Come dance and join the fun!
Here comes the summer!
21 workshops, 29 teachers, 9 dance styles, beginner to advanced levels.
Pick & mix your workshops and join Swing in Utrecht in July and August.
All class locations are in the city centre and within walking distance of Utrecht Central Station.
Gym AMS (Amsterdamsestraatweg)
Address: Amsterdamsestraatweg 3, 3513 AA Utrecht
Gym WS (Weerdsingel)
Address: Weerdsingel Westzijde 22, 3513 BB Utrecht
Syncopate your Lindy
Teachers: Federico & Anastasia
Dance style: Lindy Hop
Level: Intermediate
Experience: 2 years or more
Description
Add some rhythm to your Lindy Hop. We will turn your dancing patterns upside down by playing with pauses, accents and rhythmical ideas.
Date: Mon – July 28
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Location: Gym WS – Weerdsingel 22
Price: € 20
Flow, connection and partnership
Teachers: Federico & Natalia
Dance style: Lindy Hop
Level: Intermediate
Experience: 2 years or more
Description
Let’s dig into some technique to make your Lindy smoother, to find more space in your role and to communicate better with your partner.
Date: Tue – July 29
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 20
Drag Blues
Teachers: Laura & Frank
Dance style: Blues
Level: Intermediate
Experience: 1 block of blues classes
Description
Dive deep into the wonderful connection of drag blues and learn fancy new moves.
Date: Sat – August 2
Time: 11:00 – 13:00
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 20
Radio City Revels inspired combo
Teachers: Peter & Julia
Dance style: Lindy Hop/Charleston
Level: Advanced
Experience: Dancing swing outs comfortably at 200 bpm and ready to embrace new tandem charleston variations.
Description
Learn a short energetic combo based on a sequence from the 1938 movie Radio City Revels in a high-paced class.
Date: Sun – August 3
Time: 13:30 – 15:30
Location: GYM WS – Weerdsingel 22
Price: € 20
Ready to mix up your Charleston?
Teachers: Natalia & Alexis
Dance style: Charleston
Level: Intermediate
Experience: If you know side-by-side and Tandem Charleston, you’re all set!
Description
Join us as we explore playful ways to switch between different Charleston styles. You don’t need a huge repertoire. Come dance, experiment, and add fresh flavor to your moves!
Date: Tue – August 5
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 20
Learn the other role
Teachers: Sanne & Maayke
Dance style: Lindy Hop
Level: Intermediate
Experience: Lindy 1C/2 and up in the other role.
Description
For everyone with a dream to be a switch dancer/be able to dance in both roles. We’ll focus on the principles of following and leading and will teach you how to use those in various moves, from tuckturns to swingouts. We expect that you know your basic moves in at least one role.
Date: Thu -August 7
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 20
Collegiate Shag Zoo
Teachers: Panna & Tillie
Dance style: Collegiate Shag
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Experience: 1 block of Shag classes. You are comfortable with six count Shag basics and you want to start to experiment with breaks and musicality in social dancing.
Description
Welcome to the shag zoo where we will be playing with musicality and breaks in collegiate shag. Come ready for some fast feet fun and be inspired by the animal kingdom.
Date: Sun – August 10
Time: 13:30 – 15:30
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 20
Swingouts Galore!
Teachers: Esther & Juan
Dance style: Lindy Hop
Level: Advanced
Experience: Lindy 3 and up
Description
Get into the specifcs of the swing out, exploring techniques to feel comfortable at every tempo. Variations and syncopations to make your swing out fit to the music.
Date: Mon – August 11
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Location: GYM WS – Weerdsingel 22
Price: € 20
Pimp your Charleston
Teachers: Panna & Thomas
Dance style: Charleston
Level: Intermediate
Experience: Lindy 2 and up
Description
Do you also feel uncomfortable dancing Charleston, because you only know a couple of moves? Let’s change that! Some new ideas and transitions that will make you excited to dance Charleston again!
Date: Tue – August 12
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 20
Fun with skates and stops in Shag
Teachers: Loes & Assil
Dance style: Collegiate Shag
Level: Shag beginner/Intermediate
Experience: Knowledge of the Collegiate Shag basics.
Description
Boost your musicality and creativity with skates and stops in shag.
Date: Thu – August 14
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 20
Balboa & Swing: Having fun with the basics!
