Hepcat Swing

Juke Joint Blues
2024-10-21 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-10-07 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-09-30 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Toronto) | Hepcat Swing Studio, 42 Erb St. E., Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 1L6, Canada
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

Yoga for Dancers
2024-10-16 20:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-09 20:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-02 20:30 - 21:30, 2024-09-25 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.

Solo Jazz
2024-10-16 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-09 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-02 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-09-25 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.

Lindy Hop 1
2024-10-16 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-10-09 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-10-02 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-09-25 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

Lindy Hop 5A
2024-10-15 20:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-08 20:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-01 20:30 - 21:30, 2024-09-24 20:30 - 21:30
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 4A
2024-10-15 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-08 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-10-01 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-09-24 19:30 - 20:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Tuesday Sept 10 – Oct 15)
7:30-8:30pm
Prerequisite is Lindy Hop 3 or you permission from the teacher.
Drills for Skills! This class is focused on high quality connection, movement and Lead/Follow skills. It is not a move based class, but drills based. It will help you develop into a top-notch dancer, one who is smooth on the dance floor, has the capabilities of improvising and adding musicality to their dance, who looks graceful or funky. This is a great class for those continuing their Lindy Hop journey as well as experienced dancers who may not have taken lessons for years, but would like to clean up their moves.

Teachers: Jeff and Sarah Kate

Lindy Hop 2
2024-10-15 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-10-08 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-10-01 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-09-24 18:30 - 19:30
6 weeks of classes (Every Tuesday Sept 10 – Oct 15)
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.

Teachers: Antoine and Connie

Weekly Monday Night Dances
2024-10-14 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-10-07 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-09-30 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.
