Austin Westie Academy

West coast swing group classes and social dance on Thursdays! Join us for Learn & Play Thursdays! THE WHAT: Leveled group classes followed by a social dance.

Austin Westie Academy is a West Coast Swing venue offering classes and social dancing in the Austin area on Thursday evenings. Our aim is to provide an inviting and fun environment for dancers of all experience levels to learn and dance West Coast Swing! See homepage on our website for instructor schedule: https://www.austinwestieacademy.com/

THE WHEN: Thursday evenings
- 7:45-8:30 Crash Course

07/16/2026

WEEK 2 of our new Crash Course curriculum is here!!!! Keep learning friends! 💙

07/16/2026

Come learn from Kristen Wallace tonight at AWA!

Photos from Austin Westie Academy's post

07/09/2026

TONIIIIIIGHT 🌴😎 WEEK 1 of our new Crash Course curriculum is here!!!! Join us tonight and see what all that WCS hype is about 💙✨

06/11/2026

Welcome to summer in Texas! 😎☀️

Looks like the AC is acting up a bit at Uptown. Prepare for temps 🌡️ that are higher than usual at the studio tonight 🥵. As usual, AWA provides water and some fans. If you already feel warm under normal circumstances though, come prepared with an extra shirt 👕 or sweat rag, a personal fan🪭, and some extra water 💧.

We can’t wait to see y’all tonight! 🧸💙✨
Don’t forget to dance responsibly and take care of yourselves! 💃🥰

05/31/2026

Gratitude post inspired by some lovely messages in our suggestion box this past week:)

04/05/2026

CORRECTION: Reposting after fixing date typos.
You'd be a FOOL to miss out on AWA in April! For any jokesters out there, glad we aren't hosting at dance on 4/1 itself :) Thankful for all of our instructors!

02/03/2026

We are very thankful to be celebrating 3 years 🪄 of serving the Austin WCS community 🥰. We love that more and more local dancers 💃 are learning their non-primary or non-traditional role 🔄. Wanna show off those skills? Grab ✌️ partners! We are collaborating with Swing Crush 💘 for a 3-for-all fun competition 💪!

The 3 winners 🥇 will each get entrance into the intensive of their choice at Swing Crush. 😱🎉

To participate in the fun competition on 2/5, at least 1 member of every team of 3 must be unpointed per WSDC or compete in the Newcomer/Novice division in their primary role.

See y’all this Thursday!!! 💙✨

01/22/2026

Make Triples McGee 🧸 happy by taking a moment to read through the instructions 👀! We currently do not have the capability to accept card payments 💳 ahead of time but hopefully this helps speed 🏃up the check in process! ✅

See y’all tonight!!! 💙✨

01/22/2026

Hi AWA Family! Don't forget to join us this Thursday for class and social dancing! We wanted to share a few tips to help make our check-in process a bit smoother this week as we continue to get accommodated to our new space.

1. We've attached the map below to help show how our classes will be arranged beginning this week and moving forward at Uptown Dance.
2. If you plan to attend any classes, plan to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the class start time to help get checked-in.
3. We will plan use both desks at the front for checking people in. We will also have someone at the door to help coordinate and guide you to which desk to move to for check-in
4. If you have taken classes at AWA before, know what class to sign up for, and how much to pay, you can venmo to help expedite. We will plan to have our door person with the QR codes available if needed to help as needed.