Hepcat Swing

Weekly Monday Night Dances
2025-11-24 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-11-17 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-11-10 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-11-03 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | Hepcat Swing Studio, 42 Erb St. E., Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 1L6, Canada
Like many new skills, dancing is best learned by doing! We are doing our best to provide you with opportunities to come out and dance, socialize, and listen to great music.
Almost every Monday night at Hepcat Swing, we feature great swing music to keep you dancing all night! We are a friendly bunch of people who love to see new faces out on a Monday night! The dancing starts at 8:00, with an introductory lesson at 7:30 included in the admission price to get you started (no partner or experience required). Dancing ends around 10:00, depending on how much fun we are having!
Important note: Please use our Facebook or Instagram pages to confirm whether the dance is happening for a given week (it’s faster for us to update our social media than this website, so we often make announcements there first).
Admission
General Admission: $12
Members and Students: $10
*Admission payments will be taken at the door.

Jukin' Blues
2025-11-24 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-17 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-10 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-03 18:30 - 19:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Monday, Nov. 3 – Dec. 10)
6:30-7:30 PM
Jukin’ Blues is for all those who love those late-at-night, ultra groovy blues songs. Developed in kitchens and crowded living rooms, jukin’ blues doesn’t require a lot of space or movement to connect with the music and your partner, which is great for those late night house parties.
Teachers: Dylan and Sarah!

3rd Annual Fusion Stew!
2025-11-22
This will be the 3rd annual Stew Hepcat Swing has hosted! This year, the focus is on fusing different forms of swing dancing, teaching unique variations, and being able to blend different forms of dancing. The first 40 people to register for the full stew will get a Swing Out pin!
Registration: 9:15-9:30 am
Class 1 – East Coast/Lindy Hop: 9:30-10:40 am
Do you ever find yourself trying to do swing outs to music that is just too fast? Step into our fusion office. Let’s throw in some East Coast moves, take a break from those triple steps, mix it together and you’ve got some brand new style options for your social dancing. *Comfort and knowledge of 8-count swing outs are required. Teachers are Catherine and Dylan!
Class 2 – Charleston/Lindy Hop: 10:50-12:00 pm
Do you get tired when dancing to music that’s really bopping along? Do you need a break from endless swing outs? Throw some Charleston in there and see what happens! Join us for our fusion class as we talk about (and practice) transitioning between styles to enhance variety and musicality.*Comfort and knowledge of 8-count swing outs are required. Teachers are Tori and Dylan!
Lunch – Pizza & Drink ($10.00 extra cost): 12:00-1:30 pm
Class 3 – Blues/Jazz: 1:30-2:40 pm
This workshop digs into the soulful overlap of jazz and blues, exploring how their structures shape the way we move. We’ll contrast the bounce of jazz—that lifted, syncopated rhythm that drives swing—with the deeper pulse of blues, where grounded weight and stretch carry the groove. Open to all levels. Teachers are Tobias and Amy!
Class 4 – Bal/Ballet: 2:50-4:00 pm
Ever wondered what it would be like to fuse 2 dances known for finesse and precision – balboa and ballet? In this fusion class, we’ll add the elegant flair of ballet to the compact, rhythmic world of Balboa—focusing on intricate footwork. Petit variations like beats, rond de jambe, and détourné will be layered into the quick, grounded pulse of Balboa’s shuffles and slides, elevating your styling without losing the form. Some knowledge of balboa is helpful but not needed. Teachers are Jeff and Sarah!
Class 5 – Tango/Blues: 4:10-5:20 pm
Has your Blues dancing gotten a little stale? Have you just gotten back from a trip to South America and are missing that Latin beat? Come on out to our fusion class mixing Tango and Blues so you can dance until the wee hours of the morning! Teachers are Jeff and Amy!
Dinner Break: 5:30-7:30 pm
Dance (at the Legion): 7:30-10:00 pm
Live music from the KW Kool Swing Band! The address for the Legion (Royal Canadian Legion Waterloo Branch 530) is 316 Marsland Drive, Waterloo.

Charleston - Beyond the Basics
2025-11-19 20:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-12 20:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-05 20:30 - 21:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Wednesday, Nov. 3 – Dec. 10)
8:30-9:30pm
Charleston is a great option for faster music, for un-dizzying yourself after a bunch of swing outs, or as a fun style in its own right. In this class, we’re moving into intermediate/ advanced moves, including tandem Charleston.
This is a class for students already comfortable with the basic footwork as well as side-by-side Charleston.
Teachers: Tobias and Amy!

