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Balboa for lindy hoppers

Between Tuesday 1 July 2025 and Tuesday 8 July 2025
We love balboa and would love to see more balboa danced in our social scene :) We are aiming this special class at swing dancers who know the balboa basic and are keen to gain confidence and vocabulary for their social dancing. Come and explore just how fun, creative and musical balboa can be!
Ela Rose Studios
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The Night Owls - Thursday Night Swing

Between Thursday 26 June 2025 and Tuesday 9 December 2025
These classes are designed for dancers starting from scratch. They'll introduce the fundamentals of swing dancing, the basic shapes and some accessible moves you can use on the social dance floor. Each class will build up your swing dancing vocabulary so you can start creating and improvising with your partner. Expect to have fun and meet loads of new people, while you explore becoming a grounded, versatile and expressive dancer. We'll also share some of the amazing artists who have created jazz music and hope to inspire you to learn more about this rich, living culture.
Moss Studios
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The Night Owls - Monday Night Blues

Between Monday 23 June 2025 and Monday 7 July 2025
These classes are designed for dancers starting from scratch. They'll introduce the fundamentals of blues dancing, the basic shapes and some accessible moves you can use on the social dance floor. Each class will build up your blues vocabulary so you can start creating and improvising with your partner. Expect to have fun and meet loads of new people, while you explore becoming a grounded, versatile and expressive dancer. We'll also share some of the amazing artists who have created the blues and hope to inspire you to learn more about this rich, living culture.
Moss Studios
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Brunnie Bal Jam

Friday 18 July 2025
Welcome to Melbourne's newest Balboa social night! Co-hosted by John, Julia, Shob and Andy and bringing you a fun, relaxed opportunity to meet and dance with other bal lovers :) Featuring an intermediate balboa class to get you inspired and then 2 hours of great social dancing...featuring some beautiful slow balboa tunes as well!
Studio Take Care
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Winter warmer workshops

Workshop
Two fantastic workshops to get your body moving, work on your groove and challenge your rhythm. The perfect morning of dancing before we head to Lulie Tavern for drinks and great live blues music. Start off with the amazing Lerato Masiyane exploring Afrofusion Then kick into high gear with a partnered Charleston challenge with Jarrod and Kathryn
Big Bang Studios
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Learn the Tranky Doo

Saturday 26 July 2025
Learn another iconic solo jazz routine by the legendary Frankie Manning...the Tranky Doo! This classic piece incorporates lots of our most loved jazz steps and can be danced to a range of songs...with lots of opportunity for individual creativity and expression! Miya and Shob will teach the routine from scratch in 2 hours..exploring the classic choreography as well as sharing their favourite variations and stylings. Comes with an opportunity to dance the routine on Sat August 1st at our swing social night!
Big Bang Studios