Our event takes place in Oakland next to the beautiful Lake Merritt.
Humanist Hall is within walking distance from Lake Merritt Dance.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
 Lake Merritt Dance + | Classes & Evening Dances |
Humanist Hall | Classes |
Oakland Grove | Friday Late Night |
Fluid510 | Saturday Late Night |
Here are the Special Topics classes to choose from on the selected day(s). You do not have to sign up for a particular option.
Saturday – 10:30am to 12noon
Option 1: First Stops Routine with Sugar & Barbara (int parterned Lindy Hop) – Grand Ballroom
Option 2: Borrowing from other Dances with Irina & Matt (int/adv Lindy Hop + Balboa/WCS) – Dance Lounge
Option 3: Mama Stew with Sam & Calvin (beginner Solo Jazz) – Hall 1
Option 4: Pick a Card, Any Rhythm with Ryan (all levels Solo Jazz) – Hall 2
Sunday – 10:30am to 12noon
Option 1: Second Stops Routine with Sugar & Barbara (int partnered Lindy Hop) – Grand Ballroom
Option 2: Mini Choreo with Alice & Peter (int/adv Solo Jazz) – Dance Lounge
Option 3: Rhythm Games with Sam & Calvin (beginner Solo Jazz) – Hall 1
Option 4: What are we even dancing to? (A Practical Guide to Musicality) with Ryan (all levels Solo Jazz) – Hall 2
You can email us to ask to be waitlisted.
Other alternatives to consider: Sign up for a weekend dance pass and the à la carte morning classes (when available). It’s a great opportunity to learn from the same teachers you would get in the track classes.
You can email us to ask to be waitlisted. We may have weekend and evening dance passes available at the door.
You can fill out this form to ask to be waitlisted.
Other alternatives to consider: Sign up for another track if space exists there, or a weekend dance pass and the à la carte morning classes (when available). It’s a great opportunity to learn from the same teachers you would get in the track classes. Another option could be to sign up as a follower in our Newcomers track if you wanted to start learning the other role.
You can fill out this form to ask to be waitlisted.
Other alternatives to consider: Sign up for another track if space exists there, or a weekend dance pass and the à la carte morning classes (when available). It’s a great opportunity to learn from the same teachers you would get in the track classes. Another option could be to sign up as a leader in our Newcomers track if you wanted to start learning the other role.
Leaving aside the Newcomers Special track, we have 5 full weekend tracks, four teaching couples, and four large spaces (the multi-purpose room [MPR] is a small room). This means we cannot have all tracks in classes at the same time, and each track will have an empty slot in their schedule.
We do our best to:
All non-newcomer track groups are folded into a single pool for registration called Full Weekend. You can choose between Leveled Tracks or the Music & You Track. All tracks are taught by the same teachers.
Track group descriptions are available here.
As a non-beginner dancer, you should have a good idea what the dance roles are. You can decide to take the workshop in either role, to get better in that role in your dancing or start learning a new role.
Once registered, if you picked Leveled Tracks, you have to fill out our Level Check Questionnaire. Make sure you fill out the level check questionnaire based on the role you pick.
This track is for you if…
You are new to Swing dancing and Lindy Hop, or have only taken a handful of classes. You’re looking to learn a lot and have a lot of fun. This track will provide just the right amount of classes.
It is a more affordable track perfect for new dancers. The track will be taught by instructors Samantha Yeh & Calvin Lu.
Partnered dancing takes two people with two different roles, commonly referred to as leader and follower. Both partners contribute equally to the dance, but in different ways. The leader is the one usually initiating movement and thinking about the dance in terms of shapes. The follower interprets the lead and moves accordingly, adding their own contributions to the dance. The dancers send each other cues about their movements and intentions through their connection as well as visually. The dance becomes an unspoken conversation between the dancers.
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