Swing 0 - Guide to Swing Dancing
2025-11-19 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-11-12 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-11-05 19:30 - 20:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Wednesday, Nov. 3 – Dec. 10)
7:30-8:30 PM
Have you always wanted to learn how to dance, but didn’t think you could? This is the course for you! Join us for six weeks of super fun, super accessible swing dance basics designed to get you up and moving to the music as quickly and as confidently as possible. Anyone can do this class! :). We’ll explore the basics of connection with your body, the music, and another person, all skills that can be applied to other styles of dancing as well.
No partner or experience needed, just your dancing shoes and a smile!
Teachers: Dylan and Amy!

Lindy Hop 1
2025-11-19 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-12 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-05 18:30 - 19:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Wednesday, Nov. 3 – Dec. 10)
6:30-7:30pm
No dance experience necessary! Although this is a partner dance, you do not need to bring your own partner.
This is a great class to get started with partnered swing dancing and social dancing in general! We will go from the very basics of Lindy Hop and work through enough material to get you dancing comfortably. We will also learn some history of the Lindy Hop and why we are still dancing it today. Taking this class would be a great opportunity for experienced dancers who’d like to refresh their basics or learn a new role.
Teachers: Dylan and Naomi!

Lindy Hop 4B
2025-11-18 20:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-11 20:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-04 20:30 - 21:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Tuesday, Nov. 3 – Dec. 10)
8:30-9:30 pm
Prerequisite is Lindy Hop 4A or permission from the teachers.
In this class, we will continue to elevate your 4A skills, such as the high-quality connection, movement, and Lead/Follow skills you have been mastering. We will now take all these wonderful building blocks and apply them to connection isolation – which brings us to every Follow’s favourite embellishment: SWIVELS! Leaders don’t worry, we’ve got you covered too. The applications for you are how to enter on 2 and creating your own style. But that’s not all! An added bonus for both Leads and Follows is a new move called switches!
Teachers: Jeff and Catherine!

Lindy Hop 5 - Break the Eight
2025-11-18 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-11-11 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-11-04 19:30 - 20:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Tuesday, Nov. 3 – Dec. 10)
7:30-8:30pm
Prerequisite is Lindy Hop 4, or permission from the Teacher. Although this is a partner dance, you do not need to bring your own partner to class!
Curious about what might exist beyond the 8-count Lindy moves you already know? This class is all about that! Jeff is going to break up the usual 8-count pattern with a bunch of 6-count moves to add a little spice to your dancing.
Teachers: Jeff and Catherine!

Lindy Hop 3
2025-11-18 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-11 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-04 18:30 - 19:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Tuesday, Nov. 3 – Dec. 10)
6:30-7:30 PM
Prerequisite is Lindy Hop 2 or the ability to comfortably dance several swing out variations. No partner necessary.
Lindy Hop 3 will pick up where level 2 left off. Are you looking for a challenge? A way to update your swing dancing with new moves? A way to dig deeper into your connection and musicality? Then this course is for you! This is a great class for experienced dancers as well as those continuing their Lindy Hop journey!
Teachers: Jeff and Catherine!

Lindy Hop 1
2025-10-29 20:00 - 21:00
6 weeks of classes (Every Wednesday Sept 22 – Oct 27)
8:00-9:00pm
No dance experience necessary! Although this is a partner dance, you do not need to bring your own partner.
This is a great class to get started with partnered swing dancing and social dancing in general! We will go from the very basics of Lindy Hop and work through enough material to get you dancing comfortably. We will also learn some history of the Lindy Hop and why we are still dancing it today. Taking this class would be a great opportunity for experienced dancers who’d like to refresh their basics or learn a new role.

Swing 0: Guide to Swing Dancing
2025-10-29 19:00 - 20:00
6 weeks of classes (Every Wednesday, Sept 24 – Oct 29)
7:00-8:00 pm
Have you always wanted to learn how to dance, but didn’t think you could? This is the course for you! Join us for six weeks of super fun, super accessible swing dance basics designed to get you up and moving to the music as quickly and as confidently as possible. Anyone can do this class! :). We’ll explore the basics of connection with your body, the music, and another person, all skills that can be applied to other styles of dancing as well.
No partner or experience needed, just your dancing shoes and a smile!

Lindy Hop 4B
2025-10-28 20:30 - 21:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Tuesday, Sept. 23 – Oct. 28)
8:30-9:30 pm
Prerequisite is Lindy Hop 4A or permission from the teachers.
In this class, we will continue to elevate your 4A skills, such as the high-quality connection, movement, and Lead/Follow skills you have been mastering. We will now take all these wonderful building blocks and apply them to connection isolation – which brings us to every Follow’s favourite embellishment: SWIVELS! Leaders don’t worry, we’ve got you covered too. The applications for you are how to enter on 2 and creating your own style. But that’s not all! An added bonus for both Leads and Follows is a new move called switches!
