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Roaring 20s Jazz Age Dance Weekend
Toronto, ON, CA
WORKSHOP
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registration_opens_at: 29 octobre 2026, 06:00
Roaring 20s Jazz Age Dance Weekend. Two workshops, two lessons, Roaring 20s Live Band Swing Dance Party.
- Take two workshops and two lessons in partner dances that were super popular in the 1920s Jazz Age! - Come to a Roaring 20s Jazz Age Swing Dance Party on the Saturday Night ft Ben Harvey and his Ornamentals! - Open to all levels of dancer, including beginners.
Programme
- 1920s Blues Dance Workshop, Friday 7pm to 9:30pm, followed by 1920s blues music til 10:30pm - Peabody Swing Walk Workshop, Saturday 2pm to 4:45pm (was done by all of the Lindy Hoppers at Harlem's famed Savoy Ballroom in the Swing Era, usually done to faster music) - 1920s Partner Charleston lesson, Saturday 6pm to 6:30pm - 1920s Jazz Age Vernacular Fox Trot and One Step lesson, from fast to slow, 6:30pm to 7:30pm (this was by far the most popular dancing of the 1920s and 30s, including to swing music) - Roaring 20s Jazz Age Swing Dance Party ft Ben Harvey and his Ornamentals, 7:40pm to 11pm (swingin' music good for both Lindy Hop, other classic swing dances, and for the traveling Jazz Age partner dancing taught Saturday afternoon and evening) - Workshop & lesson teachers: Cheryl Henry & Simon Threlkeld of Swing Toronto
Styles de danse
Blues,
Lindy Hop,
Charleston