Hello & welcome to a new semester of dancing with the Princeton Swing Dance Club! This week, we’ll be in the Friend Center Convocation Room (see attached map) on Thursday (9/7) starting at 7:00 p.m. Note that the day of the week has changed!

Here’s this week’s dance schedule – these will both be beginner friendly lessons, so this is a great night to come learn with us!

7:00-7:10 — Check in (don’t forget your mask!)

7:10-8:00 — Progressive Lindy Hop with Rob and Zoe – first lesson is beginner level!

8:00-8:45 — Beginner lesson with Grittney and Kunal

8:45-10:00 — Social Dance DJ’ed by Zoe

Thanks to everyone who came to see us at the Grad Student fair! Hope to see you again this Thursday 🙂

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. If you are new to the club, please bring a mask and a copy of your vaccine card (digital is fine) for registration. Thank you!

Hey everyone!

This Wednesday (8/23) we’ll be in the New Graduate College Common Room at 7:30 p.m. for our regular meeting! We also have a special lesson planned: this week, we’ll be teaching the Shim Sham line dance! We do the Shim Sham each week at our regular meetings, so this is a great opportunity to learn the steps!

7:20-7:30 — Check in (don’t forget your mask!)

7:30-9:00 — Workshop: “Shim Sham” with Grittney, Kunal, and Kirstin. This lesson is totally beginner friendly – no experience required!

9:00-10:00 — Social Dance DJ’ed by Kirstin

We hope to see you there!

Also, moving forward, a small announcement: starting September 7th, we’ll be moving to Thursday nights @ 7pm instead of Wednesdays, so mark your calendar!

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. If you are new to the club, please bring a mask and a copy of your vaccine card (digital is fine) for registration. Thank you!

Hey everyone! 

We’re back in the Friend Center Convocation Room this Wednesday, 8/16! We’re also back to our usual 7pm start time.

Here’s the schedule for this week:

7:00-7:10 — Check in (don’t forget your mask!)

7:10-8:00 — Workshop: “Mixing 6- and 8-counts.” This workshop will focus on how to alternate between 6-count swing (East Coast) and 8-count swing (Lindy Hop) within a single dance. Difficulty level: Advanced beginner (some knowledge of East Coast and/or Lindy Hop highly recommended)

8:00-9:00 — Beginner lesson with Rob and Zoë

9:00-10:00 — Social Dance DJ’ed by Rob

We hope to see you there! 🙂

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. If you are new to the club, please bring a mask and a copy of your vaccine card (digital is fine) for registration. Thank you!

Hey everyone! 

This Wednesday we’re in the NGC Common Room (see attached map) for our lesson! We’re also meeting slightly later @ 7:15 p.m., so please note the schedule changes below!

Here’s the schedule for this week:

7:15-7:30 — Check-in (don’t forget your mask!)

7:30-8:20 — Workshop: “Charleston” with Zoë & John. This workshop will teach you how to do the charleston basic in the solo & partnered forms. Difficulty level: advanced beginner (knowledge of the East Coast Swing basic (6-count) is recommended – no Charleston experience required)

8:20-9:00 — Beginner lesson with Kirstin & Kunal

9:00-10:00 — Social Dance DJ’ed by Zoë

Hope to see you there!

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. If you are new to the club, please bring a mask and a copy of your vaccine card (digital is fine) for registration. Thank you!

Hey everyone! 

We’re back in the Friend Center Convocation Room this Wednesday, 8/2 @ 7pm for our weekly meeting! Here’s the schedule for this week:

7:00-7:10 — Check-in (don’t forget your mask!)

7:10-8:00 — Workshop: “Lindy Sequence” with Kunal & Kirstin. Difficulty level: advanced beginner (you should know the Lindy basic and how to do a swingout)

8:00-9:00 — Beginner lesson with Rob & Zoë

9:00-10:00 — Social Dance

Hope to see you there! 🙂

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. If you are new to the club, please bring a mask and a copy of your vaccine card (digital is fine) for registration. Thank you!

Hey everyone!

Sorry for the late notice, but we’re back in the Friend Center Convocation Room this Wednesday, 7/26 @ 7pm for our weekly meeting! Here’s the schedule for this week. Back to workshop first!

