West Coast Swing (WCS)

Been to the club recently? Some of the most popular music today, hip-hop, pop, blues, jazz, and even country is great for this smooth groovy dance. Classes for West Coast Swing (WCS) are offered Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at the Social Dance Studio for both intermediate and beginning dancers. West Coast Swing is growing so popular, so quickly it would be in every dancer's best interest to get involved and learn this fun & funky street dance. There are several dance clubs in the Twin City area and around the world that dance all night to West Coast Swing. If there is a perfect dance to learn to meet people and get involved in a very inviting and fun community of people worldwide, West Coast Swing would be the dance.

It's time to get out there and social dance!

WCS Classes

WCS Foundations 1

Foundations 1 introduces the majority of basic six-count patterns in West Coast Swing, including footwork, timing, and lead/follow technique. The patterns you'll learn in this 4-week series include:

Sugar Push
Left Side Pass
Under Arm Pass
Rolling Pass
Sugar Tuck Turn
Footwork Variations (optional)

WCS Foundations 2

Foundations 2 introduces the footwork, timing, and lead/follow technique of the basic eight-count patterns & additional 6-count basic patterns. The patterns you'll learn in this 4-week series include:

Basket Whip
Regular Whip
Cut-off Whip (Reverse Whip)
Passing Tuck
Fold (with ronde styling)
Outside Roll (single turn)
Standard Starter Step

WCS Foundations Combinations

This class is designed to bridge the gap between our foundation and intermediate level classes. In this class you will learn how to properly lead and follow transitions between foundation level patterns, hand changes, footwork variations, and more in depth technique.

Our basic vocabulary used to create combinations is:

Sugar push
Left side pass
Underarm pass
Sugar Tuck
Fold
Whip
Basket Whip
Cut-Off Whip
Passing Tuck
Starter Step
Outside Roll

WCS Intermediate

These classes are great for the experienced westie dancers, and those moving forward from the West Coast Swing Foundations Combinations series. In these classes, you will learn intermediate level patterns, styling (for both the follow and the lead), simple musicality (movements to help you understand how to express what the music ‘tells’ you to do), fun footwork variations. The format of each class is setup to give equal work for the lead and the follow that will be challenging and ‘cool’. You will also be exposed to styling your movement in ways so that it doesn’t affect your partner. All of the style and patterns you will learn in this series are popular dance movements that can be executed socially and competitively. You must complete all of Foundations 1, 2, and combinations or get a professional assessment from a teacher before taking this class.

Swing Events

Club Swing

2nd Saturday of the month
8 - 9pm West Coast Swing (all-levels) Lesson
9 - 10pm mini Lessons

9 - 12:30am Dance w/ live DJ

(you are welcome to make requests to the DJ)