Free Swing Dance Lessons

November 2011 All Levels Charleston Week 1

Week 1 of Dan and Gaby's all levels Charleston class

Dan and Gaby Swing 200 Octomber 2011

A review of the first three weeks of class in Dan and Gaby's Swing 200 class

Dan and Gaby Swing 200 Week 3

Swing 200 at Sonny Newman's dance hall 9/2011

Dan and Gaby Swing 200 Week 2

Swing 200 at Sonny Newman's dance hall 9/2011

Swing 400 Week 4

More moves. Join us any Monday night at Sonny Newmans. This is from week 2 August 2011

Swing 400 Week 3

More moves. Join us any Monday night at Sonny Newmans. This is from week 3 August 2011

Dan and Gaby Swing 300 July 2011

Dan and Gaby review their swing 300 class from Sonny Newman's Dance Hall in July 2011, week 3 of classes.

Swing 300 Week 3

Swing 300 Week 3 at Sonny Newmans Dance Hall

Swing 300 Week 1

Swing Level 300 July 2011

Beantown 2011 Dips and Tricks

Review of our dips and tricks class at Beantown 2011

Swing 200 Week 3

Intermediate at Sonny Newmans Dance Hall with Dan and Gaby

Week 1 Swing 200

Swing 200 Week 1 Material

Week 2 Swing 100

Swing 200 Week 2 Material

Rhythm in your feet music in your soul

Our class titled "rhythm in your feet, music in your soul" at return of the intensive

Lindy Chorus

Our Lindy Chorus class from Return of the Intensive

Slow Lindy

From Return of the Intensive

Advanced Charleston

Dan and Gaby's class from Return of the Intensive.

All Levels Charleston Week 3

Week 3 of our all levels Charleston Class.

All Levels Charleston Week 2

Week 2, May 2011 of our "All Levels Charleston" class

Dan and Gaby Beginners Plus Review April 19

Dan and Gaby review the suzy-q, johnnys drop, the sideways pass, the y-stretch, and a couple of other moves are demonstrated but were not taught

Dan and Natalie Intermediate on April 14

Dan and Natalie (subbing for Gaby) teach "Beginner Plus" or "Intermediate" material.

April 4 Intermediate Class

Intermediate Material from our 8:30 class at Sonny Newmans, every Monday night

Dan and Gaby Intermediate Week 4

Week 3 March 2011 review of our intermediate class at Sonny Newmans Dance Hall at 85th and Greenwood

Dan and Gaby Intermediate Week 3

Week 3 March 2011 review of our intermediate class at Sonny Newmans Dance Hall at 85th and Greenwood

Sister Kate Tribute

Sister Kate Tribute to honor the work of Robin Nunnally and Casey Schneider, from Savoy Swing Jam

Dan and Gaby Beginner Plus Class Review March 14

Dan and Gaby review their class where we worked on styling a few of our basic movements

Rainier Rhythm Short Showcase at SSJ

Rainier Rhythm performs at Savoy Swing Jam. Choreography by Dan Newsome. Dancers are Kara Noyes, Kelli Wilkerson, Olivia Taylor, Justin Hill, Jason Hughs and Daniel Newsome. First Place

Dan and Gaby Styling

Dan and Gaby's Styling class.. includes an original follows styling, a Frankie styling for leads, a "trench" styling for leads, and a pattern to move in and out of pimp walk

Dan and Brittany Styling

Our intro to styling class from Sonny Newman's dance hall

Rainier Rhythm

More of Rainier Rhythm practicing th California Routine with aerials marked

Rainier Rhythm California Routine

Video from our practice

Blues Lesson Preview Lesson 1 Section 1

A lesson preview from Dan and Gaby's new blues series. This series includes

Section 1, Movements
Slow Drag // Touch and Go // Touch Behinds // Strutting // Fishtail // Single Side hip bumps // Box Step // Heel Balances // Applejacks

Section 2, Concepts
What is leading and following // What is leverage // Frame matching //-Core Connection // Dryer sheet connection // Pulse // Choosing quarter or half notes for steps // 4 track connection // Leg connection // Opposing Connection // Body Shape and invading your partners space // How to be a good partner // Body Delay // Freezing Frame // Preparing opposite direction // Better rock steps // Moving in and out of closed, arm throw // Using your core to turn

Section 3, Patterns
6 Ct Inside Turn to open // Simple Dip // Double Dip // Head loop dip // Walk Around // Simple x-over Monkey Bars // Grapevine // Over The Leg // Slow Drag - four walk pattern

Rainier Rhythm Lindy Chorus

Rainier Rhythm performs Frankie Manning's Lindy Chorus. From our practice session

Ranier Rhythm Stops Back Angle

Rainier Rhythm performs stops, back angle

Rainier Rhythm Stops Front Angle

Ranier Rhtyhm Practice footage, stop front angle

January 2011 Class Review

Dan and Gaby review the first two days of their intermediate choreography routine

Charleston Swing Out

Dan and Gaby Break down the Charleston Swing Out, an essential move for fast music, competitors and performers.

