NYC Lindy Hop Socials & Events

Brooklyn Swings will give you the basics from the ground up you need to have a fun dance with ANY partner. You'll have tips on a particular style (Lindy Hop, Balboa, Charleston, Blues)

Brooklyn Swings is going to move you forward and really get what you're doing. We focus on depth of learning over a bunch of steps you may not remember, don't worry you'll get steps.

Join Gaby Cook & AJ Howard for Lindy 200, a taster class for intermediate Lindy Hop students. Each stand-alone class will include socially-led combinations, technique for improvement and drills to get back in the groove of swing dancing.

Brooklyn Swings will give you the basics from the ground up you need to have a fun dance with ANY partner.

For students with no prior knowledge or background in Lindy Hop / Swing, this class is an introduction to the look and feel of social swing dancing.

Learn the foundations of 8-count, one of the fundamental rhythms in Lindy Hop. Broaden your understanding of musicality and partnering to different styles of swing music.

Expand your lindy hop musicality and patterns with Rafal Pustelny. Every class will focus on a different topic. Must be comfortable with the basic swing-out.

Learn the fundamental steps and classic stylings of this original NYC, African American dance form. No partner required. Swing experience required.

Swing with us and let your inner Lindy Hop out! Enroll now for the full course and get moving in this fun and energetic class. FREE supervised practice time included. Email [email protected] for more info. See you on the dance floor!

The ability to take your basic Lindy Hop patterns and change them to suit your needs or music WHILE YOU ARE DANCING is a skill. This class will teach slight changes to your patterns and give your moves more intricacy, style, flare, and pop.

Saturdays at 7:00pm we have a public-space, outdoor dance. We will meet for 2.5 hours at the beautiful outdoor deck area overlooking The Hudson river and New Jersey at 66 street and Riverside Boulevard.

For Students with no prior knowledge or background in Lindy Hop / Swing, this class is an introduction to the look and feel of social swing dancing.

Absolute Beginner Swing. Learn cool moves to classic tunes! This progressive, basic swing dance class will teach the absolute beginner how to Jitterbug or what is now known as East Coast Swing.

Swing with us and let your inner Lindy Hop out! Enroll now for the full course and get moving in this fun and energetic class. FREE supervised practice time included. Email [email protected] for more info. See you on the dance floor!

Students will learn 6-count patterns and start to explore their own voices as individual dancers.

Progress in Jitterbug and East Coast Swing by learning more involved patterns with more advanced footwork.

Practice your swing dancing at weekly Monday practices hosted by Stephanie Shapiro. She'll be available for questions and help.