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Day Category Weekly & Monthly Events Location
Saturday

Dance
Class

Saturday Night Swing Club - 4 Rooms of dancing with top DJs & 5 taster classes, 7.30pm - 2am.
Next date: Saturday 08 June 2013!
London, EC2Y
Sunday Class Weekend Workshops - Beginners, Fast Beginners & Intermediate Lindy Hop Classes with Simon Selmon & Jess Willis.
London, Kentish Town, NW5
Monday Class
Dance
Monday Night Lindy Hop - Beginners and Intermediate Lindy Hop classes with Nina Daines from the London Swing Dance Society London, Mayfair, W1S 4LQ
Monday

Dance
Class

Stompin' at the 100 Club Special! - Great music from the 30s, 40s & 50s featuring live Blue Harlem plus Beginners & Intermediate Lindy Hop classes! Next Date: Monday 20th May 2013

London, W1D 1LL
Tuesday Class
Dance
Wild Times - Our most popular Lindy Hop classes & dance: beginners, intermediate, advanced, Balboa & Authentic Jazz & over 3 hours social dancing!
London, Holborn, WC2
Thursday Class
Dance
SE London Lindy Hop Club - Penge Beginners & Intermediate Lindy Hop classes & social dance. London, Penge, SE20

 

Date Category Special Events Location

Mondays
27th May

Live Band
Class
Dance
Performance
London Wonderground - Following on from last years HUGE success, we are back at the London Wonderground's Spiegeltent with 8 live band dance Mondays!
Southbank, London

Friday 31 May

Live Band
Dance
Jay's Jitter Jive - live band and dancing!
Hippodrome Casino
Sunday 2nd June Class
Dance
Speakeasy Swing & Blues - Lindy Hop & Blues classes and dancing.
London, E2 7NX
Wednesday 5th June Class
Dance
Live Band
Ronnie Scotts Rejects & The LSDS at the Scoop - Free event at The Scoop featuring Ronnie Scotts Rejects live and classes with the London Swing Dance Society!
London, SE1 2DB
8th June 2013 Workshop Blues Workshop - with Simon Selmon & Jessica Willis SW6 1DT
8th June 2013 Dance The 1940s Ball - Dancing to Sticky Wicket and 40’s Cabaret by the London Swing Dance Society TW5 9PQ
28th & 29th September 2013 Workshop
Dance
Boogie Experiment - A whole weekend of workshops with teachers from all over the world Germany
1st February 2014 Workshop
Dance
Swingin' the Blues 2014 - A full day of dedicated Blues workshops & fabulous Swingin' Blues Ball. Chiswick Town Hall, W4


SATURDAYS

Saturday Night Swing Club
Saturday 08 June 2013

Party 7.30pm until 2am!

4 rooms of dancing & classes

Dancing with top DJs Dr Swing and Mr Kicks
Plus special guests JoJo, Swannee & Turn on the heat!


Taster classes in dances from the 20's to the 50's from 8.15pm
Beginner's Lindy Hop with Simon & Jess
Lindy Hop with Steve & Kezia
Charleston with Simon and Jess
Balboa with Paul and Natasha
Blues with Simon & Jess

Dress: Retro or Modern but an effort appreciated!

£12/£11 membs includes £3 drinks voucher

Venue:
The Amber Bar, City Point, 1 Ropemaker Street, London, EC2Y 9AW (Nearest Tube Moorgate, Liverpool Street & Monument)

Important Announcement
We are very sorry but we have to ask you to please bring ID of some kind to Saturday Night Swing Club (photo ID is best if possible alternatively a bank card should suffice). Please see here for further details.

See photos of the new venue here!

Future Dates:
Sat 8th June
Sat 13th July
Sat 10th August

More details

 



WEEKEND WORKSHOPS 

with 'The London Swing Dance Society'

Expressions Studio,
39 - 51 Highgate Rd, London, NW5 1RT
5 min walk Kentish Town Tube / 20 min from Oxford Circus tube
 

Pre Book Workshops

Intensive workshops & fun classes for all levels!

