We will be having our Christmas Swing Social hosted by In Full Swing and Leicester Lindyhop. We have booked the excellent Jim Wynn Band to play for us for the evening. There will be a bar and plenty of parking nearby. The evening will be all ticketed up front so please order your tickets by emailing: leicesterlindyhop@gmail.com
Our autumn Lindyhop workshop and dance features the return of the very popular guest teachers Cat and Cam. They will be teaching our usual arrangement of six classes spread over the day ranging from beginner+ level to advanced.
Cat and Cam are a team who love sharing the history, creativity and fun of Lindyhop with students all over the world, dedicated to helping their students improve and to working to a high standard, whilst not taking themselves too seriously. They love teaching, helping people discover new talents and achieve their perceived impossibles.
We will also have a live band at the evening social dance - The Swing Town Cats.
The workshop flyer with level descriptions and details of the day can be found here. You can use this form if you prefer to do postal bookings. For online bookings you can jump to our booking page which is located here.
We have a wonderful weekend Balboa workshop coming up in June 2019. We have two class levels to suit a wide range of abilities along with social dancing on both the Friday and Saturday evenings. Teachers for the weekend are Anni & Gašper from Gothenburg Sweden and Rob & Tina from Leeds.
There will be social dances on Friday and Saturday evenings including a live band - Hot Fingers - for the Saturday night.
We will run an Improver level on Saturday only for dancers who are relatively new to Balboa and a higher level for Intermediates and above who are more confident Bal dancers. This higher level will run over the entire weekend with 4 classes on Saturday and 4 on Sunday. The workshop information is shown here in more detail. We like online booking which can be found here. We still accept booking in the old fashioned way by filling out the booking form on the back of the workshop information sheet along with a cheque or cash if you come along to one of our weekly classes.
It helps us with bookings if you are able to apply as a lead and follow at the same level. However do not be deterred if you want to book on your own. We just try to balance leads and follows reasonable well so there is little standing out in the classes.
If you need any more information then please get in touch with us at: leicesterlindyhop@gmail.com
Four hours of Solo Jazz led by Trisha Sewell. Cost is £25. Brought to you by All That Jazz Leicester and Leicester University Swing Society.
Further venue, payment and booking information can be obtained from them.
We have booked our Autumn Lindyhop workshop for 2018. We have the return of the very popular teachers Trisha Sewell & Ben Cook. The band for the evening social dance is the wonderful Jim Wynn Swingtet.
Classes will run in our usual format starting with Beginner+ level up to advanced. Simply choose the levels you feel most comfortable with when you make your booking. Details of the programme for the day and a form for mail bookings can be found here. If you do not attend the workshop but wish to come to the dance it will be £8 on the door.
Our workshops are usually very well attended so get your bookings in early to avoid disappointment. You always stand a better chance of getting a place if you can book with a partner. Our online booking form can be found here.
On the Sunday (11th November) there will be a Solo Jazz workshop run by Trisha for one of the other Leicester groups. Details of how to book are shown in the next event below.
We have booked our summer Lindyhop workshop for 2018. We have the return of the every popular teachers Jenny Thomas and Scott Cupit. The band for the evening social dance is the wonderful Swingamathing. Bookings are now open online here.
Classes will run in our usual format starting with beginner+ level up to advanced. Simply choose the levels you feel most comfortable with when you make your booking. Details of the programme for the day and a form for mail bookings can be found here. If you do not attend the workshop but wish to come to the dance it will be £8 on the door.
Based on our previous workshops with Jenny & Scott, this workshop will be a sell out so get your bookings in early once they open. You always stand a better chance of getting a place if you can book with a partner.
Fran and Ian will be running a Lindyhop workshop specifically aimed at new beginners or dancers who started recently. For totally new dancer, this is a chance to learn from the beginning some of the basics of Lindyhop. If you then decide you want to carry on you can simply show up at our regular Tuesday evening classes in Aylestone. For dancers who have been coming a few weeks or even a few months, this is your chance to go over some of the fundamentals again and pick up some more of the technique to improve your dancing.
The programme for the day is shown below:
Class 1: 11.00-11.50
Class 2: 12.00-12.50
Lunch: 12.50 - 13.30
Class 3: 13.30 - 14.20
Class 4: 14.30 - 15.20
Social dancing: 15.20 - 15.45
We will provide drinks and snacks between classes but you should bring your own lunch.
The venue for the workshop is St Peter’s Church Hall, Church Road, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8DP. The venue has lots of parking with a large dance floor and kitchen area for breaks. If you would like to book then please use our online booking form or contact us by email at: leicesterlindyhop@gmail.com.
We welcome the return of teachers Mel & Jo for our annual Balboa workshop. They are both well known on the UK and international Balboa scene and have been dancing for many years.
Classes will run in our usual format starting with beginner level up to advanced. Simply choose the levels you feel most comfortable with when you make your booking. If you do not attend the workshop but wish to come to the dance it will be £8 on the door. You can download details of the workshop and dance here and use the form to make a postal booking if you wish. Our preferred means of booking is online which can be found here. Please note you will not receive an automatic reply or invoice. This will follow once we have received your booking and we review our leader-follower balance.
Our summer Lindyhop workshop and dance features a return of the very popular guest teachers Bic and Simone. They will be teaching our usual arrangement of six classes spread over the afternoon ranging from beginner+ level to advanced. Bookings will open in early April so keep an eye on this page to check. We also have the wonderful Tessa and the Applejacks playing at the evening social dance.
Simply choose the levels you feel most comfortable with when you make your booking. If you do not attend the workshop but wish to come to the dance it will be £8 on the door. You can download details of the workshop and dance here and use the form to make a postal booking if you wish. Our preferred means of booking is online which can be found here.
Please note you will not receive an automatic reply or invoice. This will follow once we have received your booking and we review our leader-follower balance. We will however always let you know whether or not you have a place. If you have not heard from us after about 7 days then please email us.
This workshop will be a sell out so get your bookings in early. You always stand a better chance of getting a place if you can book with a partner.
We welcome the return of teachers Janet & Chris for our annual Balboa workshop. They are both well known on the UK and international Balboa scene and have been dancing for many years.
Classes will run in our usual format starting with beginner level up to advanced. Simply choose the levels you feel most comfortable with when you make your booking. If you do not attend the workshop but wish to come to the dance it will be £8 on the door. You can download details of the workshop and dance here and use the form to make a postal booking if you wish. Our preferred means of booking is online which can be found here. Please note you will not receive an automatic reply or invoice. This will follow once we have received your booking and we review our leader-follower balance.
The Jim Wynn Swingtet will be playing for us for the first time at the evening dance. Well known in the Birmingham area - this will be their first swing event in Leicester.
Bookings will open at the end of July.