Switches

Dan and Gaby break down how to do "Switches", a fun 1940s swing variation

Dargoffs Leader Variation

Dargoff and Brittany teach a fun variation for leaders.

Brittanys Follower Variation

Watch as Dargoff and Brittany break down a followers variation. See more about them at http://www.dargoff.com

Dargoff and Brittany Charleston Variation

Dargoff and Brittany (http://www.dargoff.com) teach a Charelston variation. "Swoop" or outside Charelston to Tandem. Basic Charleston knowledge recommended.

Chase Charleston

The Frankie Pop

Dan and Gaby teach the Frankie pop

Reverse Transition to Tandem

Dan and Gaby teach a transition to tandem Charleston from the hand-to-hand charleston.

Peabody Class Review

Review of the final session in our five week sampler series, the Peabody

Rainier Rhythm performs at ULHS

Rainier Rhythm performs at ULHS for a first place win! Choreography Daniel Newsome

SHOR Performing at ULHS

SHOR Performing at ULHS. Choreography by Gabriella Cook.

Ranier Rhythm Performance at ELP

Ranier Rhythm Performance at ELP. Choreography Daniel Newsome

Sweethearts of Rhythm Performance ELP

Sweethearts of Rhythm Performs at Experience Lindy Project. Choreography Gabriella Cook

Dan and Gaby Choreography Class

Dan and Gaby Teach an Intermediate level choreography class to perform later

Dan and Gaby Dips Tricks

Dan and Gaby teach a few newer and older tricks for swing dancing

This is the breakdown of our advanced class

August 30 Intermediate Lindy Hop

From 8/30/2010 at Sonny Newman's Dance hall

Intermediate Lindy August 23 2010

From 8/23/2010 at Sonny Newman's Dance hall

Dan and Gaby Intermediate Lindy

Review from our 8/23 Class

Ranier Rhythm at the Century

Ranier Rhythm performs a choreography by Daniel Newsome at the Century Ballroom

Dan and Kelly Classic Ballroomin

Dan and Kelly teach Classic Ballroomin at Down Home Blues

Down Home Blues Box Steps with Dan and Kelly

From Down Home Blues, Dan and Kelly review Box Steps and variations

Down home Blues Adagio and Apache

Dan and Kelly teach vintage blues styles Adiago and Apache

Blues Leg Flare

Dan and Gaby teach an advanced variation for blues dance and performance

Stops Break

Dan and Gaby demonstrate a breaking movement from \"Stops\"

Surprise Grab

Dan and Gaby teach a fun social dance move called the surprise grab

First Stop

Dan and Gaby teach a variation on the Tandem Charleston called the \"First Stop\"

The Bow

Dan and Gaby show a technique to help you add momentum to your swing out.

Sweeps Charleston

Gaby teaches technique for movement on the standing leg and some exercises, including the sweeps charleston

Rolling Charleston

Dan and Gaby teach the rolling variation for Tandem Charleston

Twist Behinds

Dan and Gaby break down a fun hand-to-hand Charleston move

Blues Walk Around

Dan and Gaby show a beginner level move for dance connection and partnership you can use to dance to the blues with

Cross Behind Ochos

Dan and Gaby break down an advanced blues pattern.

Extreme Boing Boing

This fun move, based on Frankie Manning\'s \"Boing Boing\" is a great move for fast music and choreography

Arm Touch Charleston

Dan and Gaby break down a nice variation on the Charleston

The Intentional Miss

Dan and Gaby break down a nice variation for hand to hand charleston called the \"Intentional Miss\"

The Hip Roll

Dan and Gaby teach a fun trick for Lindy Hop called the \"Hip Roll\"

Lindy Cross Under

Dan and Gaby teach a fun, socially leadable move for the dance floor

Windshield Wiper Charleston

Dan and Gaby teach a fun, easy variation for Tandem Charleston

The Split Jump

Dan and Gaby teach a basic level aerial called the \"split kick\" or \"Russian kick\"... great for aerial beginners.