Sunday 19 & 26 May with Simon & Jessica
1pm
Beginners Lindy Hop - learn over 20 classic moves, no experience necessary, beginners welcome every week.
2pm Fast Beginners Lindy Hop - Maybe you've done beginners before or have other dance experience but you want to review the basics or learn at a slightly quicker pace.
3pm Intermediate Lindy - styling, connection & new moves. Basic 8 & 6 count knowledge required.
New material each week!
£6 per hour plus £1 Expressions Day Membership. No advanced bookings, just turn up on the day.


MONDAYS
Monday Night Lindy Hop
Dover Street Restaurant & Bar
8-10 Dover Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 4LQ. Nearest Tube: Green Park

Every Monday! (Closed Bank Holidays)

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

8.15pm Intermediate Lindy Hop class
with Nina Daines from the London Swing Dance Society
PLUS A BONUS session!!!
We will be running an informal revision of the beginners class at 8.15pm.
This is a chance to go over the moves you learnt in the beginners class in a relaxed, casual atmosphere with a member of the London Swing Dance Society on hand to answer your questions.
There is no extra fee and you'll finish in time for the band!

Band sets 9.30pm & 11.00pm

Monday 20th May - Sugar Ray Ford Quartet
Monday 27th May - Closed Spring Bank Holiday - we recommend Hot Waffle live at the Spiegeltent
Monday 3rd June - Sugar Ray Ford Quartet
Monday 10th June - T.J Johnson and his Band
Monday 17th June - Red Stripe Band
Monday 24th June - Sugar Ray Ford Quartet

 

 




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

Admission: £10 Classes & band.

No need to pre-book


MONDAYS
Stompin' at the 100 Club
Monthly Specials!

Monday 20th May 2013
7.30pm-Late

The UK’s most famous Swing Dance Night!
at 100 Club, 100 Oxford Street, London W1D 1LL

Great music from the 30s, 40s, 50s
with Simon ‘Mr Kicks’ Selmon!

7.45pm - 8.30pm
Beginners Lindy Hop class
& Intermediate Lindy Hop class

Live:
Blue Harlem
Definitely one of the UK’s top swing / jive bands!
Guaranteed to get you up on your feet.


£11/£10 membs

Venue: 100 Club, 100 Oxford Street, London W1D 1LL

 

Stompin logo

Future Dates:
Monday 20th May 2013
Blue Harlem
Definitely one of the UK’s top swing / jive bands!
Guaranteed to get you up on your feet.
Monday 17th June 2013
Benoit & His Orchestra - the leading vintage dance ensemble to have emerged from the UK in recent years!

Stompin's Swing for the Crown 2013!

Congratulations to
Stompin's King and Queen for 2013
Jonny Fisher & Sophie Wijesuriya!

Well done to our other semi finalists:
John Barnes & Katie Gonzalez
Sam Rae & Rhiannon Parkinson
Duncan Stuart & Aiste Biliunaite

 



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

NEW cycle starts Tuesday 28th May!

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?
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. It is fine if couples want to stay together, others will rotate as normal.
21 May - Jam circle techniques & dancing an air step including structuring routines, special awareness, safety & showmanship.
28 May - Shag sequences for intermediate Lindy Hoppers
04 June - Ichtis & Solveiga

Upcoming jazz classes:
21 May - Nikki - Authentic Jazz
28 May - Bees Knees - Charleston
04 June - Ichtis & Solveiga
11 & 18 June - Nikki

Dancing till late at the Wild Times Lounge!
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:
21 May - Lady Kamikaze
28 May - Bees Knees
04 June - Pat Da Kat
11 June - Haydn
18 June - Lady Kamikaze

Wild Times Admission:
£11/£10 (members) for all classes & dancing.
Beginners or Jazz Class only or Dancing only £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 Freestyle

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

Opening Night Monday 27th May 2013
7.30-10.30pm

Following on from last years HUGE success, we are back at the London Wonderground's Spiegeltent!

The London Swing Dance Society presents - 8 Live Band Swing Dance Mondays!

Beginners & Intermediate Lindy Hop* classes 7.45-8.30pm
Great music from the 30s, 40s & 50s with Swing DJ ‘Mr Kicks’ plus friends!
Plus Vintage Dance Cabaret!

May 27
Hot Waffle Big Band

Drawing together some of London's best Jazz musicians, this 18 piece Big Band will bring you outstanding Swing numbers ensuring everyone is on the dance floor Jiving the night away!

