Learn West Coast Swing
Lessons are included with admission to dances. No partners are required for the lessons or dances. Partners may rotate for the lessons - this is a great way to practice with and meet other dancers!
Whether you’re brand new to dance or looking to refine your social dance skills, our West Coast Swing program is designed to help you grow with confidence, creativity, and connection on the dance floor.
Our classes follow a structured 8-lesson rotating curriculum that runs over about 4 months and repeats three times per year, making it easy to join at any time and continue progressing.
No matter where you start, the structure is designed so you can jump in at any point and still feel supported, challenged, and included!
What makes our program different
- Beginner-friendly, progressive instruction that builds real social dance skills
- Focus on connection, musicality, and versatile foundational patterns
- Clear weekly themes and practical takeaways from each lesson
- Space for creativity and personal style within each lesson
- Taught by a variety of experienced instructors with different backgrounds and styles
What you’ll learn
Across the 8-lesson cycle, you’ll explore core West Coast Swing concepts like timing, turns, connection, styling, and musical phrasing - all through fun, social patterns you can use right away on the dance floor.
Lesson Cycle
- Welcome to West Coast Swing
- Tucked Into Swing
- Switching Up the Time
- Tune in to Turns
- Turn it Out
- Fancy Footwork
- What’s in a Phrase?
- Specialty Lesson
Go to MWCSDC and click on an event to find out the name of the instructor and which lesson is scheduled.