Swing Sanctuary | CambridgeSwingDance

Join us in March 2026

For our annual lindy hop festival, bringing together classes and socials in the wonderful cosy environment of Cambridge. Whether you're a regular member and attendee of our dance events, or this is your first time in Cambridge, we will do our best to make you feel welcome.

This year, we're changing our format to include streams in solo jazz and switching, as well as a variety of taster classes. You can build your own festival from this focusing on the skills you want to develop. We look forward to seeing you there.

Workshops

2 days of workShops

Note: classes will not be suitable for absolute beginners or people who recently started dancing.

INTERMEDIATE

You've been dancing regularly for at least a year. You can confidently do the basics such as swing outs, Charleston and tandem and you are comfortable mixing these within a dance. You want to improve your repertoire of classic moves through some new movements that can give you a different point of view of the dance. You understand the structure of swing music and you are exploring musicality and solo jazz. You feel most comfortable dancing to medium tempo music but you may still finding dancing to faster or very slow tempos a challenge. You dance socially on a regular basis and you’re motivated to learn more to become a better social dancer.

ADVANCED

You already have at least 3-4 years of swing dancing experience and you’re probably taking part in many festivals and dance camps in your country and around the world. You might be competing, performing and/or teaching local classes. You have a good understanding of rhythm, syncopations and you have a strong connection with the music. You also know many Solo Jazz elements and can easily put them into your partner dance. Extreme tempos are not a problem for you and you are able to dance freely with every partner, to any music. You have solid floorcraft skills and understanding of what partnership means in a dance. You do a lot of social dancing and you’ve probably learned some other dances as well like blues, balboa or shag.

SWITCHING

Have you dipped your toe in the water of leading and following? Now is your chance to make your switches smoother. You will need to be comfortable leading and following the fundamental moves, including swing outs and charleston, and swapping between footworks and footwork variations.

Solo Jazz