Salt City Swing

IMPORTANT NOTE ⬇️

✨This Thursday’s .city.swing social dance will be at GALLIVAN CENTER and NOT Ballroom Utah for this event. For those in classes, they will still be at Ballroom Utah, and we’ll head over together right after to join at Gallivan.

We’re excited for the amazing opportunity to listen and dance to live Swing Jazz with the kickoff of the summer Joy in Rhythm series provided by with an additional performance by and Old Soul!

city.swing will be there providing a free drop in intro Lindy Hop lesson at 7:45PM. No experience or partner required.

✨ Lindy Hop and Jazz come from Black American culture and communities.

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Free community dance on June 12th (8-11PM) for Pride! Details below ⬇️

✨ Live music from and dancing (~9PM)

✨ Drop in Lindy Hop lesson with and (8:30PM; no partner or experience required)

✨ Discussion with and .city.swing for Pride (~8PM)

✨ Where: Sugar Space (127 Jeremy St. 840 W, Salt Lake City, UT)

✨ Cost: Free!

city.swing is proud to partner with and to put on this incredible event! LGBTQIA+ peeps are part of and welcome in our dance community!

Lindy Hop and Jazz come from Black American culture and communities.

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Starting today! Drop ins welcome! Wednesday classes are going to shift soon so make sure to come out to work on your own individual movement with the solo Jazz class. Some of the ideas for these classes ⬇️

✨ Vocabulary introduction, technique, and gaining more confidence in your movement
✨ More education on culture and context
✨ Prioritizing and strengthening foundations of the dance
✨ Putting together sequences as a framework
✨ Potential showcase at the end of the month (not required!)
✨ Supporting good developmental habits
✨ And more!

Sign up at saltcityswing.org and push for improvement from your own dancing, your peer’s dancing, and the community as a whole!

Lindy Hop and Jazz come from Black American culture and communities.

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It’s World Lindy Hop Day! Make sure to do these things:
✨ Find ways to support Lindy Hop and Jazz locally and globally
✨ Continue your education for a better understanding of history, culture, and context of Lindy Hop and Jazz
✨ Dance

Lindy Hop and Jazz are rooted in Black culture and communities.

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Thursday practice session this week at 6PM before classes and the social dance (5/21)! Come on out and work with your peers! Teachers will also be available to answer questions.

Practice is vital to continuing along your dance journey!

If you can, give $5 for the floor fee and the teacher’s time and support. But, if you’re unable to spare that money, come anyway!

If you’re not in level 1 or 2 after the practice, it’s a great time to community build with other peeps before the dance starts.

Also note that we have practices for 30 minutes after Wednesday classes too.

*Lindy Hop and Jazz come from Black culture and communities.

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We are hosting a Spring cleaning item swap this Thursday (May 7) at the dance. Simply put. Bring your unwanted items. Take someone else’s unwanted items.

We will have tables set up for you to put up your things. Note that if no one takes your stuff, please take it with you at the end of the night!

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Community field day this upcoming Saturday (May 9th from 3PM-8PM) at Sugarhouse Park (Sego Lily Pavilion)! Everyone is invited to join us for a potluck and field day. Feel free to bring your families or S.O.’s!

There will be food, yard games, and good company. This is an opportunity to finish some of your interrupted conversations from last Thursday, meet new friends, or reconnect with old ones.

Please sign up for a dish or yard game to share (link in bio), or make a Venmo donation to -chau-5 for reserving the spot.

Water games are prohibited.

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May classes and dances with ! Sign up for all classes at saltcityswing.org. We have a lot of great classes, dances, and community events this month! ⬇️

Level 1 Lindy Hop is a continuation of the 8 week series starting in April (no new students until June). We’re also excited to announce that the level 2 series are undergoing some changes to the curriculum with new material! See below for a full list of classes, practices, and other events (descriptions of classes on the website):

✨ LEVEL 1 LINDY HOP: FUNDAMENTALS (8-WEEKS)
Thursdays 7PM-8PM
Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28
Instructors: Anthony & Jimmy

✨ LEVEL 2 LINDY HOP: PHRASING AND CONNECTION (*UPDATED CURRICULUM)
Thursdays 7PM-8PM
Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28
Instructors: Keara & Karson

✨ LEVEL 3 LINDY HOP: TEACHER’S CHOICE
Wednesdays 7pm-8pm (practice 9-9:30pm)
Dates: 6, 13, 20, 27
Instructors: Blake & TBA

✨ ALL LEVELS SOLO JAZZ
Wednesdays 8pm-9pm (practice 9-9:30pm)
Dates: 6, 13, 20, 27
Instructors: Blake

✨ OPEN PRACTICE SESSIONS
Thursday May 21st 6PM-7PM
Wednesdays 9PM-9:30PM (after classes)
Instructors: TBD

✨ SPRING CLEANING SWAP
When: May 7 at the dance
Description: Bring your unwanted clothing and other items to swap with other community members.

✨ COMMUNITY FIELD DAY
When: May 9 3PM-7PM
Description: There will be a follow up post with more information, but it will be at Sugar House Park. Find the event on Facebook.

Lindy Hop and Jazz come from Black culture and communities.

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First April open practice session is tonight before classes at 6PM at Ballroom Utah. Come out and work on whatever it is you’ve got going on like swing outs, turns, choreo, Jazz vocab, pulse, etc.

See you there!

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April classes and dances with ! Note that since there are 5 Thursdays in April we’ll be starting classes the 2nd Thursday and Wednesday. But, we’ll have a drop in Shim Sham class the 1st Thursday! Sign up for all classes at saltcityswing.org. We have classes for all levels as well as some great opportunities from practicing with teachers and peers. See below for a list of classes and practices (descriptions on the website):

ALL LEVELS DROP IN SHIM SHAM
Thursday, April 2 from 7pm-8pm
Instructors: Blake

LEVEL 1 LINDY HOP: FUNDAMENTALS (8-WEEKS)
Thursdays 7pm-8pm
Dates: April 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28
Instructors: Anthony & Jimmy

LEVEL 2 LINDY HOP: THE SWING OUT
Thursdays 7pm-8pm
Dates: 9, 16, 23, 30
Instructors: Keara & Karson

LEVEL 3 LINDY HOP: TEACHER’S CHOICE
Wednesdays 7pm-8pm (practice 9-9:30pm)
Dates: 8, 15, 22, 29
Instructors: Blake & TBA

ALL LEVELS SOLO JAZZ
Wednesdays 8pm-9pm (practice 9-9:30pm)
Dates: 8, 15, 22, 29
Instructors: Blake

OPEN PRACTICE SESSIONS
Thursdays 6pm-7pm
Dates: 16, 30
Instructors: TBD

Lindy Hop and Jazz come from Black culture and communities.

Graphic: Blake Morris
Photography: Jerry S. Almonte