June 24
South London Jazz Orchestra
Take a trip back to the Big Band era of the 1940s with charts from Basie, Ellington & Miller. Under the direction of Bob Bridges, this spirited and committed band are fantastic ambassadors of Swing! Plus Lindy Hop Contest - prizes for the best beginner and best dancer!

July 01
The Jive Aces

The UK's No.1 Jive & Swing Band!
The first ever band to reach the semi finals of Britains Got Talent 2012. This hard working band are guaranteed to get you out of your seats!
July 29
Ding Dong Daddios

A jumpin' & jivin' swing band, bringing you the most danceable tunes from the Swing heyday of the 40s & 50s!
*Beginners & Intermediate Shag Classes 7.45-8.15pm. Plus Shag Contest - you've done the class you're now ready for the contest and your chance to win a prize!
August 5
Hot Club Deluxe
Vintage Jazz in the style of the legendary Hot Club of France will have you Swingin' on the dance floor all night long! *Beginners & Intermediate Charleston Classes 7.45-8.15pm. Plus fun solo or partnered Charleston Contest - prizes for the best Flapper and Sheik!
August 26
King Groovy & the Horn Stars

"Top notch Big Band" Time Out. This 17 piece band deliver great music and a unique atmosphere. Their mission - to get you dancing! Prizes for the best Hawaiian shirts, grass skirts or retro Summer look!
September 2
Ronnie Scotts Rejects
This fun band add their own modern twist as only they know how with fantastic arrangements and a repertoire of unexpected classics through to the great dance tunes of the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Prima, Louis Jordan and many more! Not only are they great to dance to, entertaining to watch but you never know, you might even end up playing with them!
September 23
Laura B & the Moonlighters
Closing the season with one of our favourite authentic 40s/50s style Rhythm & Blues/Swing bands featuring the vocal talents of the highly sassy and talented diva Laura B! Prizes for the best vintage Dapper Dan and Rosie the Riveter! Party like it's 1938!

At The Spiegeltent, London Wonderground, Southbank, London.

Tickets £12.50 / Concessions & LSDS members £11
in advance available here or call 0844 545 8282

This is what people said about our last event at the London Wonderground:
“The best swing dance event I've been to in ages. Excellent stuff!”
“Really enjoyed myself, great atmosphere”
“I want to dance there again!!! <-- Please note the exclamation marks”
“Excellent night!”

More Details

 


Jay's Jitter Jive

Friday 31st May

8pm - 11pm

Get ready for a new hip swinging night coming to The Hippodrome this Spring. "Jay's Jitter Jive" will have you swinging and spinning all night long. With a live 8-piece band led by trumpeter Jay Phelps the fantastic Lauren Dalrymple on vocals. Playing the likes of Duke Ellington, Jimmy Lunceford, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Cab Calloway and much more.

Plus Simon & Jess of the London Swing Dance Society will be there to show you all the moves of the era.

Hippodrome Casino, Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, WC2H 7JH London, United Kingdom

 


Speakeasy Swing & Blues

Sunday 2nd June

Beat the recession!
Come and enjoy a full afternoon of Swing then an evening of Blues dance at Looking Glass Cocktail Club, Shoreditch!

Speakeasy Swing
Doors Open 1.30pm
Beginners Lindy Hop 2pm - no experience necessary!
Dancing 3-6pm

Speakeasy Blues
Blues Class 6.30pm - no experience necessary!
Blues Dancing 7.30-10.30pm

Cost £10 including free £4 drinks voucher 1.30pm-10.30pm!
Or £6 (£5 dancing only) inc £2 drinks voucher for one session only!

Venue: Looking Glass Cocktail Club,
49 Hackney Road, London, E2 7NX

 


Ronnie Scotts Rejects & The LSDS at The Scoop

Wednesday 5th June

6.30-9pm

Free event at The Scoop, More London (next to Mayor's office)
(open air seated amphi-theatre with smooth limestone dancefloor. Bring a brolly!)

Learn to swing dance from The London Swing Dance Society, dance or just listen to Ronnie Scott’s Rejects!

