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Check out the AA Workshop (in Ann Arbor)!

    Check out the Lindy Hop workshop on the weekend of October 24-26th. Lindy Focus Dance Camp organizers Michael Gamble and Jaya Dorf will be teaching right here in Ann Arbor! This workshop is hosted by JAZDance, an organization based in Ann Arbor outside of Swing Ann Arbor. Check out the workshop website here - http://www.jazdance.com/aaworkshop - for information and online registration.

Volunteers needed!

    Interested in free admission to Wednesday night dances? Sign up to volunteer on the volunteer schedule at the front desk at any Wednesday night lesson or dance. Volunteers get in free the night they volunteer.

Schedule

    October 2008

    Monthly Open Meeting: Monday, Oct. 6th, 8:00pm, Michigan Union - Tap Room

    Wednesday Night Jams (and Classes):

    Oct. 1st - Michigan League - Vandenberg Room
    Instructors: Kurt and Lisa
    DJs: Kurt, Holly

    Oct. 8th - Michigan Union - *Last minute change* No longer in Anderson CD; relocated to Pendleton
    Instructors: Kurt and Lisa, Jeff and Sarah
    DJs: Matteo, Sarah

     Oct. 15nd - Michigan Union - Pendleton
    Instructors: Matteo and Laura
    DJs: Laura, Rhonda

    Oct. 22nd - Michigan Union - Ballroom
    Instructors: Jesse and Zach
    DJs: Matt O., Mike

    Oct. 29nd - Michigan Union - Pendleton (Halloween Dance!)
    Instructors: Kurt and Lisa
    DJs: Paul, Kurt

  • 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Intermediate Swing. This class is meant to build your vocabulary in both 6-count and 8-count moves. To participate, students who attend should know how to do a Swingout (Lindy Hop) and basic East Coast. No partner needed, so come on out!
  • 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Beginner Swing Dancing Class. This class will alternate every week between teaching 6-count (East Coast) or 8-count (Lindy Hop) swing dance moves. The class is for beginners with no prior dance experience or partner required. Lindy Hop - Oct 1st,15th,29th. East Coast (6-count) - Oct. 8th, Oct. 22nd
  • 9:30 - 11:30 PM Open dancing!

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Cool Video

    Cottontail (Swing Ann Arbor's Performance Group) Dance Routine performed at Ann Arbor's Can't Stop the Lindy Hop Weekend Event in July 2008

Our Mission

    Swing Ann Arbor is a University of Michigan student organization whose purpose is to provide the University community and Southeast Michigan with high-quality swing dance instruction and weekly dances. Beginner lessons and all dances are open to everyone regardless of experience or affiliation. You never need a partner to attend any lesson or dance!

    We are a swing dancing community that is welcoming to and accepting of everyone who wants to dance, encourages and facilitates learning and personal improvement among dancers, and promotes the dance and dance related events around town.

    See the Classes page for a description of current and upcoming classes as well as an overview of how the lessons work and a description of the dance styles we teach.

    We hold weekly lessons and open dancing on Wednesday nights in the Michigan Union (unless otherwise specified.) We are usually in the Pendleton Room (2nd floor); sometimes in the Ballroom (2nd floor) or the U-Club (1st floor).

    The cost is $4 for students (with current ID from any school) and $5 for non-students, with a $1 discount for members. This covers open dancing and drop-in lessons. See the Classes page for our extremely affordable progressive classes.

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