Lindy Hop 2
2024-11-13 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-11-20 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-11-27 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-12-04 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-12-11 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Toronto) | Hepcat Swing Studio, 42 Erb St. E., Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 1L6, Canada
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
2024-11-13 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-11-20 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-11-27 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-12-04 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

Ballroom Blues 1
2024-11-18 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-11-25 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-12-02 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-12-09 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

Weekly Monday Night Dances
2024-11-18 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-11-25 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-12-02 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-12-09 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 3
2024-11-19 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-11-26 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-12-03 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-12-10 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
2024-11-19 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-11-26 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-12-03 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-12-10 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
2024-11-19 20:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-26 20:30 - 21:30, 2024-12-03 20:30 - 21:30, 2024-12-10 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

Blues Stew
2024-11-23 09:00 - 22:00
Blues Stew
Date: November 23rd, 2024
Details:
Registration Time: 9:00AM
Class One – 915- 10:30: Jukin’ Blues
Class Two -1030-11:45: Ballroomin’ Blues
Lunch: Pack a lunch or quick bite out. 11:45-1:15
Class Three – 1:15-2:30: Tango’d Up in Blues.
Class Four – 2:30-3:45: Micro Blues
Class Five – 3:45- 5:00: Contiguity Zen Blues
Dinner: 5:00-7:30 Break
LIVE BAND DANCE KW Kool Swing Band 730-10:00ish

Class Descriptions
Jukin Blues: Have you ever been in the situation where you’ve been Swing dancing for an entire evening or day even and you just want to have some chill dancing time. Feel the music and really just relax? This is the blues dancing class for you. Catherine and Dylan are excited to share the joy of Jukin blues dancing. Totally new to dancing? That’s okay! This class is totally beginner friendly. With Jukin Blues it’s all about the hips. Come on out and fall in love with this style.
Ballroom Blues: So, Ballroom Blues tends to be a bit more flashy and creative type of Blues Dancing. It’s a blues dance that uses lots of the floor and tends to be more active than chill. Very doable if you’re new and also very transferable to other forms of Swing and blues dancing. Connie and Antoine will be leading the charge on this one! You’re in good hands with these two. Just watch them dance sometime and you’ll see for yourself!
Tango’d Up in Blues: Jeff and Amy will be teaching this class together and LOVE this kinda stuff!! This class will focus on interlacing the relaxed, expressive nature of Blues with the dramatic attitude and precision of Tango. It will build off a common foundation of connection between partners to take Tango inspired movements and incorporate them into the essence of Blues dancing. This fusion can open new opportunities, figures, emphasis, and expression into your dancing. It is a wonderful opportunity to let another dance inspire, expand, and blend your dancing expressions to create a unique experience between you and your partner.
Micro Blues: Micro blues is the essence of blues music and dancing. How it can feel inside your soul. To share this experience with a friend or someone new is something that is hard to describe but ones you feel it, you’ll know it. How little can you make your movements. Can you be so in sync with one another that you can lead a breath? Can you follow a breath? Don’t know what that means? Come and see for yourself. This one will be taught by Jeff and Amy.
Contiguity Zen Blues: Contiguity is “the state of being in contact with something” and Zen is “a state of calm in which actions are guided by intuition and not conscious effort”. Contact with your partner starts the dance but where can that go? Ready to blur the lines between leading and following to experience spontaneous expression. Ever get lost in a dance to let fluidity of mutual motion guide a shared expression between you and your partner. Decisions are spontaneous and responsive to one another through your connection. Learn to recognize and differentiate subtle impulses in movement choices by you and your partner. This class will challenge you to let two become one, find a place of shared expression and let instinct be your guide. Sarah Hallman is trained in Ballet and Jeff has been teaching and dancing Blues for over 20 years so you know this class is going to be amazing!!
