Lindy Hop 3
2025-05-28 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-06-04 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-06-11 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-06-18 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Hepcat Swing Studio, 42 Erb St. E., Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 1L6, Canada
6 weeks of classes (Every Wednesday May 20 – June 24)
7:30-8:30pm
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 Julie-Anne

Lindy Hop 2
2025-05-28 20:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-04 20:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-11 20:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-18 20:30 - 21:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Wednesday May 21 – June 25)
8:30-9:30pm

Prerequisite is Lindy Hop 1 or the ability to comfortably do a swing out from open and closed. No partner necessary.
This class will teach you several new variations on swing outs and fancy new moves. It will also continue to teach the history of Lindy Hop dancing, as well as musicality and connection techniques. This is a great class for experienced dancers who would like to refresh their dance vocabulary or brush up on their technique.

DJ Workshop
2025-06-01 13:00 - 16:00
Join us for a DJ workshop Saturday, June 1st 1pm-4pm.

Dance Practica
2025-06-02 18:30 - 19:30
This Practica is open for those students who have already completed at least one Lindy Hop level 5 offered by Hepcats Studio.

What is a Practica, you might ask? Well, a Practica is an idea I am “borrowing” from my Argentine Tango Days – basically it means to practise. It can involve, but is not limited to:

practising techniques and steps you have learned in class (for any style of dance we teach at Hepcats
self-directed
there will be teachers present to answer questions when you get stuck (think of it as a group private lesson – which for only $10 is a huge deal!)
work with other like-minded people interested in continuing to improve their dancing
request songs/styles of music or different tempos of music
bring a video of a move you want to work on
take advantage of the studio/floor and mirrors (instead of having to find a space in your own home

And of course:

lots of fun!

Weekly Monday Night Dances
2025-06-02 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-09 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-16 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-23 19:30 - 22:00
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: $10
Members and Students: $8
*Admission payments will be taken at the door.

Lindy Hop 1
2025-06-03 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-10 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-24 19:00 - 20:00
6 weeks of classes (Every Tuesday May 20 – June 24)
7:00-8:00pm
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.

Dance It Off Tuesdays!
2025-06-03 19:00 - 22:00
This summer we are participating in an exciting program with The City of Waterloo. We will be dancing three times to the amazing music of the KW Kool Swing Band from 7-10pm in Waterloo Town Square. This evening program will include a free half-hour lesson with Jeff Benoit. Please mark your calendars and come out to support the KW Kool Swing Band and to promote swing dancing and building community in Waterloo 🙂 I encourage you to come out to support our West Coast Swing friends at Remix Swing on their nights too.

Tuesday, June 3 – KW Kool Swing Band and the Hepcats
Tuesday, July 15 – West Coast Swing with our friends from Remix
Tuesday, July 29 – KW Kool Swing Band and the Hepcats
Tuesday, August 12 – West Coast Swing with our friends from Remix
Tuesday, August 26 – KW Kool Swing Band and the Hepcats

Lindy Hop 5F - Make Your Partner Look Swell
2025-06-03 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-10 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-17 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-24 20:00 - 21:00
6 weeks of classes (Every Tuesday May 20 – June 24)
8:00-9:00pm
Prerequisite is Lindy Hop 4, or permission from the Teachers. Although this is a partner dance, you do not need to bring your own partner to class.
Each time this level of Lindy Hop is offered, it changes to meet the needs of the students. Some of the topics may include: rhythmic variations, connection, swivels, breaks, musicality, fancy footwork, 6/10/12/14 count moves, ochos, crossovers, grapevines, different connection points (wrist, shoulders, hips, ankles).
Teachers: Amy and Dylan

Choreography Class
2025-06-04 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-06-11 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-06-18 18:30 - 19:30
Prerequisites: None
Learn this original dance choreographed by the one and only Frankie Manning. In this class you will learn a specific set of steps and moves to the song “The Dipsy Doodle” by Ella Fitzgerald.
Teacher – Julie-Anne

Open Class
2025-06-09 18:30 - 19:30
The class would be suitable for anyone who has (mostly) completed Lindy 1 or higher. The focus of this dance would be Lindy. (content TBD).
Teacher – Jeff

East Coast Mini Series
2025-06-11 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-18 20:00 - 21:00
3 Wednesdays (June 11, 18, 25) 8pm-9pm
This 3 week course will expand you’re East Coast Swing repertoire beyond the basic step. You’ll learn fancy turns and flashy moves so you can look cool and feel confident on any dance floor!

Shim Sham Refresher
2025-06-16 18:30 - 19:30
Come Practice this mob dance!
The Shim Sham Shimmy, Shim Sham or just Sham originally is a particular tap dance routine and is regarded as tap dance’s national anthem. For today’s swing dancers, it is a line dance, or mob dance. There are many versions of this choreography out there but we teach the Frankie Manning version.
This song gets played around once a month at our studio, so you’ll be able to join in and practice 🙂
Join Connie on June 16th
