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Welcome to Swing Moves: Musicality
Scott & Lisa share their joy of dancing with intermediate, experienced, and advanced dancers for this special class on musicality. Instead of teaching new moves, this class helps dancers to tailor the moves they already know to different types of swing dance music.
Please review class prerequisites along with class prep links below. And, watch the videos below to enhance your dancing!
Thank you for joining us for this class!
1 Monday Nite: May 19, 2025
7:00 – 8:20 pm
$15 per person in advance
($20 at the door)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
2000 Highland Ave, Rochester NY 14618
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Class Videos
Thank you for starting your musicality journey by participating in our class!
The following YouTube videos will hopefully inspire your creativity and dance musicality.
Dawn Hampton & John Dokes
Simple Musicality
Enjoy watching the videos as you work to tailor your dancing to look like what the music sounds like.
Preparing for Class
To prepare for Musicality:
Familiarize yourself with some of the music we will use in class.
Music to listen to:
Hit the Road, Jack
Talk to Me
Danny’s All-Star Joint
Annie’s Got a Sister
Swing Moves: Levels 2-4
Class Objectives: Newer and experienced dancers will learn how to fit or tailor your East Coast swing dance moves to the music and enhance your dancing with artistic flair!
1 Nite Module
May 19: Musicality
Class Prerequisites: For intermediate, experienced, and advanced dancers. Participants must have taken at least some level-2 Swing Dance classes or higher, have strong fundamental skills, ability to connect while dancing, and can execute a variety of moves in open and closed positions, including leader and follower turns, cuddle variations, and cross hand moves.
Meet Your Instructors
Scott and Lisa Chase have more than 40 years’ dancing experience between them and have taught various swing dance lessons for newcomers and experienced dancers, alike. As two of the lead Swing-In organizers, they enjoy sharing their love of the dance with others.