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 […]
DANCE
27 Dec | 2024
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 […]
DANCE
3 Jan | 2025
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 […]
LEARN
4 Jan | 2025
Solo Charleston is back with a vengeance! Join up for a day of great exercise, tremendous fun and dazzlingly joyful music. Starting from scratch, spend a day with one of our team who will get you dancing away like there is no tomorrow. You will have fun, meet some other people and come away with […]
LEARN
11 Jan | 2025
Two left feet? No rhythm? That’s where we can help! Learn to dance lindy hop 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, […]
Are you looking to learn how to tear up the dancefloor? We can help! We run weekly classes across London that cover all the basics of Swing dancing. There’s no need to book ahead for our weekly classes and no need to bring a partner with you.
Do you want to get some intensive learning under your belt? We offer a range of workshops for all levels of dancer whether your taking your first steps or planning to fly!
Come dancing with us! We love to party and dance the night away so you'll always find something happening every weekend.
Want your event to go with a swing? We can help, no matter how big or small the event, we can cater for you.
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!
Solo Jazz is a general term which covers a number of different moves which are danced separately from a partner. It can be improvised or as part a routine, such as the Shim Sham, Tranky Doo or Big Apple.
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.
Shag's popularity has been increasing steadily in the last few years with Swing scenes all over the world embracing this high-energy vintage dance. Come and have a go!
After a difficult time for us all, we were finally able to return to dancing and we kicked it all off with one our favourite events – swinging outside at Spitalfields Market.
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 […]
