Our approach to the Lindy Hop is threefold:

1. We want our students to get out and about dancing as soon as possible
2. We stay very close to history --- we teach Lindy just as it was done at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem during the late 1920s and early 1930s
3. We teach Shim Sham, the group dance that was the inspiration for Chick Webb's song "Stompin' at the Savoy"

We have a lot of material to get through, so come prepared to work and learn!

The in-class lessons will be supplemented with graphics and other materials on our website (see below).

The effect of our curriculum is cumulative, so you have to attend all the sessions to get the full benefit. Also, we will give you exercises to do at home that will get you in shape for dancing.

Here's what we plan to teach! (Click on the hyperlinks to read about the Lesson. If you can learn well from written materials, they are yours for the taking)

Lesson 8: Locomotives and Caboose

Lindy Hop is a lot like Tinker Toys or Lego --- you can put the pieces together in zillions of ways to create an infinite array of movements. We will teach you the individual pieces and how to put them together. During the workshop, we will build a "choreographed routine" that will give you a "survival skills" on the dance floor until your improvisational skills build.

We'll get you started and out on the dance floor, but you have to Dance, Dance, Dance in order to master Lindy Hop

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