We love new dancers! Sign up online, use the voucher code FIRSTTIME, and your first drop-in lesson plus your first Tuesday night dance is on us!
We're pleased to offer some of the best instructors and classes around! Here are some of the things we are up to:
Need a refresher? Want to try swing dancing for the first time? Our drop-in lesson is the perfect place! No partner and no advance registration is necessary.
Our drop-in lesson admission comes included with admission to our weekly dance, the New Columbia Social. So once you've learned a few new moves, stick around to try them out!
When you're ready to really dive in to learning the dance, we're here for you. Our full-length class series run every six weeks.
Swing 1 is a single 6-week series that will introduce you to the basics of Lindy Hop, including the standard move patterns, basic footwork, and partnership technique.
Swing 2 consists of four rotating 6-week series that will continue to hone swing dancing skills you learned in Swing 1, expand your Lindy Hop move library, and introduce you to other swing dances that you can integrate into your social dancing. You may begin the Swing 2 level with any of these series:
A) Lindy Hop: Musicality and Rhythm
B) Charleston
C) Lindy Hop: Moves and Partnership
D) Balboa and Bal-Swing
We also offer one-off classes and shorter 3-week series on special topics, some introductory and some more advanced. Keep an eye on the calendar or an ear out for announcements at the New Columbia Social about what new topic is coming up!
Everything is taught by our fantastic team of instructors.
All Tuesday-night classes run from 8-9pm. You may not be admitted into the classrom after 8:20 pm, so be sure to arrive early to allow time to check in!
| Online | At the door | Single Class* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-Week Series | $100 | $120 | $25* |
| 3-Week Series | $50 | $60 | $25* |
* Taking a single class in a series is only available as space permits and is dependent on series content and/or previous dance experience. Admittance is at the discretion of the instructors.
Everybody Leads, Everybody Follows: Lindy Hop
with Annabel Quisao and Michael Quisao
Sept. 17th,
Sept. 24th,
Oct. 1st,
Oct. 8th,
Oct. 15th,
Oct. 22nd,
Oct. 29th
Swing 2: Lindy Hop Moves and Partnership
with Julianne Ferrill and Kyle Seymour
Sept. 17th,
Sept. 24th,
Oct. 1st,
Oct. 8th,
Oct. 15th,
Oct. 22nd,
Oct. 29th
Swing 1: Intro to Lindy Hop
with Juthapathra Dechanupong and Skyler Hinkel
Sept. 17th,
Sept. 24th,
Oct. 1st,
Oct. 8th,
Oct. 15th,
Oct. 22nd,
Oct. 29th
Lindy Hop Workshop with Dan Repsch and Annabel Quisao
November 2nd
Explore partnership communication and work on swinging musicality in this 4-hour Lindy Hop workshop with visiting international dance instructor and DJ, Dan Repsch and New Columbia Swing Education Director, Annabel Quisao.
Swing 1: Intro to Lindy Hop
Begins November 12th
Learn the fundamental rhythms, movements, and partnering integral to the African American swing dance style invented in the ballrooms of 1930s/40s Harlem, the Lindy Hop!
Int/Adv Partnered Charleston
Begins November 12th
Level up your partnered Charleston!
Swing 2: Balboa and Bal-Swing
Begins November 12th
Learn the basics of these partnered swing dances of Southern California and be ready to twist, turn, and explore intricate footwork. Completion of the Swing 1 series or equivalent is required to attend this class.