7:00-7:10 — Check-in (don’t forget your mask!)

7:10-8:00 — Workshop: “Energy Minimization” with Rob & Zoë. This workshop focuses on learning to Lindy Hop to faster songs – a must-know for social dancing! Difficulty level: advanced beginner (you should know the Lindy basic and how to do a swingout)

8:00-9:00 — Beginner lesson with Grittney and Sam

9:00-10:00 — Social Dance

Hope to see you there!

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. If you are new to the club, please bring a mask and a copy of your vaccine card (digital is fine) for registration. Thank you!

Hey everyone! We’re back in the Friend Center Convocation Room this Wednesday, 7/19 @ 7pm for our weekly meeting! Here’s the schedule for this week. Beginner lesson first this week!

7:00-7:10 — Check-in (don’t forget your mask!)

7:10-8:00 — Beginner lesson with Rob & Zoë

8:00-9:00 — Workshop: “Lindy Hop & Swingouts” with Sam and Kirstin (beginner level – no experience required)

9:00-10:00 — Social Dance

Hope to see you there! 🙂

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. If you are new to the club, please bring a mask and a copy of your vaccine card (digital is fine) for registration. Thank you!

Hey everyone!

We’re back in the Friend Center Convocation Room this Wednesday, 7/12 @ 7pm for our weekly meeting! Here’s the schedule for this week; please note the experience levels needed to participate in each lesson!

7:00-7:10 — Check-in (don’t forget your mask!)

7:10-8:00 — Workshop: “Finding Your Center” with Rob. Please bring 2 belts with you to participate in this lesson (they’re needed as props). (Intermediate Lindy Hop experience required – you’ll need to know the universal Lindy Hop handshake & how to do a swingout.)

8:00-9:00 — Beginner lesson with Grittney & Kunal (no experience required)

9:00-10:00 — Social Dance

This week, we’ll be holding an executive board meeting before check-in (6:30-7:00). If you’re interested in helping run the club for the upcoming academic year, please feel free to attend this meeting!

As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. If you are new to the club, please bring a mask and a copy of your vaccine card (digital is fine) for registration. Thank you!

We hope to see you there! 🙂

Hey everyone!

This week’s dance will be held on Wednesday, 7/5 @ 7pm in the Friend Center Convocation Room. Here’s the schedule for this week – we’re back to our usual consecutive lesson style!

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7:00-7:10 — Check-in (don’t forget your mask!)

7:10-8:00 — Workshop: “Floorcraft” with Sam & Grittney (suitable for advanced beginners*)

8:00-9:00 — Beginner lesson with Sam & Kirstin

9:00-10:00 — Social Dance

Afterward, we’ll be going to karaoke at the Ivy Inn! We had a lot of fun last time singing along to the music and dancing to any songs with a swing beat, and we’d love to have you join us 😀

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As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. If you are new to the club, please bring a mask and a copy of your vaccine card (digital is fine) for registration. Thank you!

Hope to see you there!

*Terminology note: Beginners are still learning basic footwork and dance skills; advanced beginners are comfortable with the basic footwork and know a few moves; intermediate dancers have mastered the basics and often know more advanced moves

Hi everyone!

Join us this Wednesday, 6/28 @ 7pm at the Friend Center Convocation Room for our first summer dance! This summer, we’ll be hosting a series of one-off workshops meant to help us develop and refine our dance skills, as well as our usual beginner lessons for all dancers!

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Here’s the schedule for this week. Please note that we’ll be holding simultaneous beginner and intermediate lessons, all in the Convocation Room!

7:00-7:10 — Check-in (don’t forget your mask!)

7:10-8:00 — Beginner lesson with Kunal & Kirstin

AND

7:10-8:00 — Workshop: “Feeling Your Center” with Rob & Zoë (intermediate Lindy Hop experience recommended)

8:00-9:30 — Social Dance

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As always, please do not attend if you feel sick or have recently tested positive for COVID-19. If you are new to the club, please bring a mask and a copy of your vaccine card (digital is fine) for registration. Thank you!

I hope to see you there!!

-Kirstin