Please join us for the first Princeton Swing Dance Club meeting of the semester! We’d be so honored to have you. We are meeting tomorrow, Thursday 1/22, in the Friend Center Convocation Room at 7PM. Free parking is available in Lot 2 next to the Engineering Building and there is no cover charge for our dances! So bring yourselves and bring your friends! We are open to the community!

The schedule is as follows:

7:00 – 8:00 PM: All-Levels East Coast Swing Lesson. Beginner Friendly!

8:00 – 8:30 PM: Social Dance

8:30 – 9:30 PM: Intermediate Workshop

9:30 – 10:00 PM: Social Dance

Thank you all for continuing to show up and show out, year round! And, a special thanks to our very own David for last week’s impromptu “redirects” lesson. 

Hi everyone – happy Halloween! This week, we’re in the Friend Center Convocation Room on Thursday (10/30) starting at 7pm! Here’s the full schedule:

7:00-8:00 — Beginner Lesson with Rob & Grittney
8:00-8:30 — Social Dance DJ’d by Rob
8:30-9:30 — Intermediate Lesson: Frankie’s Sixes with Chris & Casey
9:30-10:00 — Social Dance DJ’d by Chris

Costumes are encouraged this week if you’re feeling the Halloween spirit! For our intermediate lesson this week, Casey & Chris will be teaching Frankie’s Sixes, a series of tuck turn variations beloved by Frankie Manning (of Shim Sham fame). Hope to see you there!

For all you solo jazz dancers, Zoë has assigned this as homework from last week’s solo jazz lesson series: https://youtu.be/RNugryE0qvc

Also happening this week is an outdoor Halloween dance party hosted by the Princeton Art Museum from 5-10pm on Friday, Oct 31st. You’d be surprised how many of the Halloween classics you can swing to! (Monster Mash, anyone?) More info here: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/24-hour-open-house

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. Masks are optional but encouraged. This event is open to all Princeton University students regardless of identity.

Hi everyone! This week, we’re in the Friend Center Convocation Room on Thursday (10/23) starting at 7pm! Here’s the full schedule:

7:00-8:00 — Beginner Lesson with Grittney & Chris

8:00-8:30 — Social Dance DJ’d by Chris

8:30-9:30 — Solo Jazz lesson series with Zoë (week 2)

9:30-10:00 — Social Dance DJ’d by Chris

Join us for our second week of Zoë’s solo jazz mini-series – hope to see you there!

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. Masks are optional but encouraged. This event is open to all Princeton University students regardless of identity.

Hi everyone! This week, we’re in the Friend Center Convocation Room on Thursday (10/16) starting at 7pm! Here’s the full schedule:

7:00-8:00 — Beginner Lesson with Rob & Grittney
8:00-8:30 — Social Dance DJ’d by Rob
8:30-9:30 — Solo Jazz lesson series with Zoë (week 1)
9:30-10:00 — Social Dance DJ’d by Chris

Those of us who know Zoë know she’s a phenomenal solo jazz dancer, and she’ll be teaching us how to dance solo jazz for the next two weeks! Solo jazz builds your vocabulary for swing line dances, helps you stylize during partnered dancing, and allows you to dance the night away without needing to find a partner. Don’t miss this special lesson series!

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. Masks are optional but encouraged. This event is open to all Princeton University students regardless of identity.

Hi everyone! This week, we’re in the Friend Center Convocation Room on Thursday (10/9) starting at 7pm! Here’s the full schedule:

7:00-8:00 — Beginner Lesson with Alessandro & Yajing

8:00-8:30 — Social Dance DJ’d by Chris

8:30-9:30 — Intermediate lesson with Rob & Grittney – Dips

9:30-10:00 — Social Dance DJ’d by Rob

Dips are a great way to end a dance with a flourish when you hear those final notes start to play – our intermediate lesson this week is a great way to level-up your dancing!

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. Masks are optional but encouraged. This event is open to all Princeton University students regardless of identity.

Hi everyone! 

This week, we’re in the New Graduate College Common Room on Thursday (10/2) starting at 7pm! Here’s the full schedule:

7:00-8:00 — Beginner Lesson with Chris & Casey
8:00-8:30 — Social Dance DJ’d by Chris
8:30-9:30 — Progressive Lindy Hop lesson with Grittney & Rob (week 5 – swivels & stylizations)
9:30-10:00 — Social Dance DJ’d by Rob

Looking forward to dancing with y’all this week!

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. Masks are optional but encouraged. This event is open to all Princeton University students regardless of identity.

Hi everyone! 

This week, we’re in the Friend Center Convocation Room on Thursday (9/25) starting at 7pm! Here’s the full schedule:

7:00-8:00 — Beginner Lesson with Casey & Kirstin
8:00-8:30 — Social Dance DJ’d by Casey
8:30-9:30 — Progressive Lindy Hop lesson with Sam & Kirstin (week 4)
9:30-10:00 — Open Dance DJ’d by Sam

Can’t wait to dance with y’all this week! In addition to our usual Thursday dance, a group of us will be attending this summer’s final Dancing Under the Stars event this Friday, Sept 26th at 7pm. Come and join us at this free event for some dancing and socializing! More info: https://tinyurl.com/m7bnd9zh

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. Masks are optional but encouraged. This event is open to all Princeton University students regardless of identity.

Hi everyone! This week, we’re in the Friend Center Convocation Room on Thursday (9/18) starting at 7pm! Here’s the full schedule:

7:00-8:00 — Beginner Lesson with Alessandro and Yajing

8:00-8:30 — Social Dance DJ’d by Kirstin

8:30-9:30 — Progressive Lindy Hop lesson with Sam & Kirstin (week 3)

9:30-10:00 — Open Dance DJ’d by Kirstin

Looking forward to dancing with y’all this week! 🙂

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. Masks are optional but encouraged. This event is open to all Princeton University students regardless of identity.

Hi everyone! This week, we’re in the Friend Center Convocation Room on Thursday (9/11) starting at 7pm! Here’s the full schedule:

7:00-8:00 — Beginner Lesson with Casey & Chris

8:00-8:30 — Social Dance DJ’d by Chris

8:30-9:30 — Progressive Lindy Hop lesson with Sam & Kirstin (week 2)

9:30-10:00 — Open Dance DJ’d by Sam

Thanks to everyone who came out last week! In addition to our usual Thursday meeting, this week a number of us will be going to Dancing Under The Stars on Friday @ 7pm. This event is free to attend, and it’s a great way to meet new dancers and try new styles of dance! More info here: https://tinyurl.com/2tafypz5

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. Masks are optional but encouraged. This event is open to all Princeton University students regardless of identity.