The Sailor Step

Dan and Gaby teach the classic move: \"Sailor Step\"

Reverse Apache

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Dan and Gaby break down a nice variation on the apache, called the \"reverse apache\"

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The Criss Cross Basic

A fun move for social dancing - beginner / intermediate

Blues Dips Class

A sequence of different beginner level dips from Herrang. �Check it out

Beantown 2010 Dips and Tricks

Dips and Tricks from our Beantown 2010 Dips and Tricks Class

Omaha Performance Routine Part 4

Performance routine from Omaha

Omaha Performance Routine Part 3

More Performance Routine

23 Skidoo at the Turnverein

An old Skidoo Performance!

5 Rules of Charleston

In this class we demonstrate how to build your own Charleston variations by following a few simple rules. �These are the moves we worked on in class.

Performance Routine Blocks 3 and 4

Blocks 3&4 of our performance routine day with Omaha Jitterbugs

Performance Routine Block 1 and 2

Dan and Gaby Performance Routine Blocks 1 & 2, broken down, then to music. �Song is \"Thats on Jack Thats On\"

Slow Swing Moves Dan and Gaby

Slow Swing Dance Moves with Dan and Gaby

Moves That Flow

This was an intermediate level class from Omaha Nebraska in \"Moves that Flow\"

Sausages Line Dance

A slow review of Sausages, a line dance created by Peter Vawter and Kevin St. Laurent. �

Omaha Dips and Tricks

Dan and Gaby teach some dips and tricks in Omaha, Nebraska. �We show�

Trip to Kiss
Roll to plank to fallback to tandem
Slip Outs
Judo Flip
Jump on the back from California Routine

Big Apple Follow Along

Follow along as we do the whole Big Apple at a Moderate Tempo

Big Apple Phrase 14 and 15

Dan and Gaby Big Apple Phrase 14, and 15

The Big Apple, Phrase 13

The Big Apple, Phrase 12

The Big Apple Phrase 11

Phrase 11!

The Big Apple, Phrase 10

Big Apple, Phrase 10! Almost done!

The Big Apple, Phrase 9

Big Apple, Phrase 9

The Big Apple Phrase 8

Big Apple Phrase 8

The Big Apple, Phrase 7

Big Apple, Phrase 7

The Big Apple, Phrase 6

Big Apple, Phrase 6.

Inside Turn On One

Lindy Hop, Inside Turn on one, a fun beginner move

The Big Apple Phrase 5

Dan shows the Big Apple phrase 5�

The Big Apple Phrase 4

Big Apple Phrase 4, Dan shows original clip and breaks down the whole phrase

Big Apple Phrase 3

Dan breaks Down Phrase 3 Of The Big Apple

The Big Apple Phrase 2

Dan shows the footage from, and breaks down the second phrase of the Big Apple.

Closed Jig

Dan and Gaby teach a variation on Jig Walk, the \"Closed Jig\"

Under Rotated Basic

Dan and Gaby teach a variation on the traditional basic, the under-rotated basic

The Big Apple Phrase 1

Dan shows the vintage footage from the Big Apple, first phrase and breaks it down.

The Barrel Turn

Dan and Gaby Break down the Barrel turn, a sold beginner / advanced-beginner move that all Lindy Hoppers should know

Kick Throughs

Dan and Gaby break down this fun side-by-side Charleston variation for intermediate dancers.

The Big Apple Phrase 0

In this series, we go over all steps of the Big Apple from beginning to end.

We start by showing the section of the original dance, then breaking that down

Reverse and Pullback

Reverse and pullback, and intermediate / advanced level social dance move with some great technique for leads and follows.

Waids blues Class Review

Beginning Blues with Dan and Gaby... Bits and pieces of various techniques

Intermediate Class Performance

Dan and Gaby\'s Intermediate Class performs at Sonny\'s. �Some students have only been dancing 10 weeks! �They worked really hard and we are very proud of their efforts and progress.

Join us at Sonny\'s on Monday Nights for beginning and intermediate classes

February 6 2007 Archive Footage

Archive footage

January 30 2007 Archive Footage

Archive Footage

February 13 2007 Archive Footage

Archive Footage

January 30 2007 Archive Footage

Archived Intermediate Lindy

January 23 2007 Class Review

Archive footage from 2007

January 2 2007 Archive Footage

Archived Class Review, Intermediate Lindy 01/02/07

November 21 2010 Archive Footage

More archived Intermediate Lindy

February 27 2007 Archive Footage

Archived Class Reviews

Beginner Class Review

Dan and Gaby review what they taught in their five week series at Sonny\'s in March and April. �Next series starts May 3, 2010. �Join us!

