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There is free parking behind the hall. Be careful not to park in residential/permit parking or loading zones that are around the neighborhood. We have been told New Westminster parking enforcement is very keen. On Keary street, there is 2hr parking until 8, about half a block west of the hall. There are metered street parking spots to the east of the hall and on Columbia street.

Dance Lessons

Introduction to Lindy Hop Workshop Series 

Learn the fundamentals and basics of Lindy Hop! 4, 6, and 8 count moves, frame, connection, and of course the swing out!

When: TBA

Instructors: TBA

Cost: $40 CAD

Participants receive discounted admissions to the dance after the workshop! (5$)

Registration: Email royalcityswing@gmail.com to register. Please include your name, phone number and lead or follow. Payment will be received at the first lesson.

   

Introduction to Charleston

Add another dimension to your dance by throwing in side-by-side, hand-to-hand and tandem Charleston moves and variations. Basics, Entrances, exits, moves and variations will all be covered. If you are completely new to Charleston, or just want to expand your repertoire of Charleston, come out and have some fun with us!

When: Friday April 13th and 20th, 7:30pm to 8:30pm

Instructors: Afonso Silvera and Natsuko Murao

Cost: $20 CAD

Participants receive discounted admissions to the dance after the workshop! (5$)

Registration: Email royalcityswing@gmail.com to register. Please include your name, phone number and lead or follow. Payment will be received at the first lesson.

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Introduction to Collegiate Shag Workshop Series 

Learn the fundamentals and basics of Collegiate Shag! 6, and 8 count moves, frame, connection, and of course footwork!

When: TBA

Instructors: TBA

Cost: $40 CAD

Participants receive discounted admissions to the dance after the workshop! (5$)

Registration: Email royalcityswing@gmail.com to register. Please include your name, phone number and lead or follow. Payment will be received at the first lesson.

   

Introduction to Balboa
and Bal-Swing

This workshop series will cover open and closed basics, introduction to balboa steps and variations, and plenty of bal-swing moves. Of course, like any of our series, plenty of juicy connection and musicality!

Instructors: TBA

Cost: $40 CAD

When: TBA

Participants receive discounted admissions to the dance after the workshop! (5$)

Registration: Email royalcityswing@gmail.com to register. Please include your name, phone number and lead or follow. Payment will be received at the first lesson.

Hollywood Smooth Style
Lindy Hop

We will be breaking down all of the basics of Lindy hop and studying the subtle nuances of footwork, posture, connection, and movement for a lot of the standard lindy hop moves and patterns.

This is an upper intermediate / Advanced level styling workshop series. The pace of this class will be detailed, but not covering the steps of any move unless it is specific to the stylings of the pattern. For those that may not know the pattern, they will need to pick it up on the fly in order to absorb the subtle stylings being covered. These subtle details will help get everyone dancing at a fast pace with clean lines and footwork.

When: TBA

Instructors: TBA

Cost: $40 CAD

Participants receive discounted admissions to the dance after the workshop! (5$)

Registration: Email royalcityswing@gmail.com to register. Please include your name, phone number and lead or follow. Payment will be received at the first lesson.

   

Lindy Hop Workshop Series, the next step

So you've completed the introduction to Lindy Hop Workshop Series, or have been doing some lindy hop for a while and want to take it to the next step. Expand on your frame and connection, start picking up the pace, start adding swing out variations and more moves!

If you have taken some beginner lesson series elsewhere, please contact us to see if this series is right for you. A lot of this class will be different than our previous next step series, so those who took the previous next step series, there will be new content to learn.

Instructors: 

Cost: $40 CAD

When: TBA

Participants receive discounted admissions to the dance after the workshop! (5$)

Registration: Email royalcityswing@gmail.com to register. Please include your name, phone number and lead or follow. Payment will be received at the first lesson.
 

Intermediate Lindy Hop Swing Out Variations with Speed!

Feeling a little short on moves? Having trouble following some of those cool moves leads are throwing at you? Feel a little out of control when dancing Lindy Hop to faster pace songs? This workshop is for you!

The first half of this class will cover a selection of intermediate swing out variations and moves. The second half of the class will have a lot of dancing with short breaks to help break down basics needed for the moves and speeding up everyone's Lindy Hop. 

Cost: 10$

When: TBA

Participants receive discounted admissions to the dance after the workshop! (5$)

   

Intermediate Lindy Hop slides workshop

Getting bored with your Lindy Hop? Want to add a new dimension to your dancing? Come to the Royal City Swing's Intermediate Slides workshop and add a new dimension to your Lindy!

The class will cover the basics of sliding (forward, backwards, sideways, and rotational) and how it can be incorporated into lindy hop patterns and new moves that can result from the slide, styles and the connection making fun slides!

Next Session date: TBA

Participants receive discounted admissions to the dance after the workshop! (5$)

Intermediate Lindy Spins workshop

As part of Royal City Swing's Summer workshops, the intermediate Lindy Spins Workshop is a one day only workshop for those looking to learn some detailed techniques of spins employed in Lindy hop, how to lead and follow various types of spins, and pick up some cool moves making use of the spins!

Attendees should be comfortable with the basics of lindy hop: 

  • 6 & 8 count figures like passes, turns, swing outs or whips, circles, sugar pushes, etc
  • familiar with connection concepts such as stretch and compression

 Next Session date: TBA

Participants receive discounted admissions to the dance after the workshop! (5$)

   

Musicality Workshop Series, all levels

Come join us and start dancing to music! This two week workshop series is designed for all dance levels as the focus will be applying what one already knows to make moves flow with accents, breaks, pauses and phrases of the music.

Two different sets of instructors will be teaching, giving you their perspectives on how you can introduce movements to make it feel like you are actually dancing to the music.

Next Session date: TBA

Participants receive discounted admissions to the dance after the workshop! (5$)

Charleston Workshop

Add another dimension to your dance by throwing in side by side and tandem Charleston moves and variations. Basics, Entrances, exits, moves and variations will all be covered. If you are completely new to Charleston, or just want to expand your repertoire of Charleston, come out and have some fun with us!

Next Session date: TBA

Participants receive discounted admissions to the dance after the workshop! (5$)

   

Dean Collins Shim Sham

This two hour intensive workshop covering the choreography of the DC Shim Sham! The DC Shim sham is more involved than the Frankie Shim Sham, roughly twice the number of jazz steps!

The pace of this class will be quick, so be ready to work on some jazz! Instructors in the workshop to offer individual help for those struggling with specific steps if time permits. 

All levels are welcome, no partner required! (The song for the DC shim sham will be played in the dance!)

When: TBA

Participants receive discounted admissions to the dance after the workshop! (5$)

Registration: Email royalcityswing@gmail.com to register. Please include your name, phone number and lead or follow. Payment will be received at the first lesson.