SWING DANCE
CLASSES
FOR KIDS
Join us at Theatre Academy Productions for some very special Swing Dance classes for kids!
For the first time since moving to North Carolina, Joel & Jackie will be offering some amazing dance opportunities for your little ones! On October 19th we will be teaching Halloween themed classes for teens (Vernacular Jazz Routine) as well as a Parent/Child (6-Count Swing) partner class. Then in November on the 2nd we will be doing another set of classes starting with a 1920s Solo Charleston workshop for ages 9+ and a Lindy Charleston class for teens. If these workshops are well attended we may be able to offer them weekly! Please join us and share with all of your friends!
CLICK HERE to visit Theatre Academy Productions' website and sign up!
WELCOME TO RETRO RHYTHM!
We're so excited that you're interested in Swing Dancing! Please take a look around our website and check out the fun classes we offer, sign up for a private lesson, learn about the history and music of these great dances, and so much more! Contact us if you have any questions or need any help!
- Joel & Jackie Plys
THE RHYTHMS
Charleston
A dance craze in the 1920s during the era of jazz music, speakeasies & flappers
Shag
Collegiate Shag is a high energy dance with 3 different rhythms:
Single, Double & Triple
Lindy Hop
This American born dance was created in Harlem, New York and was popular in the 30s & 40s
Solo dancing that can also be implemented into partner Swing Dancing as styling & musicality
Balboa
Meant for crowded dance floors & fast tempos this fun dance first started in the ballrooms of SoCal
Blues
An African American dance with various styles done to Blues music, solo or partnered
Jitterbug
A 6-count dance that can be done to most genres of Swing, especially 50s Rock & Roll or Jump Blues
Pre-Swing Era
In the early 1900s Ragtime Music was all the rage which led to dances like The One Step & Fox-Trot
