Hepcat Swing

Lindy Hop 5A
2024-10-15 20:30 - 21:30 (America/Toronto) | Hepcat Swing Studio, 42 Erb St. E., Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 1L6, Canada
6 weeks of classes (Every Tuesday Sept. 10 – Oct. 15)
8:30-8:30pm
Prerequisite is Lindy Hop 4, or permission from the teacher.
(Our Lindy Hop 5 series will consist of several topics all at the same level. They will be taught on a rotating basis, so please read the title carefully to see if it is a different version of the course than you have taken in the past.) This class will build on the techniques you learned in Lindy Hop 4, teaching you how to use them to create fancy footwork, play around with timing and musicality in order to spice up your dancing and create a personal style. This will be done by mastering isolations so you don’t affect your partner style.

Teachers: Jeff and Amy

Lindy Hop 1
2024-10-16 18:30 - 19:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Wednesday Sept 11 – Oct 16)
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: Megan and Dylan

Solo Jazz
2024-10-16 19:30 - 20:30
Refine your ability to express yourself through dance – without a partner! In this class, we’ll explore some iconic solo moves from the jazz era that inspired solo choreographies and partner dancing alike.

Yoga for Dancers
2024-10-16 20:30 - 21:30
6 Weeks of Classes (Every Wednesday Sept 11 – Oct 16)
An approachable, beginner friendly yoga class designed specifically for dancers. Come to this class to develop strength, balance, flexibility, and control – skills that will directly improve your dancing.
Alicia teaches accessible, safe, slow flow/Hatha yoga. Poses are not about how flexible we are, but a tool to safely explore and expand our breath and range of motion. There will be a time for relaxation at the end of each class.
Bring your own mat, and 2 yoga blocks.

Juke Joint Blues
2024-10-21 18:30 - 19:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Monday Sept. 9 – Oct. 21)
6:30-7:30pm
No dance experience necessary! Although this is a partner dance, you do not need to bring your own partner.
This class welcomes new dancers into the simple joys of juke-joint blues, a gritty and intensely rhythmic genre of dance, grand-daddy to later styles like funk, hip-hop and even swing. In Juke Joint Blues students will be introduced to fundamentals of jukin’ blues including pulse, posture and partnership. We’ll then build on these fundamentals by adding flavour with classic blues “grooves” like funky butt, scratch, low downs, mess around, and rhythmic turns. Students will also explore ways to dance with partners in a variety of positions including closed, open, and breakaway. Tie your shoes on tight cuz this class is fixin’ to knock your socks off! We’ll also discuss the history of the dance.

Teachers: Connie and Dylan

Weekly Monday Night Dances
2024-10-21 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-10-28 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-11-04 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-11-11 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-11-18 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.

Dance Practica
2024-10-22 19:00 - 20:30
This Paactica is open for those students who have already completed all the Lindy Hop level 5s offered by Hepcats Studio

We The Cats Shall Hep Ya - Part 1
2024-10-23 18:30 - 21:30
We The Cats Shall Hep Ya is a mob dance choreography created by previous instructors of Hepcats Studio!
This is a 2 part series to learn the line dance.

Lindy Lift-Off
2024-10-27 13:00 - 17:00
Ever wanted to learn all those fancy moves? Join Catherine and Jeff from 1-4pm on Sunday October 20th!
“It’s tricks, dips & jumps, what more do you want?! I’m sure most of you have heard me talk about these moves before so we’re bringing them to you! We’ve got a simple, low-risk introduction to some at-least-one-foot-on-the-floor tricks & dips with some both-feet-off-the-floor jumps. The focus will be on the basics of safe techniques for both leads and follows before we get into exploring some fancy options to take your dancing to the next level. Many moves look very impressive but are actually pretty simple and easy to do..”

Shim Sham Workshop
2024-10-29 18:30 - 21:30
In this 3 hour session you will learn:
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 🙂

We the Cats Shall Hep Ya - Part 2
2024-10-30 18:30 - 21:30
We The Cats Shall Hep Ya is a mob dance choreography created by previous instructors of Hepcats Studio!
This is a 2 part series to learn the mob dance.

Ballroom Blues 1
2024-11-04 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-11-11 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-11-18 18:30 - 19:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Monday Nov. 4 – Dec. 9)
6:30-7:30pm
No dance experience necessary! Although this is a partner dance, you do not need to bring your own partner.
In an era when Swing was king, a moderate tempo blues was a welcome opportunity for dancers to slow down, catch their breath… and maybe take someone else’s breath away with some smooth and stylish moves!
In this class, students will learn the Ballroom Blues fundamentals of pulse, posture and partnership. This style of dance walks and strolls rather than rocks and rolls. Step variations and turns will be explored and students will use these to navigate the dance floor with confidence. We will learn fancy turns, promenade, a dip and how to match our dancing to the music (musicality). Come on out and see what all the fuss is about!

Teachers: Connie and Antoine

Lindy Hop 3
2024-11-05 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-11-12 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-11-19 18:30 - 19:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Tuesday Nov. 5 – Dec. 10)
6:30-7:30pm
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!

Lindy Hop 4B
2024-11-05 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-11-12 19:30 - 20:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Tuesday Nov 5 – Dec 10)
7:30-8:30pm
Prerequisite is Lindy Hop 4A or permission from the teachers.
In this class we will continue to elevate your 4A skills like 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 Follows’ 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 Amy

Lindy Hop 5B
2024-11-05 20:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-12 20:30 - 21:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Tuesday Nov. 5 – Dec. 10)
8:30-9:30pm
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.
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: Jeff and Amy

Lindy Hop 2
2024-11-06 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-11-13 18:30 - 19:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Wednesday Nov. 6 – Dec 11)
6:30-7:30pm

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.

Lindy Hop 1
2024-11-06 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-11-13 19:30 - 20:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Wednesday Nov. 6 – Dec. 11)
7:30-8:30pm
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: Tori and Dylan

Yoga for Dancers
2024-11-06 20:30 - 21:30
6 Weeks of Classes (Every Wednesday Nov 6 – Dec 11)
An approachable, beginner friendly yoga class designed specifically for dancers. Come to this class to develop strength, balance, flexibility, and control – skills that will directly improve your dancing.
Alicia teaches accessible, safe, slow flow/Hatha yoga. Poses are not about how flexible we are, but a tool to safely explore and expand our breath and range of motion. There will be a time for relaxation at the end of each class.
Bring your own mat, and 2 yoga blocks.
