Category Archives: Weekly Dances

Swing Dance this Thursday (9/18) @ 7pm in Friend Center

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! πŸ™‚

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.

Swing Dance this Thursday (9/11) @ 7pm in Friend Center

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.

Swing Dance this Thursday (9/4) @ 7pm in Friend Center

Hi everyone,Β and welcome to a new year at Princeton! This week, we’re in the Friend Center Convocation Room on Thursday (9/4) starting at 7pm! Here’s the full schedule:

7:00-8:00 — Beginner Lesson with Rob and Grittney
8:00-8:30 — Social Dance DJ’d by Rob
8:30-9:30 — Progressive Lindy Hop lesson with Sam & Kirstin (week 1 – beginner friendly!)
9:30-10:00 — Open Dance DJ’d by Kirstin

Thanks to all the first-year graduate students who came out to see us last Wednesday at the Student Organization Fair! Great to meet all of you, and I look forward to dancing with you on Thursday! πŸ™‚

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.

Swing Dance this Thursday (8/28) @ 7pm in NGC Common Room

Hi everyone! This week, we’re in the New Graduate College Common Room on Thursday (8/28) starting at 7pm! Here’s the full schedule:

7:00-8:00 — Beginner Lesson with Sam & Casey
8:00-8:30 — Social Dance DJ’d by Sam
8:30-9:30 — Intermediate lesson with Sam & Grittney
9:30-10:00 — Open Dance DJ’d by Kirstin

Looking forward to dancing with you all this Thursday! πŸ™‚

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.

Swing Dance this Thursday (8/21) @ 7pm in Friend Center

Hi everyone! This week, we’re in the Friend Center Convocation Room on Thursday (8/21) 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 Sam
8:30-9:30 — Intermediate Lindy Hop lesson with Rob & Sam
9:30-10:00 — Open Dance DJ’d by Rob

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Shim Sham lesson last week! For those who missed it, or who want to practice, Frankie Manning’s recorded lesson on the Shim Sham can be found here and the song we dance the Shim Sham to, Jimmie Lunceford’s Tain’t What You Do, can be found here. Happy dancing!

Once again, it’s time for Dancing Under the Stars! Join us on Friday, 8/22 at 7pm in the Princeton Public Library plaza to dance the night away! Hope to see you there πŸ™‚ More info here!

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.

Swing Dance this Thursday (8/14) @ 7pm in NGC Common Room

Hi everyone! 

This week, we’re in the New Graduate College Common Room on Thursday (8/14) starting at 7pm! This week, we’ll be teaching one of swing’s favorite line dances: the Shim Sham! Here’s the full schedule:

7:00-9:00 — Shim Sham lesson!
9:00-10:00 — Open Dance DJ’d by Kirstin

Looking forward to dancing with you all this week! We won’t have a beginner lesson, but instead a slightly longer social dance, so this is a great opportunity to practice asking the question: “Lead, follow, switch?” πŸ˜€

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.

Swing Dance this Thursday (8/7) @ 7pm in NGC Common Room

Hi everyone! This week, we’re in the New Graduate College Common Room on Thursday (8/7) starting at 7pm! Here’s the full schedule:

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

8:00-8:30 — Open Dance DJ’d by Chris

8:30-9:30 — Intermediate Lesson: Role-Switching with Sam & Kirstin (week 4)

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

As usual, we’ve got a group of dancers heading out to Dancing Under the Stars this week! https://www.centraljerseydance.org/event/dancing-under-the-stars-friday-august-8-2025/ Hope to see everyone out dancing on Friday as well πŸ™‚

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.

Swing Dance this Thursday (7/31) @ 7pm in Friend Center

Hi everyone!

This week, we’re in the Friend Center Convocation Room on Thursday (7/31) starting at 7pm! Here’s the full schedule:

7:00-8:00 — Beginner Lesson with Chris & Casey
8:00-8:30 — Open Dance DJ’d by Kirstin
8:30-9:30 — Intermediate Lesson: Role-Switching with Sam & Kirstin (week 3)
9:30-10:00 — Open Dance DJ’d by Sam

Thanks to everyone who came out to Dancing Under The Stars. Anytime y’all want to go back to Bent Spoon, you know I’m down! Looking forward to seeing everyone on Thursday!

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.

Swing Dance TODAY (7/24) @ 7pm in Friend Center

Hi everyone! This week, we’re in the Friend Center Convocation Room TODAY (7/24) starting at 7pm! Here’s the full schedule:

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

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

8:30-9:30 — Intermediate Lesson: Role-Switching with Kirstin & Sam

9:30-10:00 — Open Dance DJ’d by Sam

As a reminder – the Central Jersey Dance Society’s outdoor dance (free & open to the public) is happening again this Friday (7/26)! Join us there for even more fun this week! πŸ™‚

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. Masks are optional but encouraged. Thank you!

Swing Dance this Thursday (7/17) @ 7pm in Friend Center

Hi everyone! This week, we’re in the Friend Center Convocation Room on Thursday (7/17) starting at 7pm! (That’s a lot of 7s!) Here’s the full schedule:

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

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

8:30-9:30 — Intermediate Lesson: Role-Switching with Kirstin & Sam

9:30-10:00 — Open Dance DJ’d by Sam

This week, we’re starting an intermediate series on role-switching during swing dance for folks who are comfortable dancing both roles (or who want to learn both). Looking forward to adding a fun new element to our dancing – see you all Thursday!

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. Masks are optional but encouraged. Thank you!