Teachers: Natalia & Balboa team
Dance style: Balboa
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Experience: 1 block of Balboa classes
Description
A lively workshop designed to spark your creativity in Balboa and Swing. Build on the skills from your recent Balboa 1 or Balboa 2 classes, and explore different ways to connect the dots and have even more fun on the dance floor!
Date: Sat – August 16
Time: 11:00 – 13:00
Location: GYM WS – Weerdsingel 22
Price: € 20
Role switches in shag
Teachers: Loes & Assil
Dance style: Collegiate Shag
Level: Shag Beginner/Intermediate
Experience: Knowledge of the Collegiate Shag basics.
Description
Ever wondered how to switch roles in shag, it’s possible and superfun! In this workshop we will work on some shagspecific moves and how to switch roles smoothly in those moves.
Dates: Sat – August 16
Time: 13:30 – 15:30
Location: GYM WS – Weerdsingel 22
Price: € 20
Foundations for Flying
Teachers: Katie Cobalt and Mike Sonder
Dance style: Air Steps
Level: All levels
Requirements
Everyone: plank for 30 seconds, 30 squats.
Fliers: 10 tuck jumps, 10 V-sits en hold it for 20 seconds, comfortable with being upside down.
Bases: 30 second wide leg squat hold; lift your partner in your arms and walk around with them for 20 seconds.
Description
Air steps! We love them, they look really cool, and we want you to learn them safely so that you will also love them and not get injured. With that safety, you can do really exciting stuff already in 1 workshop!
Important note!
You will need to register with one or more partners. We will not be rotating partners in class, and we will also not be match making in class.
Date: Sun – August 17
Time: 11:00 – 13:00
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 25
Intro into Slowbal
Teachers: Mark & Slowbal team
Dance style: Slowbal
Level: Beginner
Experience: Other couple dance experience helpful but not necessary.
Description
Absolute beginner Slowbal workshop.
Date: August Sun – 17
Time: 13:30 – 15:30
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 20
Balboa – check it out!
Teachers: Thijs & Milena
Dance style: Balboa
Level: Beginner
Experience: Other couple dance experience helpful but not necessary
Description
Basic steps, closed and open position, easy combos.
Date: Mon – August 18
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Location: GYM WS – Weerdsingel 22
Price: € 20
Solo Blues: Tools for riffin’ and cuttin’
Teacher: Collin
Dance style: Blues
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Experience: 1 year of blues classes. Knowledge of the basic steps and some solo blues moves.
Description
Tools to develop solo blues (music deep dive, rhythm etc.).
Date: Tue – August 19
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 20
Switching roles
Teachers: Odin & Nicky
Dance style: Lindy Hop
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Experience: 1B and up (in both roles)
Description
In this class you will learn the most dazzling and smooth switch moves that will leave your dance partner wondering: “Wow! How did I end up leading for the last two eight counts!? That was so seamless!”
Date: Thu – August 21
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 20
Classic-inspired choreo
Teacher: Federico
Dance style: Solo Jazz
Level: All levels
Experience: 2 years or more
Description
You learn a solo choreo combining steps inspired by some of the greatest of the past (the Nicholas Brothers, Four Step Brothers, Cole & Atkins).
Date: Sun – August 24
Time: 11:00 – 13:00
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 20
Don’t be square!
Turns and circles in Lindy Hop
Teachers: Federico & Simona
Dance style: Lindy Hop
Level: Intermediate
Experience: 2 years or more
Description
We will be taking a spin on the usual linear dancing in lindy hop by exploring circular shapes, adding rotation as well as leading/following different types of turns!
Date: Sun – August 24
Time: 13:30 – 15:30
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 20
Lindy Basics Booster
Teachers: Jojanneke & Roberto
Dance style: Lindy Hop
Level: Lindy 1 A/B/C
Experience: 1 block of classes
Description
Gear up for the new Lindy season! This workshop helps beginners refresh and strengthen their core basics, to start the season full of confidence. Plus, we’ll throw in some fun, extra figures to add to your repertoire!
Date: Mon – August 25
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Location: GYM WS – Weerdsingel 22
Price: € 20
Playing with partner dynamics
Teachers: Esther & Juan
Dance style: Lindy Hop
Level: Advanced
Experience: 3 and up
Description
Use connection to play, communicate and initiate. Focus will be on followers changing dynamics and leaders using the changing momentum to create together.
Date: Tue – August 26
Time: 19:30 – 21:30
Location: GYM AMS – Amsterdamsestraatweg 3
Price: € 20
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