With Lindy Hop in our name, it’s natural that the lessons we give are centered around this mother of all swing dances. Besides that, we also offer lessons in styles that have influenced or were influenced by the Lindy Hop, each of them with their entirely own character and feeling!
Lindy Hop | Solo Jazz | Blues | Balboa | Slowbal
Lindy Hop
Even though Lindy Hop has its origins on the street, most people take lessons to kick-start their swing dance journey. At Lindy What? Lindy Hop! Nijmegen we offer Lindy Hop lessons in Nijmegen in different levels based on your experience and desired amount of challenge.
- You can register alone or with a partner!
- We work in lesson blocks of 7 classes.
- We offer 4 blocks per season.
- We offer B and C courses every block
- We offer A and A+ courses in alteration
- Next block to register for Fridays from September 6th till October 18th
- Every level is the same price.
- €70 per person (7 classes of 60 minutes) or €45 with the One of Us discount!
- Check out our One of Us discount!
Vernacular Solo Jazz
If you thought Lindy Hop was fun, you haven’t tried solo jazz yet! 😉 Many of you will know the Shim Sham, might have learned the Tranky Doo or even tried the Big Apple. Routines danced for many years world wide. But there is way more to it! Diving into the jazz steps, rhythms and ways to use your body on your own you’ll discover the freedom solo jazz gives you. Improvising on the dance floor, just reacting to the music you hear.
The term ‘vernacular’ means ‘a language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a particular region’. This sets it apart from modern jazz and ballet jazz dance, and is the origin of those typical named movements you see in Lindy Hop solo choreographies, like the Fall of the Log, and the Suzie-Q.
The lessons will be set up in such a way that you can join both as a pure beginner, and if you have experience, making it an all level course!
- Solo Jazz is taught by professional teacher Renske!
- Suitable for all levels from absolute beginner to experienced
- Next block to register for: TBA
- A block will be 8 lessons of 60 minutes per lesson
- €70 per person (8 classes of 60 minutes)
Solo & Partnered Blues (separate classes!)
Blues is an easy going dance full of groove, improvisation and musicality. Originated in the African American culture, it all started in the juke joints dancing the night away. The blues music is rich in its diversity. Going from the Delta & Mississippi Blues, to Chicago blues into the jazzy New Orleans Blues, there are many blues idioms to be discovered along with it!
In our blues lessons, Renske will teach you the basics of blues dancing in terms of movement, rhythm and timing, and connecting to both the music.
The lessons will be set up in such a way that you can join both as a pure beginner, and if you have experience, making it an all level course!
We offer both a solo blues as well as a partnered blues class. For the partnered blues classes, you can sign up alone or with a partner, and we will rotate partners during class.
- Blues is taught by professional teacher Renske!
- Solo: you can register solo!
- Partnered: You can register alone or with a partner!
- This block will be 6 lessons of 75 minutes per solo lesson
- This block will be 6 lessons of 60 minutes per partner lesson
- Next block to register for: Tuesdays February 20 to March 26
- Classes will be given at the Titus Brandsma Wijkcentrum
- €65,- per person for Solo classes
- €55,- per person for Partnered classes
- €110,- per person for Both
Balboa classes
Balboa is a partnered swing dance that originated in the 1930s in Southern California, particularly in the beachside resort named Balboa.
Back in the day, crowded dance halls often had strict rules which prohibited the Charleston and other exuberant dances, so a dance which required very little space naturally evolved. Nowadays, this subtle, close position dance is known as Pure Balboa. Meanwhile, in L.A., some adventurous dancers were using more open connections to introduce spins, turns, dips, tricks, and even air steps into their dancing. This style is now known as Bal-swing. A second generation of dancers fused these two styles together, and thus modern Balboa was born, a dance capable of both great finesse and great excitement. The choice is yours.
In these classes you will learn a combination of Pure Balboa and Bal-swing.
Balboa, with its economy of movement, is very well suited to moderate or fast music, but it can be danced to all tempos.
- Taught by Natasja & Mark!
- We offer a class for Beginners, and Beginners+ for those who know the basics of Balboa
- Lessons will be on:
- The six Wednesdays from 11th of September until 16th of October, at the sports hall at Florence Nightingalestraat 3
- Beginners from 19:15 to 20:30
- Beginners+ from 20:30 to 21:45
- Costs are €60,- for Beginners or Beginners+, €100,- for both classes
Slowbal workshops
Some call it the love baby of Balboa and slow jazz, others describe it as a dance on its
own. What we do know for sure is that Slow Bal is a very playful and elegant dance that
has a lovely relaxed flow to it. Danced with a partner in a close connection, it allows for
subtle playfulness with rhythms, the music and with your partner!
Level Absolute Beginners
You have to start somewhere, so why not at the beginning? In the Slow Bal Foundation
course you will learn the Slow Bal basic. We add slides and extra steps to play with the
music. You will become familiar with the close embrace that is so characteristic for this
Swing dance. Building from our basic, we will add a variety of classic Slow Bal moves to
your repertoire. These moves and techniques form the foundation for your future Slow Bal
life. Which, we hope, will be very long!
Level Intermediate
The Slow Bal Intermediate workshops are perfect for everyone who knows the Slow Bal
basics and some of its signature moves, but is still relatively at the beginning of their Slow
Bal journey. We will train your body awareness and musicality, while teaching you new
variations to the moves that you know. Of course, we will also explore new shapes and
styling!
- Taught by Deirdre and Joost from Slowfeet Rotterdam!
- A series of workshops, on the 22nd of September, 26th of October, 1st of December and 15th of December
- Beginners dance from 13:00 to 14:30, Intermediates dance from 15:00 to 16:30
- The September 22nd workshop is at Salsa Tipica (De Kolk 16), the rest is at Amanné
- €20,- per workshop for either Beginners or Intermediate, or €30,- for both.
It’s possible to join the individual workshops, although we do advice you to join them all!