West Coast Swing with Swingiversity

Join Galen Chen + Swingiversity crew on Friday nights for FUN West Coast Swing classes and an unstructured practice following. The focus of Swingiversity will be to provide you a growth path in your WCS journey to be able to create and enjoy all of your dances, regardless of skill level.

Schedule

• Fridays
  • 6:30pm – 201 (Adv Beginner)
  • 7:30pm – 101 (Beginner)*
  • 8:30-10:30pm – Open practice (All-Levels)*

* Note: Only Level 201 on Flow Fridays nights.

Class Descriptions

Level 101 – Fridays 7:30pm

Led by Kat Tan (Next 6-class series starts July 10th).

Get started learning West Coast Swing with our 101 class. This 6-class series will cover all of the basics and fundamentals, to have a solid understanding of WCS. You are welcome to join at any time, but it is encouraged to take the entire series before progressing into our 201 class.

No partner or experience needed.

> Moving up to 201

Our learning recommendation is to complete a full series (6-classes) before moving into Level 201.

Level 201 – 6:30pm

Led by Galen Chen (Next 8-week series starts July 10th).

Level up your West Coast Swing skills while meeting other people in the community! Now that you know the basics from 101, come to the 201 class to expand your dance toolkit with your peers and learn the concepts that make WCS fun and easy. We’ll cover ways to adapt and succeed with different partners, technique to smoothly add variations to the basic patterns, and how to get more creative with the music.

Prerequisites:

• You should be comfortable dancing the basic patterns taught in our 101 class (left side pass, right side pass, sugar push/tuck, whip).
• You can count west coast swing music and start on time, understand and can demonstrate the connection within west coast swing at an introductory level, and make basic adaptations for your partners movements.

> Moving up to 301

Our learning recommendation is to take the 201 Class for 6 cycles (about 12 months), or have covered all of the content needed to advance to 301.

Level 301 – 7:30pm *Coming soon*

Led by Chuck-Hou Yee & Heather Lombardi.

For dancers who seek to refine their west coast swing, this class offers studies in movement quality, partnering and creativity. Students will be encouraged to elevate their awareness of their bodies and connection, and explore their individual preferences for how to approach the dance. The class introduces drills and technically difficult patterns as tools to practice these concepts and help us dive deeper into what makes a proficient west coast swing dancer.

Prerequisites:

Students who wish to join the 301 Level should be able demonstrate the following skills:

• Timing: Able to stay consistently on time with the music.
• Weight Transfer: Comfortable and controlled weight shifts throughout movement.
• Frame: Maintain a consistent, communicative frame during all patterns.
• Pattern Execution: Confidently lead or follow all basic patterns. Execute patterns with extensions and single variations with precision and comfort.
• Musicality: Able to count music. Show basic musical interpretation in dancing.
• Footwork & Rhythm: Comfortable using fundamental rhythm and footwork variations.

Pricing

• • Drop-in: $30/ class
  • DanzPass: $25/ class
  • $15 / Guided Practice

Danznik Members get 20% off classes