18.30 Swing dance lesson from Simon Selmon of LSDS
19.00 Ronnie Scott’s Rejects
19.40 Performance from South East London Lindyhop Club
20.00 Ronnie Scott’s Rejects
21:00 Finish

This is a unique chance to catch the original line-up of this iconic swing/jazz band. For one night only, the band will be fronted by the charismatic double bassist and vocalist 'Jarrod Coombes' who will be taking a night off from his regular bands Hullabaloo and The Keytones. Joining him on vocals will be the UK's finest swing singer 'Louise Cookman' who is a regular with the BBC big band, James Langton and the Pasadena Roof Orchestra.

Stephen Large on piano, Andrew Jones on drums, Ben Cummings on trumpet and Niall Oates on saxophone/bass

Ronnie Scott's Rejects explore the great show tunes of the 1930s and 40s made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Peggy Lee, Doris Day, Billy Holiday, Etta James, Nat Cole, Ray Charles and Louis Jordan.

The band has released an album under the name 'The Rag and Bone Club'. It features original jazz compositions by the band along with original takes on old classics.

The evening's entertainment will be preceded by a beginner's fun swing-dance lesson by Simon Selmon. No partner required, just turn up!

 


Blues Workshop
Saturday 8th June 2013
12-4pm

Join Simon & Jess as they bring a wealth of experience of Blues dancing from Slow Drag, Foxtrot, Ballroomin', Tango, and Juke Joint to combining authentic styles from the 20s, 30s and contemporary fusion.

Simon ALHC Blues champion 1999 has been dancing and teaching Blues internationally since 1990. Joined by Jess who performs and teaches social Ballroom, Burlesque and Swing.

Venue: Stoll Community Hall, 446 Fulham Road, London, SW6 1DT

Price: £20 which includes a £2 discount voucher to the Saturday Night Swing Club 8th June where we have a special Blues room from 12-2am.

Book Online

In order to keep a balance of leaders and followers we have limited numbers so please book early to avoid disappointment.

 


The 1940s Ball
8th June 2013
7.30-11.30pm

Dancing to Sticky Wicket and 40’s Cabaret by the London Swing Dance Society
at The Concorde Club, Crane Lodge Road, Cranford TW5 9PQ

Preferred dress code: 1940's military (allied uniforms only), civvies or evening dress.

Tickets £18.50 Inc VAT in advance only on 0208 513 2000

 


Boogie Experiment
28th & 29th September 2013

A whole weekend of workshops with teachers from all over the world including:

Swinguys (Italien)
Pasha Sotnikov (Russland)
Alevtina Kapusta (Ukraine)
Simon Selmon (England)
Christine von Scheidt (Deutschland)
Melanie Stocker-Bucher (Schweiz)
Mario di Jorio (Schweiz)
Reto Gurt (Schweiz)

 


Swingin' the Blues
1st February 2014

A full day of dedicated Blues workshops & fabulous Swingin' Blues Ball.

Now in its 14th year, this annual event attracts dancers from across the UK who want to develop their style & techniques & explore the Blues more fully.

The Workshops
Throughout the day a range of specialist workshops (covering dance styles from the 1920s Laminu to the sensual latin movements of Kazumba) will offer and insight onto this most diverse of dance forms. As in past years the instructors will be picked from the most experienced & exciting performers & teachers in the UK.

The Swingin' Blues Ball
Three rooms of sumptuous music & oodles of atmosphere provided by a wealth of talented DJs who will dispense a diverse range of phat tunes to satisfy the most demanding & eclectic of tastes.
The music for the evening will be provided by the top Blues DJ's in the UK including Mr Simon 'Kicks' Selmon, Dave 'Utopia' Rokov and last, but by no means least, Nigel 'Jump'n'Jive' Anderson.

The Teachers
Simon & Jess - Simon, ALHC 1999 American Blues Dance Champion twice UK Lindy Hop Champion, Simon is undoubtedly one of the most influential swing dancers of the modern era will be teaching with Jess, Gold level International Ballroom & Latin instructor.
Nigel & Nina - The Double UK Jive & Showcase Champions, Nigel & Nina have now been performing and teaching together for over a decade.
Val & Dave - UK Blues champions and Jive Masters Grand Finalists, Dave & Val bring with them an immense wealth of experience to this years teaching line up.
Plus more to be confirmed.

Lunchtime Entertainment to be confirmed

Venue: Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace, London W4 4JN

Doors Open: 10am
Workshops commence: 11am

Early Bird tickets will be on sale soon!

For full program details and to book online visit the website

 


 

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

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