Jazz Steps In Lindy

Dan and Gaby demonstrate some�

Camel Walk
Lowdowns
Mambo Steps
Cross Overs
Shouts
Windmill Spin
Applejacks

Waids Blues Class Review

Dan and Gaby teach blues at Waids. �We cover slow drag, struttin\' and a crossover pattern

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The Rock Step

Start off here with the basic rock step. �If you\'ve never danced before and you want to start off thinking about leading and following well, this is the video for you.

Begin by defining the footwork, then we\'ll talk about how different kinds of rock steps feel with your partner.

Triple Steps

Learn all about triple steps, and beginning to lead them on your partner. �This base level video is great for beginers, or dancers looking to go back and relearn some of the steps for the second time in a more complete manner.

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Anchored Triple

Another element of swing, the anchored triple step.. Learn how to lead and follow triple steps in this beginner level instructional short

The Reverse Jerk

A good social dance move for beginner Lindy Hop dancers. �This 8 count move will test your lead and follow skills and give you a new way to think about turns and triple steps.

Guy and Girl Basket

Learn how to do a basket where both people spin in this intermediate level instructional short

The Whirligig

Dan and Gaby teach a unique and popular Intermediate Lindy variation called the whirligig.

The Popout

Dan and Gaby teach an easy styling for your Lindy Hop called the \"Popout\"

Turning Technique

Learn how to turn more efficiently and easily with Gaby.

Choreography Class Day 1

Dan and Gaby\'s Choreography class, Day 1. Join us Monday evenings at Sonny\'s!

Choreography Class With Music

Dan and Gaby\'s Choreography class with music

Triple Techniques

Gaby goes over some fancy triple steps for intermediate dancers. �Check it out!

Shim Sham Part 1

Dan breaks down the first phrase of the Shim Sham, step by step.

Shim Sham Part 2

Dan teaches the Shim Sham, part 2

Shim Sham Part 3

Dan Breaks Down Step 3 of the Shim Sham

Shim Sham Part 4

Shim Shim, step #4 instructional short

Shim Sham follow along

Follow Along with Dan and Gaby as they lead you through the entire Shim Sham

The Record Spin

Dan and Gaby teach the \"Record Spin\", an intermediate level airstep

Johnnys Drop

Dan and Gaby teach a side-by-side Charleston variation called \"Johnny\'s Drop\"

The Money Grabbers

This variation for hand-to-hand Charleston is fun for interemediate dancers. �

The Eagle Slide

Gaby breaks down an important solo jazz move called the \"Eagle Slide\"

The Scarecrow

Dan breaks down the solo Charleston movement known as the scarecrow.

The Mini Dip

Dan and Gaby break down the Mini Dip. Advanced beginner / Intermediate level move

Tabby The Cat Break

Gaby breaks down the Tabby the Cat Break

Tandem Girl Turn

Learn how to spin the girl in Tandem Charleston

Tandem Both Turn

Dan and Gaby show you how you can both turn in Tandem Charleston

Chase Steps

Dan and Gaby show you how to add triple rhythms to your blues dance

The Send Out

Dan and Gaby teach the Send Out, a basic level transition for Lindy Hop

Angelas Apache

Learn an Apache variation invented by Angela Andrews. Intermediate / Advanced level Lindy Hop

1920s Basics

1920\'s Charleston basics with Dan and Gaby

Switchblade Charleston

A Tandem Charleston variation called the \"Switchblade\" Charleston.

Shag Breaks

Dan and Gaby teach the Shag breaks.

6 Count Circle

Dan and Gaby 6 teach a fun variation known as the 6 count circle.

Apache to Hand To Hand

Learn to transition from Apache to Hand to Hand Charleston

Side Lunge

Learn the Blues movement we call the \"Side Lunge\"

Frankie Skips

Learn a classic Lindy move called Frankie Skips

Choreography Day 2

Dan and Gaby\'s Intermediate Choreography Class

Hellzapoppin

The dance scenes from the movie are some of the best-known�Lindy Hop�scenes from the�swing era, and they have made the film popular among modern Lindy hoppers. One frenetic routine is performed byWhitey\'s Lindy Hoppers, and another notable dance scene features�Martha Raye�and�Dean Collins.

Undecided

Undecided. �A classic movie short

Short Clip of Vintage Dance

Enjoy!

Groovie Movie

1944 Movie Short

Glenn Miller Short

A short starring Glenn Miller\'s Band

Za Zu Zay

Cab Calloway in Za Zu Zay

All The Cats Join In

All the Cats Join In, an old Disney Short