Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

Join Theresa Manney and Lauren Smith for their Follow Focus Balboa Workshop, an exciting exploration of individual expression and technical nuance in partner dancing. This workshop will benefit primary follows, primary leads, and switch dancers alike!

Follows, learn how to style and add rhythmic variations to your dancing, exploring musical and connection ideas. Follows will gain the tools to communicate rhythmic and energy changes, and a variety of stylings to bring more personal flavor to their social and competitive dancing.

Leads, learn how to inspire and collaborate with your partner to bring about more conversational and enjoyable dances. Leads will learn the frameworks necessary to give their follow workable content to explore and stylize each dance.

Prerequisites: Completion of Balboa 1, and at least two series of Balboa 2. Comfortable adjusting techniques, moves, or styling choices for slow, medium, and fast songs. Ability to dance to songs as slow as 90 bpm and as fast as 220 bpm, while looking and feeling comfortable, fluid, and relaxed. Comfortable in the standard Balboa foundations at a variety of tempos, and able to stylize: lollies, toss outs, out and ins, Balboa swivels, and pure Balboa (crab walks, paddles turns, adlibs, etc.) Email contact@cloudlanddance.com with questions about prerequisites.

$50

10:00am-1:00pm Saturday, February 1

Hosted by Cloudland Dance

Location: Gotta Dance Studio

17945 NE 65th St # 100, Redmond, WA 98052

LEARN TO SWING DANCE

Join our Lindy Hop, Balboa, and Collegiate Shag class series and explore the comforts of good partnering, dance history, and dynamic social dancing! Classes are five week series.

CLASSES ARE HELD AT GOTTA DANCE
17945 NE 65TH ST #100, REDMOND, WA 98052

LEARN TO SWING DANCE

Join our Lindy Hop, Balboa, and Collegiate Shag class series and explore the comforts of good partnering, dance history, and dynamic social dancing! Classes are five week series.

CLASSES ARE HELD AT GOTTA DANCE
17945 NE 65TH ST #100, REDMOND, WA 98052

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

Join seasoned DJs Lauren Smith & Peter Flahiff for a deep-dive into what it means to be a great DJ for swing dancers! This workshop is for aspiring and seasoned DJs alike! We will explore building playlists, facilitating a night of great social dancing, and playing for events and competitions.

More than just finding a “Swing Music” playlist on Spotify and hitting shuffle, a great Swing DJ brings a wide range of skills to the booth and creates an evening filled with irresistible tunes that practically compel everyone in the room to have a great time!

With literally thousands of hours of experience playing excellent music for swing dancers of all experience levels all around the world, Lauren and Peter will share with you how they approach everything: building a library, curating specific playlists, DJing for different events and dances, and so much more. Whether you want to learn to do it yourself, or are just curious about what goes on in the mind of a DJ, this workshop will be fun, informative, and full of great music!

Tune in virtually! We will set up a Zoom option for out-of-towners! We’ll send out a private Zoom link via email Thurs/Fri before the workshop. (You will be able to ask questions via the chat, but we ask that you remain muted.) If attending virtually, please register no later than 10am PST on April 19th or you may not receive your Zoom link in time!

When: Saturday, April 19, 2025 12-2:30pm

Location: Lowdown Ballroom, Seattle and online via Zoom

Cost: $25

Register at: https://square.link/u/0FHM8hog

**This will NOT be recorded. We ask that you PLEASE not record any portion of this workshop. We've had classes stolen before, and would like to protect our intellectual property. Thank you for your understanding.

Join veteran swing dancer and instructor Peter Flahiff for his internationally-acclaimed discussion, “The Art Of Social Dancing” Friday, May 9 at Cloudand Dance!

Drawing on thirty years of experience as a sought-after social dancer and teacher around the world, Peter shares amazing insights into what it means to be the best partner you can be, shedding light on many of the unspoken thoughts and fears we ALL have as dancers! It’s interactive and fun, full of stories and thought-provoking questions. Whether you’re new to the social dance world or you’ve been dancing for years, whether you’re on fire for dance or fighting through a plateau or burnout, this talk is for everyone!

Stay for the social dance after from 9:00-11:30pm! No drop in lesson this week

Art of Social Dancing is free with admission to the social.

Social Dance: $15

Swing outs, sugar pushes, quick stops, oh my! Join us every Friday night for our swing dance where top flight djs will bring you the hard swinging music and soulful tunes adored by swing dancers around the world. New to swing dancing? No problem! Take the Intro Lesson from 8:30-9:00pm, then dance the night away from 9:00-11:30pm

LEARN TO SWING DANCE

Join our Lindy Hop, Balboa, and Collegiate Shag class series and explore the comforts of good partnering, dance history, and dynamic social dancing! Classes are five week series.

CLASSES ARE HELD AT GOTTA DANCE
17945 NE 65TH ST #100, REDMOND, WA 98052

Closed for National Holiday