Swing Patrol Angel

We acknowledge that the core dances we teach, perform and share come from African American and Black culture, as does the jazz music we love. We acknowledge that we do so without lived experience of this culture and are deeply grateful to be able to experience this amazing art form. We endeavour to continue educating … Greetings fellow Bluesers! Join us once a month for a blues night to remember at Blues at the Ritzy. A night of music and merriment that we guarantee will get your toes tapping, hips shaking and your shoulders shimmying! Take to the dance floor and listen to the sounds of London’s finest blues DJs. We … In this 4-week course we’ll be introduced to the amazing world of authentic jazz by familiarising ourselves with some of its extensive vocabulary. We’ll get to learn some of these classic moves and the history behind them. Whether you’ve never done solo jazz before or you have dipped your toes into this fantastic world but … Join us for our beginners dance night, Swing Den, right across the road from Liverpool Street Station. Each Swing Den will feature a taster lesson for everyone at the start of the night followed by social dancing until 11pm! What is a Swing Den? Well, we all know what it’s like when you first venture … Two left feet? No rhythm? That’s where we can help! Learn to dance in a day and dazzle your friends with your new moves. This workshop is ideal for those wanting to start dancing and don’t know where to begin. Throw yourself in and get dancing in one day – places go fast, so book … The mother of Swing dances is Lindy Hop and this is the core dance taught by Swing Patrol. We love to lindy and you can see how joyous it is by the smiles on people’s faces. It originated in Afro-American area of Harlem in the late 1930s and early 1940s. You can read about some of the original Lindy Hoppers in our Swing Stars section. Blues dance is all about interpreting and expressing the music. Many aspects of Blues dancing, such as call and response, emotional intensity, and tension and release, are directly related to the music. If you love blues music you’ll love blues dancing! Balboa originated in the Southern California and evolved as a response to the overcrowded dancefloors of the time. It has a closer embrace than Lindy Hop or partnered Charleston and is often danced to faster music as the tighter embrace allows for quicker movements. Swing Patrol is committed to the development of a sustainable future. We recognise that climate justice is social justice, and that our everyday actions are inextricably linked to both. We are taking conscious steps to reduce our dance community’s and our company’s waste and carbon footprints. We acknowledge that if we want to keep swinging … We acknowledge that the core dances we teach, perform and share come from African American and Black culture, as does the jazz music we love. We acknowledge that we do so without lived experience of this culture and are deeply grateful to be able to experience this amazing art form. We endeavour to continue educating …

Dana Shapiro
5 Star
Swing patrol is great! We had such fun at the beginners class. The instructors were so kind and open. We are excited to return again in the future!!
Sunday 9th February 2020

Ioannis Valasakis
5 Star
Best swing patrol class in London!
Thursday 26th May 2016

Johannes Richter
5 Star
Awesome!
Thursday 31st March 2016