy Hop since 1986

see video

Friendly Atmosphere & Central London Location
No need to book - Just Turn Up Any Week!

Wild Court, 4 Wild Court, London, WC2B 4AU
(From Holborn tube head towards the Strand,
Wild Ct is next to Belgo's. Easy parking on Kingsway after 7pm)

Wild Times

How to get there

Upstairs

7:15 Beginners' Lindy Hop

8.15 Intermediate Lindy Hop

9.15 Advanced Lindy Hop or other Swing Dances (see schedule below)*

 

Downstairs

7.15 Authentic Jazz (see schedule below)

8.15 Over 3 hours non-stop social dancing to top guest swing DJs

Beginners Lindy Hop - Learn over 30 classic moves. No experience necessary. Beginners welcome every week!

Intermediate Lindy Hop - You've done beginners, now increase your vocabulary, improve technique & develop your style. Minimum 10 weeks of Beginners Lindy.

Advanced Lindy Hop - Want to give your dancing more oomph? Then this class is for you!
Revisiting the basics from an advanced viewpoint. Developing solid technique, footwork, styling, variations, themed classes & related dances that will improve/challenge your Lindy & overall dancing. There will be new material each week. Minimum 20 weeks of Intermediate Lindy.

06 & 13 March - Fast Lindy with Ichtis & Solveiga

Upcoming jazz classes:
06 & 13 March - Ichtis - Authentic Jazz & Charleston
20 March - Nikki - Classic Jazz Steps
27 March - Bees Knees - Charleston

Dancing till late at the Wild Times Lounge!
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Dance to the hottest Swing, Rhythm n Blues, Rock n Roll & a dash of Charleston from the last 80 years. Resident DJ Mark'.

Upcoming guest DJs:
06 March - Mad Hatter
13 March - Haydn
20 March - Lady Kamikaze
27 March - The Bees Knees

Wild Times Admission:
£11/£10 (members) for all classes & dancing.

Beginners or Jazz Class only or Dancing only £6/£5 (members)



TUESDAYS

Swingin' at Salfords

Learn Lindy Hop with Niall
then dance to music from the 30s, 40s & 50s

7.45pm Beginners class
8.45pm Intermediate class

9.30pm Freestyle

Licensed bar and free parking!

Venue: Perrywood Sports & Social Club,
Honeycrock Lane, Salfords,
Redhill, RH1 5JP

Admission: £8/£7 membs

 

 



WEDNESDAYS

Currently no Wednesday events - New Classes to be announced!

 

 

THURSDAYS

Holborn Hop!
An evening Lindy Hop & Balboa Classes
plus Social Dancing

Every Thursday 7.15 -11.30pm

Hosted by dance champs Taina K (Would You Dance?) &
Simon Selmon & Nikki Santilli (London Swing Dance Society)

Friendly Atmosphere & Central London Location
No need to book - Just turn up any week!

*NEW - Blues Cafe!*
Starting Thursday 1st March - classes with Simon Selmon!

Holborn Hop - learn to dance!
Wild Court, 4 Wild Court, London, WC2B 4AU
(From Holborn tube head towards the Strand,
Wild Ct is next to Belgo's. Easy parking on Kingsway after 7pm)
Wild Times How to get there

Upstairs

7.15 Beginners' Lindy Hop with Taina & Lucien

8.15 Intermediate Lindy Hop with Taina & Lucien

9.15 Social dance from the 30s to modern Swing with DJs Swing Tiger and Guests!

8 March - Matt Light

Downstairs

*NEW* Blues Cafe
Simon Selmon first started teaching Blues in the early 1990s at the Herrang Dance Camp.

7pm Beginners Blues Learn the basics of dancing to slow Swing & early Jazz.

1st March - with Simon & Eva
8th March - with guest Blues teacher DJ Nigel 'Mr Blues' Anderson
15th March - with Simon & Maymay

8pm Intermediate Blues Minimum 10 weeks of beginners Blues.  A fusion of many styles that can be danced to slow Swing, Jazz & Blues.

1st March - with Simon & Eva
8th March - with guest Blues teacher DJ Nigel 'Mr Blues' Anderson
15th March - with Simon & Maymay

9pm Social Dancing with Mr Kicks plus guests

1st March - with Mr Kicks
8th March - with guest DJ Nigel 'Mr Blues' Anderson and Mr Kicks
15th March - with Mr Kicks & Asif

Beginners Lindy Hop - Learn over 30 classic moves. No experience necessary. Start any week!
Beginners welcome every week!

Intermediate Lindy Hop - You've done beginners, now increase your vocabulary, improve technique & develop your style. Minimum 10 weeks of beginners Lindy.

Beginners Balboa - Balboa is a Swing dance performed in a close hold position. Learn over 20 classic moves like the basic, come-around, crossover & throw-out. No partner required or experience necessary. Beginners welcome every week!

Intermediate Balboa - You've done beginners, now increase your vocabulary, improve technique & develop your style. Minimum 10 weeks of beginners Balboa.

Holborn Hop Admission:
£11/£10 (members) for Classes & Dancing
Beginners Class only or after 9.15pm £6/£5 (members)


THURSDAYS

SE London Lindy Hop Club

Learn to Lindy Hop then dance to music from 30s 40s & 50s with Niall Oates & crew

Beginners welcome every week!!

7.45pm Beginners
8.45pm Intermediate
9.30 pm Freestye

Licensed bar & plenty of free parking

Venue: Royston Club, 85 Royston Road, Penge London SE20 7QW.
(Short walk from Clock House or Kent House)

Admission: £8/£7 membs

Swingin at Salfords


SPECIAL EVENTS

Harrow Dance Festival

Saturday 17th March
11am-5pm

Simon Selmon and the London Swing Dance society will be performing at Harrows first Food and Dance Festival on Saturday 17th March 2012.

The schedule offers you a taste of many different styles of dancing to include: Bellydancing, Contemporary, Kathak, Linedance, Swing, Street, Salsa, The Gypsy Dance Group, Bollywood fusion, Morris dancing, Chinese folk, performing arts combining ballet, tap, jazz and modern; as well as marking St. Patrick 's Day with Irish dance.

Venue: Station Road and St Ann's Road, Harrow Town Centre

Camden Crawl 2012

4th - 6th May 2012
Bank Holiday Weekend
12 -4pm

London Swing Dance Society presents ‘Vintage Dance Day’

Music, Comedy, Visual Arts, Film & Theatre!

Sunday 6th May 2012
The London Swing Dance Society will be will be hosting an afternoon of Swing & Jive taking you back to the glamour of the 30s & 40s with a mixture of hot music for dancing, classes to show the basics & performances from Simon Selmon & his Lindy Crew to inspire you: Kicking off with a Jitterbug Jive class, come and try the Big Apple, Lindy Hop & Lambeth Walk too!
Venue: 'The Cuban', The Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, Camden , London, NW1 8AH

To Book Tickets - One ticket (available as a weekend pass or day ticket) is exchanged for a wristband at a main entrance point and allows unlimited access to all Crawl venues, outdoor arena, after show parties and daytime activities.

More Information

 


Herrang Dance Camp 2012
30th June - 4th August 2012

The most comprehensive & exciting dance camp in the world focusing on the African-American Jazz dances from the golden age of Jazz!

Join Simon Selmon and Nikki Santilli during Week 4 Saturday 21st July - Saturday 28th July 2012 for a week of pure Lindy Hop!

More Information


LONDON SWING DANCE SOCIETY
22 Bessingby Road, Ruislip, Middx. HA4 9BX
Tel: (+44) (0)1895 613 703
mail@swingdanceuk.com

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