Lindy Hop Series

“When in doubt, Swingout!” -unknown

Learn the best dance ever!!!
Multiple, progressive levels to give you an experience that can’t be matched!
Each level includes tips on succeeding at social dancing & instructor demos.
-fondly nicknamed LH 1, 2, 3, etc.

Detailed Descriptions of each level

LH 1
Your rough draft to the Lindy Hop Basic.
Get to where you can walk through and practice a totally
recognizable but relatively ugly Lindy Basic.
Also called an 8-count Swingout.
Good things sometimes take a little time and
that’s half the fun!

LH Refresher
Fine tune your Lindy Basic in Mindy’s absolute favorite class!
Do 100+ Swingouts w/customized feedback that will improve the social dancing experience for you and the people you dance with for years to come.
We strongly recommend repeating this class at least a couple times annually.
There’s always something surprising to learn in a class this customized!

LH 2
So, you’ve got the Lindy Hop Basic pretty well sorted out and you’re ready for more.
Let’s get you doing the other two most important beginning Lindy Hop moves.
These will get you back and forth from closed to open positions in fine Lindy form!
They’re called Swingout from Closed & Lindy Circle.

LH 3
Time for turns!!!
Learn 3 fundamentally relevant turns for your progression as Lindy Hoppers.
They’re all different varieties of 8-count, Outside Turns and
each one has surprising and unique qualities.

LH 4
Mix things up with 2 super showy moves!
They’re called Forward Facing Swingout & Inside Turn.
Bonus- one lends itself nicely to fun styling some of you
are familiar with from LH Swivels & LH Leader Style classes.
If people are ready for it, we’ll show you how to incorporate these!

LH Turns Refresher
Solidify what you know so far to make it both feel & look great!
This is a class to come back to time and time again to
keep things fresh & free from weird habits.

LH 5
Last in this series but certainly not least!
Now’s the time to give you a variation to implement across the board
of everything you’ve worked so hard to learn.
You’ve seen and done Rock Steps; but this experience takes them to an
entirely mind blowing level of versatility and creative options!
Join the fun and find out what you’re capable of.

Prerequisites
LH 1: BGS FUNdamentals 5
LH Refresher: 4, consecutive Basic Swingouts.
They can be ugly but shouldn’t induce panic!
LH 2: LH Refresher
LH 3-4: The previous LH level(s)
LH Turns Refresher: LH 4
LH 5: LH Turns Refresher
-or- for any level
in person instructor approval in advance

Schedule*
Our intention is to offer all of our lessons as frequently as possible based on teacher availability. If you don’t want to wait, private lessons are regularly available.
LH 1- April TBA, 2026
LH 2- April TBA, 2026
LH 3- TBA, 2026
LH 4- TBA, 2026
LH 5- February 8th, 2026
*Unless otherwise noted

6:15pm Registration & warm up
6:30-7:30pm
$15 (+$0.50 to pay with card)

Norse Hall 111 NE 11th Ave. Portland, OR 97232